 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.  The Sermons of Mr. Yorick - Page 24by Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Belfrage - Older people - 1827 - 710 pages
...youth is so prone. " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to heart." " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : lor VII. mortification, patitnce, iff. that it the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to hit heart. 3 Sorrow ij better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...one's birth. 2 If It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : oman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of tbe tree, and I did e 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by that have it. 13 Consider the work of God : for who ;an make... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...&c. — Ps. cxxvi. 5, 6. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living. will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. —... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 732 pages
...day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, yea, though he were dead,... | |
 | Theology - 1822 - 688 pages
...destroy this good name. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance is the heart made better.... | |
 | George Thomas Chapman - Sermons, American - 1828 - 424 pages
...derided, which saith, " It is better to goto the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart." Sooner or later, however, they will " be afflicted, and mourn and weep : their laughter will... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 520 pages
...God has informed us that it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart Even to those who are mere visitors in the house of mourn\ ing there is, in the eye of God, good... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 560 pages
...by going to it, are the nature of the place, and the emotions, which it inspires in their hearts. " That is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to heart." The end of all men, the most solemn and affecting of all things here below, is found in the... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1829 - 250 pages
...2. vii. 2 — 6. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better then laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The... | |
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