| George David Doudney - 1855 - 450 pages
...conclusion stamped upon all that stopped short of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity " (EcdL i. 2). Exactly agreeing with this testimony, he counted all things but LOSS for the knowledge... | |
| 1855 - 870 pages
...conclusion stamped upon all that stopped short of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity" (Eccl. i. 2). Exactly agreeing with this testimony, he counted all things but LOSS for the knowledge... | |
| William Edward Heygate - 1856 - 264 pages
...the beginning, &c. Ecclesiastes i. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away,... | |
| 1857 - 452 pages
...glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth shall descend into it. Isn. v. 14. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Eccl. i. 2. Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world.... | |
| Rev. Henry Ives Bailey - 1857 - 870 pages
...glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. Isa. v. 1 4. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. Eccl. i. 2. Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world.... | |
| Emma Jane WORBOISE - 1858 - 454 pages
...the eye grows dim with, weeping, or perhaps is glazing beneath the chill glance of the last enemy ! " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity !" and so say all who have their portion in the pleasures of the world, when the cup of their joys... | |
| Augustus Charles Thompson - 1858 - 298 pages
...home, While his eye with rapture glistens, Burns to say, — " I come, I come." EMPTY AND FLEETING. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." Eccl. i. 2. AH, how empty, ah, how fleeting, Is the life of mortal man ! Like the flow of rapid river,... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1858 - 506 pages
...BOOK. THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes, chapter i. verse 1. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Verse 2. 1 As subscribers to the edition in fo'lo, 1718. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo,... | |
| 1858 - 300 pages
...home, While his eye with rapture glistens, Burns to say, — - " I come, I come." EMPTY AND FLEETING. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." Led. I. 2. AH, how empty, ah, how fleeting, Is the life of mortal man ! Like the flow of rapid river,... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1860 - 358 pages
...I. THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes, chapter i. verse 1. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Verse 2. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more... | |
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