 | Sydney Smith - 1809 - 452 pages
...joys. FOR THE BLIN D. SERMON VIII. ECCLESIASTES XI. VERSE VII. • "• Truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant , thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. . t . t IF any man were to require, at my hands, a proof of the authenticity of that gospel by the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1809 - 456 pages
...:«i••* , i:'• .: .• ,T SERMON VIII. ECCLESIASTES XL VERSE VII. Truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun, • IF any man were to require, at my hands, a proof of the authenticity of that gospel by the principles... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 pages
...foreheads." 7. Here we need the vicissitudes of day and night for labor and rest. The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. The night, though favorable to repose, is, however, a gloomy season. The gloom we endeavor to dispel... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 pages
...see and admire the light of the day; and we may say with the wise man, " truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." But this is the light of the eye : it is not the light of the mind : Christ is that light ; and therefore... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...thy family, Mat. x. 41, 42; Heb. xiii. 2; 1 Kings xvii. 13 — 16. 7. ^[ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. By light, and beholding the sun, we are to understand the period of this present life, as is evident... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 pages
...the abundance of Zion's glory, Isai. lxvi. 11. Shepherd. " Truly the light is sweet," saith Wisdom, " 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,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1812 - 402 pages
...but he who knows our thoughts, and wants too, could direct you to send it. O! how sweet is the light! and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. But I am unworthy of the least of his mercies. O! what a heaven it is to enjoy his presence, though... | |
 | 1805 - 672 pages
...the Sun the ingenuity of man may invent, we inow from experience, that " truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." AJJI. K Were we to be shut up for a short time in total darkness, ire should doubtless perceive a greater... | |
 | 1821 - 632 pages
...doth pre-eminently that of natural light. Hence it is said in Eccl. xi. 7. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is .for the eyes to behold the sun." During the dark months of November and December, the days were very short, and the occupations of many... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...the Lord. The Gospel resembles Light — in the happiness it produces. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." — The Gospel renders man happy ; it hushes the sighing bosom into placid repose, dries up the orphan's... | |
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