 | 1834 - 444 страници
...modern days, I beg leave to send it to you, with the excellent comment of M. Henry. Your's, &c. OTK " Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." — Ecclesiaetes vii. 10. WE must make the best of that which is.... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1837 - 428 страници
...who are stimulated to the expression of them by interest or affection. THE OLD LADY'S COMPLAINT. " SAY not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning them." — Eccles. vii., 10. These are the words of Solomon, and prove that... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - 1834 - 444 страници
...the same frailty appears to have subsisted two or three thousands of years before : "Say not then, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." — Ecclee. vii. 10. 432 CONCLUSION. God. Let no man identify the... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1834 - 686 страници
...all the labour which is taken under the sun." But from the same source we may cite the admonition, " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these 1 for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this,"— implying, that very probably such impressions... | |
 | 1834 - 566 страници
...differ as night from day-break. ' .Say not thou, What is the cause that the VOL. xII. — N. s. 3 F ' former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire ' wisely concerning this.'* Mrs. More was one of those efficient moral instructors, who laboured to make the present generation... | |
 | Nathan Parker, Henry Ware - 1835 - 540 страници
...from death. — James v. 20. ----- 25 SERMON IV. ERRONEOUS COMPARISONS OP THE PRESENT WITH THE PAST. Say not thou, what is the cause, that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. — Ecdaiastei vii. 10. SERMON V. A CHILD-LIKE DISPOSITION ESSENTIAL... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1835 - 92 страници
...of our fathers, let us be just to the virtues of their descendants. I am not disposed to inquire " what is the cause that the former days were better than these ;" for I do not think they were. The first colonists and their immediate successors were, as a class, persons... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 страници
...moment, and then putting his fingers on his navel, say, " It is all for the belly." VII. 10. — " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ?" The Hindoos have four ages, which nearly correspond with the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 страници
...moment, and then putting his fingers on his navel, say, " It is all for the belly." VII. 10. — " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ?" The Hindoos have four ages, which nearly correspond with the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages... | |
 | 1836 - 368 страници
...man shall bear his own burden." Solomon adverts to one inquiry of little moment, in these words, " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou duet nut inquiru wisely concerning this. " It must be premature to inquire into the cause of such degeneracy... | |
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 
