I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...agendum." — Lucan II. 657. (3) See Bossuet, Sermon sur la Resurrection. W <- I have c msidered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun , and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.1' But who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It is Death alone that can make man to know... | |
| Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1854 - 736 pages
...visible expression of those sobering words of the Preacher : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." VOL. H. — 8 Katharine Ashton, though still young, had full cause now to realise this truth ; the... | |
| 1879 - 400 pages
...hath God given to tha sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed... | |
| Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1854 - 422 pages
...visible expression of those sobering words of the Preacher : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Katharine Ashton, though still young, had full cause now to realise this truth ; the dark night of... | |
| John Fleetwood - 1855 - 680 pages
...pleasure, he exclaimed, " Vanity of vanities ; all is vanity ! I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit !" Very profound and beautiful were the precepts which this melancholy experience forced upon the mind... | |
| Charles Baker - 1855 - 234 pages
...folly ; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. I have seen all the works that are <lone under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit .... Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.... | |
| John Blakely - Natural theology - 1856 - 302 pages
...describing all such achievements as characterized by vanity. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Again, the decline of Solomon's piety may be ascribed by some to his occupation with these works of... | |
| Susan Allibone - Bible - 1855 - 158 pages
...of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Eccl. i. 14. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii.... | |
| Margreta de Grazia, Maureen Quilligan, Peter Stallybrass - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...his law, promises, or threats, doth not . . . Death ... is believed, God ... is always deferred . . . "All is vanity and vexation of spirit" but who believes it till Death tells it us? ... It is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that... | |
| Witness Lee - Holy Spirit - 1997 - 96 pages
...Solomon they could say, "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. ... I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit" (Eccl. 1:2, 14). To have such a feeling is to be thirsty and unsatisfied. Realizing that the people... | |
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