 | Matthew Henry - 1832 - 240 pages
...moon, and the stars which thou hast ordained ; Lord, what is man that thou thus visitest him /? For truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun m: all the glory be to a Psalm cxxxvi. 2, 3. 4 Exod. xxxiii. 19. c Psalm cxlv. 10. d Psalm cxlv. 8.... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...soon he may be " made to possess months of vanity, and have wearisome nights appointed unto him!" " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pages
...knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both fiitill be alike good. 7 H U U| r CQ T k + 5 帧 *>Dl g g [ D ) RZ { W q ]? in: 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness;... | |
 | Nicholas Lockyer - 1831 - 238 pages
...soul inclination impure, nor under the least possibility to be made so. Light is pleasant. " Truly light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," saith the wise man, Eccl. xi. 7. Light is glorious, and casts glory upon every thing. It suits a most... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...years and 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
...knowest not 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
...Of all the 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
...given us 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... | |
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