...letter of your profession ; but this object you cannot effect by timidly shunning or evading it. " The slothful man saith there is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets ;" but the brave man steps forth to clear the way for himself and his neighbours from the common...

...carefulness. See Ps. 127. 2. But if pressed to help in any good work that is in hand, they are sure to sav, " There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets." And thev seem always well satisfied with any frivolous objection which occurs to them, and...

...24—28. ' Ps. Ixxviii. 10. we should be fighting the battles of the Lord, it is the slothful man that saith, "There is a lion in the way : a lion is in the streets2." Wise were it at such a time to bear in mind what our Saviour said to the father of that...

...the hands to sleep : So shall thy poverty come as one that travelletb, and thy want as an armed man. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth...

...accomplished. Yet we are all too apt to magnify difficulties, and to say in the language of sloth, " There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets ;" and the poor Hebrew outcast has felt the effects of this sloth more than any other people....

...his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there it more hope of a fool than of him. 13 \ \|J|X 3a i.< in the streets. 14 . /* the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15...

...EN ED, made narrow ; perplexed. Can you repeat Rule I1 1 PROVERBS OP SOLOMON. * OF SLOTHFULNESS. 1. THE slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. 2. As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 3. He also that is...

...under favorable auspices. But there are difficulties in the way! or as the wise man of old has it, " There is a lion in the way — a lion is in the street." Thousands would rejoice to be learned, were it not for the toil. They would gladly enjoy the...

...Then I saw, and considered it well ; I looked upon it and received instruction. PROV. xxvi. 13. — The slothful man saith, there is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth Ihe slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth...

...w&ys."—Doddridge. } " Beyond all comparison and expression."— Doddridge. XXXIII. The slothful and sluggard. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.* As the door turneth upon his hinges, f So doth the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth...