...to this conclusion. " Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope." And again ; — " As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Nitre, salt-petre, or Nitrate of potash, is unfit for employment as a detergent in washing, neither...

...to this conclusion. " Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope." And again ; — " As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Nitre, salt-petre, or Nitrate of potash, is unfit for employment as a detergent in washing, neither...

...heaven over all the days of our pilgrimage. In suffering days, what will the world do for you ? " Like vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. " Believe me, there are days at hand when you will " say of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What...

...him to this conclusion. " Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope." And again ;—" As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy hfeart." Nitre, salt-petre, or Nitrate of potash, is unfit for employment as a detergent in washing,...

...righteous hath hope in his death. Prov. xiv, 32. APHORISM X. WORLDLY MIRTH. . LEIGHTON AND COLERIDGE. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs * One of the numerous proofs against those who with a strange inconsistency hold the Old Testament...

...heaven over all the days of our pilgrimage. In suffering days, what will the world do for you ? " Like vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Believe me, there are days at hand when you will " say of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What...

...also vanity." Equally unsuccessful is the pursuit of mental tranquillity in scenes of frivolity and mirth. "As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...nitre ; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." When Darius felt conscious of his criminality in exposing Daniel to the lions, he felt that all the...

...that * Rev. AP Peabody, whose tract upon "Conversation" I would earnestly recommend to the reader. taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre ; so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart." The language of merriment is out of place upon any occasion of solemnity ; so too...

...heaven over all the days of our pilgrimage. In suffering days, what will the world do for you? " Like vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Believe me, there are days at hand when you will " say of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What...

...consideration awakes them, and constrains them to break forth into praises. To an inheritance incorruptible.] As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.9 Worldly mirth is so far from curing spiritual grief, that even worldly grief, where...