 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, fur they shall be many." " TRULY the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun; " and perhaps the truth of the remark is never felt more forcibly than on a New Year's morning. Not... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...Darkness" hath nothing whatever to commend it : it is utterly destitute of every good quality : whereas " light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun*." And precisely thus does piety approve itself to every beholder ; whilst a neglect of God presents nothing... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. ^f 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : ^f 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 404 pages
...elements of nature there is none more delightful and beautiful in its effects than light. "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." It diffuses a thousand shades of colouring over the hills, the vales, the rivers, and the boundless... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1833 - 132 pages
...darkness for rest and sleep. After we have slept, we may say when we arise from our beds, " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."J When God had created light, he called the light day; and he called the darkness night. This... | |
 | John Harrison Curtis - 1833 - 270 pages
...bowels, as constipation ought always to be avoided. CHAPTER V. LIGHT.* " LIGHT," said the wisest of men, "is sweet; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." The truth of this few will dispute, though perhaps only those who have at some period of their life... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 774 pages
...this is a pleasure to the soul that understands itself, and its own true interest. Truly the liyht is sweet, and a pleasant thing it Is for the eyes to behold the tun, (Eccl. xi. 7.) it rejoiceth the heart, Prov. xv. 30. Hence, light is often put for joy and comfort;... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...with those who are still in it. O tell them what yon see and enjoy. Tell them light is sweet and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the Sun of Righteousness. It would not indeed be kind to do this unless there was hope for them. But there... | |
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1834 - 268 pages
...knowledge; but he never speaks a word against simple natural pleasures — "Truly," saith he, "the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." I am well, too well aware, that when all is said and done, many minds will remain essentially sad-thoughted... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...nature is enlightened by his presence, it is also cheered by its gifts. " Truly (says Solomon) the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." And the author of " The Spectator" has well observed, that the sun has a particular influence on the... | |
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