| Saint Athanasius (Patriarch of Alexandria) - 1844 - 630 страници
...says, A marts wisdom maketh his face to shine; and he blames those who are headstrong thus, Say Prov. not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better pr'OT ' than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 2,4> 3But if, as the Son of Sirach... | |
| Isaac Beeman - 1844 - 522 страници
...all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many." Whoever they may be that say, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? it is plain that they have not wisely considered this matter. The Lord himself aaid, " The days will... | |
| John Leland - 1845 - 760 страници
...evil, that good may come ; but when they do evil, God can overrule it to good purposes. Eccl. vii, 10. "Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this/' For nearly fourscore years, I have heard a continual... | |
| Jonathan Dymond - 1845 - 606 страници
...fifty years ago. The same frailty appears to have subsisted two or three thousands of years before : " Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this." — EccUw. vii. 10. which gives rise to crime... | |
| 1869 - 574 страници
...better ; and shall accept the advice of the wisest of men as peculiarly applicable to our times; " Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this." DIARY OF THOMAS SMITH, OF SHAW HOUSE.* Wednesday,... | |
| 1915 - 214 страници
...SOCIAL AND CIVIC HAWAII IN THE EARLY FIFTIES. BY THOMAS G. THRUM. WHEIS T the Sage of Ecclesiastes said, "Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this," he surely realized man's natural disposition to... | |
| 1837 - 658 страници
...unfortunate in living at an era so troublous and perplexing. Such we charge with folly, in their inquiry, what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? The only reason we shall adduce to substantiate this allegation is, that the inquiry is founded in... | |
| Christian Bouscaren - 1966 - 260 страници
...her children. And fortunately, Uncle Dick could do something like this without breeding resentment. Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. (Ecclesiastes, 7 : 10). There is occasions and... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 800 страници
...the present. " Say not," rainly preaches the old Chaldaeanised rabbi who has assumed the name, but not, if scholars are right, the style and dialect...venerable Babylonian. Is it that the former days were reality no better than the present, rather worse ? That a sk-pound franchise is in very fact an improvement,... | |
| Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1869 - 842 страници
...better ; and shall accept the advice of the wisest of men as peculiarly applicable to our times; " Say not thou what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this." DIARY OF THOMAS SMITH, OF SHAW Houss.1 "Wednesday,... | |
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