The Quest of the Chief Good: Expository Lectures on the Book Ecclesiastes : with a New TranslationArthur Miall, 1867 - 320 sider |
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Side 18
... rest or peace until he had learned a simple enjoyment of simple pleasures , a patient constancy under heavy trials , a heart- felt devotion to the service of God , and an unwavering faith in that future life whose dark portal men name ...
... rest or peace until he had learned a simple enjoyment of simple pleasures , a patient constancy under heavy trials , a heart- felt devotion to the service of God , and an unwavering faith in that future life whose dark portal men name ...
Side 22
... and hold fast the integrity of our faith ; if we can rest in the assurance that , after all and when all is done , " the little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked ; " that 22 INTRODUCTION .
... and hold fast the integrity of our faith ; if we can rest in the assurance that , after all and when all is done , " the little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked ; " that 22 INTRODUCTION .
Side 76
... rest : This too is vanity . THERE is nothing better for man than to eat and to drink , 24 And to let his soul take pleasure in his labour- But even this , I saw , cometh from God- For who should eat , 25 And who should hasten thereunto ...
... rest : This too is vanity . THERE is nothing better for man than to eat and to drink , 24 And to let his soul take pleasure in his labour- But even this , I saw , cometh from God- For who should eat , 25 And who should hasten thereunto ...
Side 88
... rest than he . 5 For God has put Eternity And if he live a thousand years and see no good : - Do not both go to the same place ? All the labour of this man is for his mouth ; Therefore the soul cannot be satisfied : 6 7 into his Heart ...
... rest than he . 5 For God has put Eternity And if he live a thousand years and see no good : - Do not both go to the same place ? All the labour of this man is for his mouth ; Therefore the soul cannot be satisfied : 6 7 into his Heart ...
Side 120
... rest till he lies in the narrow bed from which is no uprising ! What wonder if to such an one as he , " this goodly frame , the earth , seems but a sterile promontory , " stretching out a little space into the dark infinite void ...
... rest till he lies in the narrow bed from which is no uprising ! What wonder if to such an one as he , " this goodly frame , the earth , seems but a sterile promontory , " stretching out a little space into the dark infinite void ...
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Babylonian beast better Book of Esther brief day caprice Captivity Chap cheerful Chief children of men Coheleth comfort conclusion craving dark death delights despot devotion Divine duty earth empire enjoy enjoyment evil eyes faith fathers favour fear folly fool foolish gains give goeth Golden Mean hand happy hath heart heaven Hebrew Preacher Herodotus hope human Jerusalem Jews judgment king labour laws learned Literally live look Maurice de Guérin means mirth moral nature neighbours noble oppressions Ormazd Persian Persian Empire pleasure Prudence put eternity Quest Rabbi race reign reward riches righteous rule sacred satisfied satraps saw IV Scriptures seek selfish sense Solomon soul Talmud temper things thou thought tion toil true trust truth utter vanity and vexation Vanity of vanities VERSE vexation of spirit VIII wealth wicked wisdom wise words worship Xerxes
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Side 307 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Side 10 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his figtree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Side 248 - Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before • the Lord : For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Side 62 - Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Side 122 - I CHATTER over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Side 56 - And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority, And folly doctor-like controlling skill, And simple truth miscall'd simplicity, And captive good attending captain ill.
Side 83 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Side 131 - For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
Side 122 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, ' I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers.
Side 314 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.