 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better....  Sermons to Young Women - Page 94de James Fordyce - 1809 - 312 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 512 pages
...near apace : and when it comes, will convince them of the truth of the wise preacher's observation : ' The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.' There is a very great difference between the misgivings and misapprehensions of a religious mind, and... | |
 | 1830 - 156 pages
...to think and reflect; whereas the grand plan of the enemy to our peace is to destroy recollection, "The HEART of the wise is in the house of mourning;...but the HEART of fools is in the house of mirth." Who, then, are the wise of this world? In the parable of the ten virgins, we find the five, who were... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 682 pages
...to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Eccl. vii. 2 — 6.) S. It is a wonder of stupidity, that reasonable men can so much forget so great,... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - 1829 - 534 pages
...I, upon the occasion of her decease, preached at Mr. Shower's, in Jewin-street, from Eccl. vii. 4. " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." I afterwards preached frequently, as desired, and was generally persuaded both by Ministers and friends... | |
 | 1830 - 864 pages
...belter than laugliter : for bf the («adiifss of tlic countenance the heart u made betler.' 4 The lienrt of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fools ù in the hou*e of mirth. is better to hear the rebuke of the «ist than for a man to hear the song... | |
 | 1831 - 456 pages
...than to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. We learn to die ; — we.learn to live. We see the utter emptiness of all sublunary good, that support... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1831 - 152 pages
...house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." Eccl. vii. 2 — 4. [As this is an unquestionable truth, instead of poring upon our afflictions, to... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 pages
...than laughter ; for by the sadness of the * Mai. iii. 16, 17. t Luke xxiv. 13-32. 1 Luke xvui. 20. countenance the heart is made better. The heart of...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."* The religion of the Bible does not interdict all innocent mirth and festivity. Christ himself attended... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1831 - 368 pages
...LIBRARY c Harper's Stereotype Edition. AFFECTING SCENES; BEINQ PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PHYSICIAN. " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."— Eccl. vii. 4. \ NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY J. *- /. HARPER, 82 CLIFF-ST. Sold by Collins & Hannay, Collins... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 pages
...the The Hoiiie of Mourning and the Honne of Mirth. House of Feasting," Eccl. vii. 2, 4. And again, "The heart of the wise is in the House of Mourning,...but the heart of fools is in the House of Mirth." So he asked the young men what that house was called on the other side of the cross ; and they told... | |
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