 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...;he ohservation and contemplation of nature that caused the wisest of kings to exclaim, " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to hehold the sun." And 1 think there is not a reflecting heing m the world who hath not felt, though... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...all nature is enlivened by his presence, it is also cheered by his gifts. " Truly (says Solomon,) the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to beho'.ii the sun." And the author of " the Spectator" has well observed, that the sun has a particular... | |
 | Thomas Hannam - 1826 - 432 pages
...that shiuel/t more and more unto the perfeet day. — Prov. iv. 1S. "TRULT (says the wise man,) the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to hehold the sun." A transition from a state of darkness to a state of light, how desirahle and important... | |
 | Jane Taylor - English essays - 1827 - 238 pages
...rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for 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... | |
 | 1828 - 588 pages
...but they will not excuse you for the willing admission of your favourite sin. V. 21—23. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." This cheerful, gladdening property of light is so •well known, that the word light is often used... | |
 | Thomas Erskine - Christian literature, English - 1828 - 282 pages
...embracing, and omnipotent love, is its joyful and satisfying portion through all eternity. " Surely the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Each revealed perfection of God, as it enters the heart of man, goes to form a part of the Christian... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...Every thing here is uncertain. How often is the lamp of the wicked put out. Truth whispers, " 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,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...was the light of men. " The light of the body is the eye ;" and a precious gift it is. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." But the faculty of vision, as well as some others, is bestowed in a higher degree of acuteness on certain... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be. alike good. 7 IT Truly the h, and hael a censer in his hand to burn incense : and while he was wroth 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness;... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...life, relief, and comfort ! the hope, the consolation of Israel ! the desire of all nations ! Truly light is sweet ; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. But he that seeth the Sun of Righteousness, and believeth on Jesus, hath everlasting life. — The... | |
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