 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pages
...Solomon, " 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 barrest," Prov. vi. 6, 7, 8. Ah ! how strikingly do these little, industrious, and frugal insects reprove... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise :—which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, providelh her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?— Yet a little sleep,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 pages
...ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be " wise ; which, having no guide, overseer, nor ruler, " provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth " her food in the harvest." " Be not slothful." Let every man " labour, working with his hands the " thing which is good, that... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 pages
...ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be " wise ; which, having no guide, overseer, nor ruler, " provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth " her food in the harvest." " Be not slothful." Let every man " labour, working with his hands the (a) 1 Thes. iv. 3, 4, 5, 7-... | |
 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...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."* Isaiah sends the ungrateful to the ox and the ass for instruction : " The ox knoweth his owner, and... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 pages
...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." But now, thirdly, I am to remind you, that he who would lay any thing by for charity, must be temperate.... | |
 | John Stanford - 1829 - 474 pages
...labour. For this reason it is we are sent to tlie ant to learn her ways and be wise, for she providcth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest, for future use ; and if this admonition was reduced to practiee, many aged people might enjoy their... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...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. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou I arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep,... | |
 | 1830 - 986 pages
...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." " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." On the former of these... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pages
...elements sweet in which we live. Solomon sendeth us to the ant, and biddeth us to ' consider her ways,' which ' provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.' Many such instructors we may find in nature ; the like industrious providence we may observe in every... | |
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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. 
