 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?  Sermons - Pàgina 54per Hugh Blair - 1818 - 475 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Harrison Walker - 1839 - 372 pàgines
...ignorance of what is really good for us, would become a source of calamity rather than of comfort. " Who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a sha dow?" Why, God, and God only. Refer, therefore, your decision to him. It is your interest, as well... | |
 | Thomas Harrison Walker - 1839 - 372 pàgines
...ignorance of what is really good for us, would become a source of calamity rather than of comfort. " Who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a sha dow?" Why, God, and God only. Refer, therefore, your decision to him. It is your interest, as well... | |
 | 1840 - 516 pàgines
...about human wishes, and the results attendant on their disappointment and their gratification, " ' Who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all...days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ?' Eccles. vi. 12. We are very apt to say we know what we wish, when, in fact, we know nothing about... | |
 | Abraham C. Baldwin - 1841 - 422 pàgines
...Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. BLAIR. Our Ignorance of Good and Evil. Eccl. 6: 12. For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life wh ich he spendeth as a shadow 1 for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Devotion.... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pàgines
...that is told." Seeing that there are many things which increase vanity, what is man the better ? For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all...days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? Therefore, begin, reader, to prepare... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pàgines
...desires of his own heart? And who that looks only to such means of happiness as these, who can tell " what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ?" Or again, who can promise him the satisfaction, if it be one, of being blest with a fair name, or... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - 1843 - 264 pàgines
...is told. PSALM xc. Man is like to vanity ; his days are as a shadow that passeth away. PSALM, cxliv. Who knoweth what is good for man in this life ? all the days of his vain life he spendeth as a shadow. ECCLESIASTES, vi. Thou hast granted me life, and favour, and Thy visitation... | |
 | Companion - 1843 - 274 pàgines
...high in heaven The lost, the parted, are with Christ above. MAY, 1842. DO WE SIGH TO LINGER HERE ? " All the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shudow. -EcCLES. VI. 12. Do we sigh to linger here, When the very flowers of spring On their opening... | |
 | 626 pàgines
...— emblem of the brief existence of that relationship whose solemnization that morning witnessed ! " Who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all...days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? " Her funeral sermon was preached at Driffield on the first sabbath in May, from 1 Thess. iv. 14,... | |
 | Augusta M. Wicks - 1845 - 214 pàgines
...that is told." Seeing that there are many things which increase vanity, what is man the better ? For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all...days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? Therefore, begin to prepare for that... | |
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