 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 pages
...the great business of man. Let the words of the wise king of Israel sink deep into their hearts — " Truly, the light is " sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold " the sun. But if a man li ve many years, and rejoice " in them all ; yet, let him remember the days of dark" ness,... | |
 | 1824 - 542 pages
...and waters, and to survey the blue face of heaven. I felt the beauty of those words of inspiration, ' truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun; ' and, simple as they are, they bore to me, in the situation in which disease had placed me, a weight... | |
 | 1847 - 390 pages
...merciful to let the sunshine fell on the evil as well as on the good. It is said in his holy word, " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," Eccl. xi. 7. And it says also, that in heaven neither sun nor sunshine will be wanted. " There shall... | |
 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 pages
...O that they were wise ; that they understood this; that they would consider their latter end n. 2. 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, for... | |
 | Cottage - 1825 - 164 pages
...and waters, and to survey the blue face of heaven. I felt the beauty of those words of inspiration, ' truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun ; ' and, simple as they are, they bore to me, in the situation in which disease had placed me, a weight... | |
 | 1826 - 478 pages
...and a more solemn account will they have to give before the supreme tribunal. Hence says Solomon : " 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 : for they... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...whether t shall tu<*>. prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be '***' alike good. 7 ^| Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...extraordinary blessings upon thy family. (Matth. x. 14, 42. Heb. xiii. 2. 1 Kings xvii. 13—16) Ver. 7. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.] By ' light, and beholding the sun,' we are to understand ' the time of this present life/ as is evident... | |
 | Thomas Hannam - 1826 - 374 pages
...the shining light, more and more unto the perfect day.—frov. iv. ]S. "TRDLY (says the wise man,) the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." A transition from a state of darkness to a state of light, how desirable and important ! If natural... | |
 | William Beveridge - 1827 - 544 pages
...does in the outward. " The light of the eyes," saith the wise man, "rejoiceth the heart." «« And truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." This \ve all find by daily experience, and so do we too, that the light and heat of the sun agitate... | |
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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 ; for they shall be many. 
