 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 434 pages
...future, is condemned by an allusion to that feeble insect the ant, Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." If the feeble insect, without guide, overseer, or ruler, provides for itself, how inexcusable is it... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 692 pages
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pages
...seems as if we could hardly fail of feeling the force of Solomon's humbling address; Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; Which having...the summer; and gathereth her food in the harvest. We need a spiritual portion for present comfort, whatever else we may possess; and how can we do without... | |
 | Charles Wellbeloved - 1826 - 278 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well; I looked upon it and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." What a striking picture has the king of Israel here drawn... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...extraordinary giddines in the head,' p. 263. 12 ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says Solomon), learn her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in harvest.' If, says the fool, you had been schooled by the ant, you would have known that the king's... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 pages
...future, is condemned by an allusion to that feeble insect the ant, Prov. vi. 6. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, aqd gathereth her food in the harvest." If the feeble insect, without guide, overseer, or ruler, provides... | |
 | William Jones, William Stevens - 1826 - 506 pages
...betteredby the instructions of wisdom ! Go, then, to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be tcise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. But now, thirdly, I am to remind you, that he who would lay any thing by for charity, must be temperate.... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 pages
...her ways; and,by awaking from their stupidity, to learn a lesson of wisdom. Go to the ant, 12 thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : Which,...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come, as one that travel leth, and thy want as an armed man. Of how much greater consequence is the soul-important work,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...thee, like an ambushed foe." From this hubbub of words pass to the original. " Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs, chap. vi. One more quotation, and I have done.... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 542 pages
...others (lib. vii.Ji and the custom is still maintained among the Hindoos.* THE ANT. Go to the ant, Iliou sluggard, Consider her ways and be wise Which having...overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, And grathereth her food in the harvest. Prov. ri. 6— 8. This passage is a text for a long discourse,... | |
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GO to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
