 | John Philip - 1828 - 478 pages
...' Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.' ' In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ;...shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they shall both be alike good.' We can look but a very little way into the consequences of things ; our... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 576 pages
...according to the advice of Solomon, "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,...that, or whether they both shall be alike good"." t Eccles. xi. 6. CHAPTER I. The doctrine of the Roman Church, in the controverted Articles, is neither... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 pages
...with good works." " Abstain from all appearance " of evil." (a) Diligence. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in " the evening withhold not thine hand...that : " or whether they both shall be alike good." " Go to " the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be " wise ; which, having no guide, overseer,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 pages
...Giving to the poor, is in this respect compared to sowing seed, in Eccl. xi. 6. "In the morning s-nw 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, (see ver. I, 2.) It intimates,... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 pages
...with good works." " Abstain from all appearance " of evil." (a) Diligence. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in " the evening withhold not thine hand...that : " or whether they both shall be alike good." " Go to " the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be " wise ; which, having no guide, overseer,... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...book lent, or a tract given .' of a wise and moral distribution of alms ? — " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ;...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Let us never think any of our possessions or endowments our own. They are talents ; and, "as every... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 pages
...that " we shall find it after many days." " In the morning" (as the wise man exhorts us,) " sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ;...that ; or whether they both shall be alike good." 2 It has been admirably observed on this subject — ' In order to prevent perpetual disappointment,... | |
 | Christopher Ralph Muston - 1830 - 458 pages
...exhortation of scripture in regard to the efforts of christian beneficence: — " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ;...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good" !* How many persons, who had long lived in the neglect of religion, and who had even advanced far in... | |
 | David Cranz, Religious Tract and Book Society for Ireland - 1831 - 318 pages
...observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand,...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Eccles. xi. 4 — 6. But the Missionaries' hopes of this youth were soon revived, for he missed no... | |
 | 1831 - 858 pages
...he came, and by the further illumination of Divine truth to his soul. " 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." A fifth lesson is on tlie point of conversion. With all the provision for Jolin's future growth in... | |
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In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 
