| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...morning, therefore, sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Never think that you have tried or taught enough. New temptations and dangers are continually occurring... | |
| William Russel - 1816 - 122 pages
...accomplish the most essential effects in his unsearchable counsels. " In the morning" then, " sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand :...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." (Eccles. xi. 6.) " The foolishness of God" (says the Apostle) " is wiser than men ; and the weakness... | |
| 1816 - 430 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. In giving a detailed account of the... | |
| 1816 - 436 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction-~/n the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. In giving a detailed account of the... | |
| 1816 - 430 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. Tn giving a detailed account of the... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 pages
...Giving to the poor, is in this respect compared to sowing seed, in Eccl. xi. 6. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand :...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." By withholding the hand the wise man means, not giving to the poor, (sec ver. 1, 2.) It intimates,... | |
| 1817 - 430 pages
...stimulate us to renewed activity. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that, or whether they shall be both alike good." It is interesting to see so many just beginning to act for eternity, distinguish... | |
| 1817 - 486 pages
...the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thoii knowest not whither shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." The husbandman, when he committeth his seed to the ground, doth not expect an immediate harvest, "... | |
| 1825 - 512 pages
...little expense, and no loss of time. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Were all thus engaged, it could not be in vain. So much of the bread of life, cast upon the waters,... | |
| William Hargrove - 1818 - 342 pages
...your subjicts in these parts; jmiulful of the saying of the wisest man — ' In the morning sow thy seed, and In the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, filher this or that." To do this, hath been the most deJightful employment of my whole life. In my... | |
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