 Behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Wherefore, I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living who are yet alive." Yea — -presently — haste to be just before the time comes, for presently — " The small...  America as I Found it - Page 209by Mary Grey Lundie Duncan - 1852 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Missions - 1803 - 504 pages
...ftate cf man by nature, and therefore the infpired writer proceeds to fay, " I praifed the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are yet alive ; yea, better is ' he than both they, who hath not yet feen the fun or known any thing." The charafter, enjoyments... | |
 | 1826 - 664 pages
...makes the condition of saints departed worse than that of the living; whereas, the wise man says, " 1 praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive;" Eccl. iv. 2. the reason is, because " blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,... | |
 | James Duncan - Slavery - 1840 - 150 pages
...comfort ; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living who are yet alive." That these words were designed to display the miserable condition of persons in a state of abject slavery... | |
 | Mary Grey Lundie Duncan - African-Americans - 1852 - 474 pages
...to arise in the mind : " Behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter. Wherefore, I praised the dead which are already dead, more than...Having fallen on this sore subject, it is right to make a remark or two to place British motives for remarking on the condition of the Africo-American race... | |
 | Theology - 1854 - 652 pages
...side of the oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are yet alive ; yea, better is he than both they who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - Future punishment - 1878 - 220 pages
...away to death in his wickedness, the righteous has hope. He expresses the same idea when he says : ;1 1 praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive." — Ecc. iv 2. When the wicked die in their wickedness, the righteous have hope... | |
 | Christian literature, Early - 1896 - 530 pages
...but later than many of our writers, spoke thus in Ecclesiastes : " And I praised all the departed, which are already dead, more than the living, who are yet alive. And better than both they is he who hath not yet been born, and who hath not seen this evil work which... | |
 | Christian literature, Early - 1896 - 536 pages
...time, but later than many of our writers, spoke thus in Ecclesiastes : "And I praised all the departed, which are already dead, more than the living, who are yet alive. And better than both they is he who hath not ye; been born, and who hath not seen this evil work which... | |
 | Gustaw Herling-Grudziński - Fiction - 2003 - 292 pages
...the preacher: "vanity and chasing the wind." Twice, with tears in her eyes, she read this passage: 1 praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 2007 - 524 pages
...time, but later than many of our writers, spoke thus in Ecclesiastes ; "And I praised all the departed, which are already dead, more than the living, who are yet alive. And better than both they is he who hath not yet been born, and who hath not seen this evil work which... | |
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