 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pagine
...wisest of men refers us to the bright example of its foresight and activity : " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise : which having...meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."0 Their uniform care and promptitude in improving every moment as it passes ; the admirable... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pagine
...food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep 1 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep ; So shall thy poverty come as one that trarelleth, and thy want as an armed man, Prov. v. 6 — 11. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and... | |
 | Charles Wellbeloved - 1826 - 278 pagine
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well; I looked upon it and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." What a striking picture has the king of Israel here drawn ! How powerful a warning does it contain... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 pagine
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 434 pagine
...future, is condemned by an allusion to that feeble insect the ant, Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." If the feeble insect, without guide, overseer, or ruler, provides for itself, how inexcusable is it... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 692 pagine
...criminality of his conduct in neglecting the improvement of the trust committed to him. " Go to the ant thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." The evil of idleness, and the duty of industry, in the disciples of Christ, are clearly taught in the... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pagine
...seems as if we could hardly fail of feeling the force of Solomon's humbling address; Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise; Which having...the summer; and gathereth her food in the harvest. We need a spiritual portion for present comfort, whatever else we may possess; and how can we do without... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pagine
...extraordinary giddines in the head,' p. 263. 12 ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says Solomon), learn her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in harvest.' If, says the fool, you had been schooled by the ant, you would have known that the king's... | |
 | Eli Meeker (Rev) - 1827 - 414 pagine
...provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ! when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?...one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Of how much greater consequence is the soul-important work, in which men are called to engage, than... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 pagine
...her ways; and,by awaking from their stupidity, to learn a lesson of wisdom. Go to the ant, 12 thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : Which,...her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ! when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little... | |
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
