 | Ray Potter - 1829 - 316 pages
...My love for God's people now inclined' me to their company. I had of choice rather be a door keeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness and sin. I felt a desire to be baptized and make a public profession of religion, because... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...I never seen the righteous' forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of »the .Lord, than to dwell in the, tents of wickedness. I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spresdim; himseJf like a green bay-tree. Vet... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1830 - 612 pages
...peace in believing ; to find the ways of religion pleasant and delightful ; and to choose rather to be " door-keepers in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness." ' A 11, this/ say worldly people, ' sounds very well: yet these devout believers frequently... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1832 - 182 pages
...him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. A. wise son maketh a glad father: but £ foolish son ia the heaviness of his mother. Happy... | |
 | Alonzo King - 1834 - 338 pages
...Lord,' was my silent ejaculation, ' let me be the least of all saints. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.' " In the course of the conversation, my mind was filled with holy joy, and I returned... | |
 | 1834 - 514 pages
...'Dear Lord, was my silent ejaculation, let me be the least of all saints. I had rather he a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.' " In the course of the conversation, my mind was filled with holy joy, nnd I returned... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - 1836 - 636 pages
...yea, one day in his courts was to him better than a thousand : he chose rather to be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." The third use of this doctrine shall be of Exhortation. First, To all in general. O sirs,... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...disagreeable to make the collection so frequently. — As if it were not better to be " a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly !" 3. It is disagreeable to connect the giving of money with the worship of the sanctuary.... | |
 | 1840 - 638 pages
...I am not worthy to be called tby son, this soul will say with David "I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness : " now the poor sinner's mouth is opened, " This people have I formed for myself, they... | |
 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1840 - 498 pages
...truly, I love he ways of the Lord, better than I do the ways of man. " I had rather be a door-keeper n the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." 19th. At our Quarterly Meeting, we had the company of three young men, who evinced a commendable... | |
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It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
