| Joseph C. Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy - 1838 - 398 pagina’s
...years,' says Moses, ' as a tale that is told.' ' Bohold,' says the plaintive David, ' behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee ; verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.' Can any thing be more affecting than this ? It is the language of... | |
| Edward Bury - 1838 - 192 pagina’s
...mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee, Psa. xxxix. 4, 5. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. — O satisfy... | |
| George Mogridge - 1839 - 338 pagina’s
...mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity," Psalm xxxix. 4, 5. ON BLANKETS. To be read on a cold night in November.... | |
| Menzies Rayner - 1839 - 476 pagina’s
...and the measure of my days, what it is : that I may know how frail I am. People. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. M. Surely man walketh in a vain show : surely he disquieteth himself... | |
| 1839 - 496 pagina’s
...mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity," Psalm xxxix. 4, 5. THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. THE mount of Olives will... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1839 - 384 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity," Psa. xxxix. 4, 5. ON QUIET CHRISTIANS. OH, how I love a quiet Christian... | |
| 1839 - 82 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know ho iv frail I am. Behold, Hum hast made my days as a hand-breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Psalm xc. — So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 282 pagina’s
...rapid flight of time ? Who has not felt the truth of the expression of the Psalmist, " Behold thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee? " Every mortal life proves, every moment declares, the truth of this statement. Sages have thought,... | |
| Legh Richmond - 1841 - 250 pagina’s
...enjoyed by others. David once observed the same, and cried out, " Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily, every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain show ; surely they are disquieted... | |
| George Mogridge - 1841 - 296 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity," Psa. xxxix. 4, 5. Death crossed the village in the AUTUMN. The orchard... | |
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