 | Joel Hawes - 1835 - 92 pages
...of our fathers, let us be just to the virtues of their descendants. I am not disposed to inquire " what is the cause that the former days were better than these ;" for I do not think they were. The first colonists and their immediate successors were, as a class,... | |
 | Nathan Parker, Henry Ware - 1835 - 540 pages
...James v. 20. ----- 25 SERMON IV. ERRONEOUS COMPARISONS OP THE PRESENT WITH THE PAST. Say not thou, what is the cause, that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. — Ecdaiastei vii. 10. SERMON V. A CHILD-LIKE... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...often refer to antiquity, as the halcyon period of innocence and delight : and the enquiry still is, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? " In the book Rumdyanum, it is said, that formerly the tiger and the deer used to drink at the same... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 pages
...often refer to antiquity, as the halcyon period of innocence and delight : and the enquiry still is, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? " In the book Ramdyanum, it is said, that formerly the tiger and the deer used to drink at the same... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 582 pages
...better mind, and never more forsake their own mercies. SERMON CVII. — On Former Times. " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these .' For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this," Eccl. vii, 10. 1. IT is not easy to discern any... | |
 | 1836 - 368 pages
...bear his own burden." Solomon adverts to one inquiry of little moment, in these words, " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou duet nut inquiru wisely concerning this. " It must be premature to inquire into the cause... | |
 | Charles Joseph Latrobe - 1837 - 300 pages
...Christ's, and Christ His Father's own ! l ' I Cor. iii. 2J, 23. O 2 THE PONTE MADDALENA. SAY NOT THOU : WHAT IS THE CAUSE THAT THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE I FOR THOU DOST NOT INQUIRE WISELY CONCERNING THIS.— ECCLES. VII. 10. THE sun hath scorned this quiet... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1837 - 438 pages
...stimulated to the expression of them by interest or affection. THE OLD LAD\'S COMPLAINT. " SAY not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning them." — Eccles. vii., 10. These are the words of Solomon,... | |
 | John Angell James - 1838 - 374 pages
...PRESENT GENERATION OF PROFESSORS WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE PRECEDED THEM. " SAT not thou," says the wise man, "what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not wisely inquire concerning this." — Eccles. vii. 10. This language could not have... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1838 - 110 pages
...THE Swiss COTTAGE PAGl. I 19 48 64 SCENES FROM REAL LIFE. THE OLD LADY'S COMPLAINT. " SAY not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning them," Eccles. vii. 10. These are the words of Solomon,... | |
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 
