 | George Peck - 1848 - 498 oldal
...partially exempted ; yet we, too, in one form or another, are to meet suffering, terrible suffering. Truly " the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun ; but if a man live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1854 - 348 oldal
...metaphorical sense. One of the effects produced by natural light, is a revival of the animal spirits, " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," Eccles. xi. 7. This furnished an image of spiritual happiness, — " Light is sown for the righteous,"... | |
 | Thomas Adams - 1848 - 912 oldal
...light enough to see themselves die. How joyfully do we look up to heaven after a tedious darkness ! " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," Eccl. xi. 7- Yet how forgetfully do we omit praise to Him, that hath both placed the light there, and... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1849 - 554 oldal
...little of this honey." Lastly, They shall be cheered and comforted in their way. Solomon tells us, " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Bnt no such sweetness, no snch comfort in any light, as in the light of the Lord's countenance lifted... | |
 | 1849 - 778 oldal
...fellow-creatures. APPLICATION. 1. The subject is applied very briefly to the aged. — Ch. 11 : 7, 8. ~ Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. * s But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; Yet let him remember the days of darkness... | |
 | James Foote - 1849 - 698 oldal
...iniquity." You rejoice, and it is right that you should rejoice, in the blessing of temporal life: for "truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun;" " skin upon skin"—one part of his property after another, " nay, all that a man hath, will he give... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 820 oldal
...the Bihle. Let us hear how the writer goes on after the words which I quoted. He proceeds thus : " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun ; yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all ; and let him remember the days of darkness,... | |
 | John Patrick - 1975 - 68 oldal
...thy youth And let thy heart cheer thee Walk in the ways of thine heart And in the sight of thine eyes Truly the light is sweet And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. In the morning — sow thy seed. And in the evening — withhold not thine hand For thou knowest not... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 oldal
...the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 11 7 Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 8 But if a man live many years, And rejoice in them all; Yet let him remember the days of darkness;... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School) General Assembly - 1855 - 180 oldal
...religious instruction of our children and youth, the face of our Church presents a different appearance. "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." The universal interest among our churches in behalf of the rising generation gives promise for the... | |
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. 
