 | 1837 - 474 pages
...caverns yawn — where demons yell ; and all those cry to man, against the time he shall pass through it, "Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live." Summer doth not always continue. Winter doth not abide ever. Life is a summer, and may be made to produce... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 644 pages
...comfort of a child to succeed him, thy prophet is sent to him, with the heavy message of his death ; Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live. It is no small mercy of God, that he gives us warning of our end. Wo shall make an ill use of so gracious... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1837 - 368 pages
...you, in tones as solemn and as touching as that which once came to the ears of the king of Judah, " Set thine house in order : for thou shalt die, and not live 2 :" — yet let the assurance also set before you, that " the gift of God is eternal life, through... | |
 | John Colby - 1838 - 320 pages
...hearts ; the effects of which I trust will appear in another world. I spake from Isaiah xxxviii. 1; " Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live." I felt an impression on my mind to preach a funeral sermon, and accordingly I did. I urged the necessity... | |
 | John Colby - 1838 - 330 pages
...effects of which I trust will appear in another World. I spake from Isaiah xxxviii. 1; " Thus saiih the Lord, set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live." I felt an impression on my mind to preach a funeral sermon, and accordingly I did. I urged the necessity... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1838 - 572 pages
...Death. SUPPOSE a man comes to me on the same errand, '.vhich the prophet delivered to Hezekiah : ' Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live.' 2 Kings xx. 1. With what welcome do I entertain him ? Do I, with that good king, turn my face to the... | |
 | Sarah Hawkes - 1838 - 726 pages
...the opinion of several of the faculty, the message that was sent to Hezekiah is sent also to me, ' Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die and not live.' " I would above all things desire to do as he did, that is, ' Turn my face to the wall, and pray unto... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 pages
...with a righteous sentence. Cast down, then, that proud eye, so long fixed upon yon dazzling height. " Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live." Where would all your. bright dreams be, if death should meet you this night ? How can you tell that... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1839 - 194 pages
...in the falling torrents. When king Hezekiah was sick, God sent the prophet Isaiah to him to say, " Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live." Hezekiah heard the message ; turned over in his bed, and with a flood of tears, offered a most affecting... | |
 | 1839 - 540 pages
...most invaluable opportunities for devotion and communion with God. NOVEMBER, 1839. 3 G THE DEBTOR. " Thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order, for thou Shalt die and not live."— Isaiah xxxrni. I As I was returning one- evening from a summer walk, I was accosted by two poor countrymen... | |
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Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked- before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 
