...the signs of decay appear more and more evident beside the signs of increasing wisdom and experience. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness ;2 but, like ail earthly crowns, it is a fading one. The time soon comes when it is laid in the dust....

...shutteth his eyes to devis« froward things : moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 31. The htery head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32. Ht that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty : and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that...

...you require of your heavenly Father's future goodness, than the remembrance of his past mercies. " The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the ways of righteousness." Come! come! you must look upwards, and then you will not see the black beetles...

...readers some texts which might be suitable to different cases, such as in the following specimens ?— " The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in tlie way of righteousness." " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord." " I know that my Redeemer...

...Elijah, and ministered unto him. 2 Kings ii. 2, 4, 6. / will not leave thee. The duties of the ELDER. Prov. xvi. 31. the hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Tit. ii. 2. that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience....

...: — • These things do ; and the God oj' peace shall be with you *. ' Phil. iv. 8, 9. SERMON V. PROV. XVI. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. LONG life is what all men naturally desire : and yet to most no part of life seems to have much happiness...

...him from this crime with more seriousness than the charge teems to deserve. The duties of the elder. Prov. xvi. 31. • the hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way at righteousness.' Tit. ii. 2. ' that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity,...

...neighbours and relations will take occasion from thence, both to glorify God, and to reverence us. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness ; otherwise, it is a crown of shame. Noah was drunken but once, and then he was mocked. The apostle, exhorting Timothy,...

...suggested in the text, that old righteous persons have lived not only a long, but a righteous life. "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in' the way of righteousness." It is generally true, thongh there may be some exceptions, that aged christians have lived a long time...

...unprovided for ! " Vanity of vanities, vanity of vanities ! " saith the preacher, all is vanity !" " But the hoary head is a crown of glory, if it " be found in the way of righteousness." The consistent Christian will not greatly regret the loss of pleasures which he has long comparatively...