 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...sweet. Eccles. v. 12. A good name is better than precious ointment. Eccles. vii. 1. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. Eccles. vii. 2. Be not righteous overmuch. Ecdes. vii. 16. To eat and to drink and to be merry. Ecdes.... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1865 - 240 páginas
...was a reward for going to the house of mourning, Nonie. " It is better," says the wise man, "to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." (Eccles. vii. 2.) Very often, when we are trying to comfort others, we meet with a divine blessing... | |
 | 1866 - 304 páginas
...Sydenham. GEOEGE GBOVE, Hon. Sec. THE WORK OF A JEWESS IN THE EAST O? LOXDOX. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting," says the great Preacher (Eccles. vii. 2) ; and although this may seem a strange saying, daily experience... | |
 | John Leifchild - 1867 - 304 páginas
...family seemed to draw down blessings at the time on all who were present. Verily, " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting ; for sorrow is better than laughter, and by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." "... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1867 - 784 páginas
...there enacting ; nor is it without benefit to the saddened spectators themselves. "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting ;" and one of the reasons assigned for this is, that "the livinz will lay it to his heart." These remarks... | |
 | 1854 - 1210 páginas
...will also go to see your old friend, who is hastening to the grave. Solomon says, ' It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.' May such scenes, while they ' damp our... | |
 | George Stephen Painter - 1914 - 352 páginas
...This was evidently the conception of the author of Ecclesiastes when he wrote : " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting — and the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house... | |
 | Philip Cornelius Hayes - 1914 - 232 páginas
...many a tear As it flowed from the heart of my dear, loving wife. THE TWO HOUSES. [It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. — Eccl. 7-2.] I went to the house of feasting, Where joy held unbounded sway — Where never a note... | |
 | Warren Scott Boyce - 1917 - 306 páginas
...ceremonies performed in his behalf. Again, a large number of people actually felt that, " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting." r Then, too, most families tried to have a " funeral " 2 when one of their members died, notwithstanding... | |
 | 1918 - 600 páginas
...more Godlikeness; radiate and disseminate righteousness. The Pleasures of Sorrow It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, &c. — Eccl. 7: 2-4. The Bible is a book of audacious sayings. Here — it is better to be at a funeral... | |
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