 | 1832 - 618 pages
...are, sends man to receive a lesson on diligence and foresight ; when it says, " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which,...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." We behold the labours of these indefatigable insects, which... | |
 | 1832 - 378 pages
...proposed as a lesson to the only rational free agent who occupies our globe: " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." (Prov. vi. 6.) Thus is man instructed by the faint emanation... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1832 - 1060 pages
...prudent foresight. Proverbs vi. 6 — 8. is a passage for a long discourse : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise. Which having...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest ;'' but a long discourse would be misplaced here. The same character... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1832 - 378 pages
...thee, like an ambushed foe." From this hubbub of words pass to the original. " Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having...no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in thy summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt... | |
 | Edward Berens - 1832 - 70 pages
...enforces his recommendation by referring us to the industry and foresight of the ant. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her meat in the summer, andgathereth her food in the harvest. And again, There be four things... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...man foreseeth evil and hideth himself; but the simple pass on and is punished." " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, providetn her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." Hence also the general caution.... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...THE SLUGGARD REPROVED. 67 DCCLXVII. THE SLUGGARD REPROVED. Prov. vi. 6 — 10. Go to the ant, t/iou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provide th her meat in the summer, and gather eth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...Sfc. come under this head. I. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:—which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathered) her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, C) sluggard? when wilt thou arise... | |
 | John Johnston - 1834 - 582 pages
...not one more beautiful and instructive than that which is now before you : — " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The Wise Man employs a mode of instruction, of which the sacred... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...to thy Benefactor, repay kindness with kindness. Learn industry from the bee. " Go to the ant, thou name, I will snmmer, and gathereth her food in the harvest How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard 1 When wilt thou... | |
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Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
