...any warrant to assure ourselves that we shall live to the end of the present year, or even week. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for " thou knowest not what a day may bring forth*." We often read or hear of sudden deaths, and sometimes of those who, after a lingering...

...To what purpose is it to put the evil day far off in apprehension, when it is so near in reality ? " Boast not thyself of to-morrow -, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. " Go to now, ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will " go into such a city, and continue...

...youth ! May it teach us all that " there is but a step between us and death," — as it says to us, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." From the period of this calamity to the year 1815, no particular event is recorded....

...of the shadow of death, were cheered by its ray. Yet from his lowly grave, the admonition sounds, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth ;" for, " in the midst of life we are in death." And equally instructive is the remembrance...

...off, and we fly away. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Here have we no continuing city. Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will...

...not. - 322 SERMON XVIII. On the Conduct to be held with regard to Future Events. PROVERBS, xxvii. 1 . Boast not thyself of tomorrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. - - - 341 SERMON XIX. On following the Multitude to do Evil. EXODUS, xxiii. 2. Thou...

...much where you have so little reason ? What ! take it for granted thatyou shall livetobeold! Ah, man! "boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." — If I could but read to you your names in the order in which they stand in Death's...

...the Author of his own superior wisdom. forgive this short excursion in honour of a favourite writer. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; 'for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. For the same reason, despair not of to-morrow ; it may bring forth good as well as...

...till the morrow what may be done to day ; but the inspired writer of the Book of Proverbs lias said, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Indeed we do not. The veriest trifle is often of importance enough to overthrow our...

...us lilt up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Si. Peter, Corntiill. Prov. xivii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. St. Peter-le-Paor, Broad-street. Rev. W. Parker. Isaiah, Uiv. 6; We all do fade as...