 | George Mogridge - 1799 - 188 pagine
...stedfastly gazed upon it ; gilding the heavens and the earth, and gladdening the spirit of the beholder. Oh "a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," and for the heart to remember that " the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord will give grace and glory... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1800 - 300 pagine
...disdains to watch over them and supply their wants ? What is there more pleasant than light ? " Truly the light is " sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes " to behold the sun." Its rays fill all the immense expanse of the heavens ; and, as long as day lasts, the eye is surrounded... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pagine
...of God in Christ, is pleasant. It is to the soul what the light of the sun is to the body. " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." St. Paul, who was blessed with this knowledge, "counted all things but loss for the excellency of it;"... | |
 | 1869
...p. 483. t Quintil. xi. B. 2. irony we have a striking illustration in Eccles. xi. 7 — 10: " 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... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 pagine
...trust in nought beside. M. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.... John xx. 20. " TRULY the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."....Eccles. xi. 7. But , O how much more sweet and pleasant to see the light and behold the glory... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagine
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor, wisdom, in the grave, whither thou gogst. 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,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pagine
...age, in prosperity and adversity, be always doing good, and depc?id upon God for the issue. 7 Truly the light [is] sweet ; and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun ; life and the -comforts of it are very 8 agreeable : But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pagine
...whether shall prosper, prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 ^f 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... | |
 | 1807 - 612 pagine
...common specimen of fine writing. " Here we need the vicissitudes of day and night for labour and rest. The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold th» sun. The night, though favourable to repose, is, however, a gloomy season. The gloom we endeavour... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pagine
...endeavours succeed not, yet another may ; and thou knowest not which of them may speed the best. XI. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : Indeed life is sweet, and light gives cheerfulness unto our life ; it is a comfortable thing to enjoy... | |
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun... 
