 | Dorothy Anne Thrupp - 1837 - 316 pages
...iii. 2. Ps. xvii. 15.) everlasting ; ( ha. Ix. 19, 20.) " Truly," said the wise man," "light is sweet; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." (Eccl. xi. 7.) Nevertheless, that material sun shall be turned into blackness ; the heavens and the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...and of his faithfulness promotes confidence. " Truly," says an inspired speaker, " light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."* The sentiment of the royal moralist is readily admitted; but seldom is the importance of the benefit... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1838 - 572 pages
...THINE eyes are lost: — The chief comfort of thy life is gone with them. The light is sweet, saith Solomon ; and a pleasant thing it is, for the eyes to behold the sun. Eccl. xi. 7. Hath not God done this on purpose that he might take thee off from all earthly objects,... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...prosper, either this or that, Or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 TRULY the light и sweet, is day, every m : 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; Yet let him remember the days of darkneis;... | |
 | William James - 1988 - 1410 pages
...any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the Sun. . . . 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; for... | |
 | Perry Tilleraas - 1988 - 404 pages
...be honest with myself, my close friends, other people, and my Higher Power. Truly the light is sweet and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. — Ecclesiastes The saints and sages, and the many people who have had near death experiences talk... | |
 | Rabbeinu Yonah - 1967 - 406 pages
...successful or just as successful as his earlier ones. Continuing, he says, "And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun" (Ecclesiastes II : 7). Here he resumes speaking of the days of old age, which he has compared to evening.... | |
 | Deborah Pryor - 1992 - 36 pages
...wick down dimly. All during this process she says, over and over) GOWDIE. Truely the light is sweet and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Truely the light is sweet and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun ... (She sits on... | |
 | Carl J. Hansen, Steven D Kawaler - 1999 - 472 pages
...Statistical Physics (London: Pergamon). 8 Structure and Evolution of the Sun Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. — Ecclesiastes 11:7 On the other hand, / hate the beach. I hate the sun. I'm pale and I'm red-headed.... | |
 | I.C. Jarvie, N. Laor - 1994 - 318 pages
...problem, Qohelet can afford to conclude on a confident, even triumphant note: "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: for if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all ... Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and... | |
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