 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.  Poems - Page 102by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1839 - 650 pages
...work which the mighty Parent had pronounced to be very good. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." And all the works that are done under the sun are done by man only, and yet God " created man in his... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 60 pages
...We fly ; no resting for the foot weßnd ; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works tlint are under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation...spirit." But who believes it, till death tells it ne? It is death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent,... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - Congregational churches - 1839 - 486 pages
...disappointments and uncertainties of life. ECCLESIASTES i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit ....... 281 OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES. On the death of Governor James Sullivan . . 897 On the death of... | |
 | Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...praises, I will ever give to thee.' KCCLKSIASTRS i. 14. — ' I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.' October 24. — Mr. Locke, abuut two months before his death, drew up a letter to a certain gentleman,... | |
 | John Jewel - Bible - 1840 - 276 pages
...passeth away, and the lust thereof. The Wise-man saith, " I have considered all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit"." Again, " Great travail is created for all men, and an heavy yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
 | Henry Alford - Atonement - 1842 - 220 pages
...head of his book of mournful experience he places this : " I have seen all the works which are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. (For) that which is crooked cannot be made straight." 8 I find the prophets also bearing their witness... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...Bossuet, Sermon sur la Rtsurrectian. Note 2, page 11, col. 2. We tly; no resting for tbe foot we find. " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works...that are under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexauon of spirit." But who believes it, till Dcuth tells It as? It is Death alone that can suddenly... | |
 | 1843 - 480 pages
...hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works which are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight" — by science : " and that which is wanting cannot... | |
 | 1843 - 1068 pages
...heard of his wisdom.' All his experience ended in this — ' 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 For in... | |
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