 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...wisest of men refers us to the bright example of its foresight and activity : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise : which having...meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."0 Their uniform care and promptitude in improving every moment as it passes ; the admirable... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...« A'ot »ItilA/tti ¡n butin«« ; feroaU in tpirit ; Ь wn'ing ihr Lord ; » Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having...overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathered her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of... | |
 | John McDowell - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 560 pages
...the follow ing passages among others. " Not slothful in business ;" Rom. xii. 11. "Goto the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer or ruler, provide their meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep,... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Confirmation - 1825 - 394 pages
...frugality, lay up something, if possible, for future exigencies also : learning of " the ant, which provideth her meat " in the summer, and gathereth her food in the " harvest." 8 So that applying for our daily bread to God, is far from excluding a proper care to use the appointed... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - Sermons, American - 1826 - 332 pages
...seems as if we could hardly fail of feeling the force of Solomon's humbling address; Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; Which having...the summer; and gathereth her food in the harvest. We need a spiritual portion for present comfort, whatever else we may possess; and how can we do without... | |
 | Robert Morrison - Missions - 1826 - 434 pages
...future, is condemned by an allusion to that feeble insect the ant, Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." If the feeble insect, without guide, overseer, or ruler, provides for itself, how inexcusable is it... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...extraordinary giddines in the head,' p. 263. 12 ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says Solomon), learn her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in harvest.' If, says the fool, you had been schooled by the ant, you would have known that the king's... | |
 | Robert Morrison - Missions - 1826 - 596 pages
...future, is condemned by an allusion to that feeble insect the ant, Prov. vi. 6. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, aqd gathereth her food in the harvest." If the feeble insect, without guide, overseer, or ruler, provides... | |
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Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
