 | Abigail F. Mott - 1827 - 144 pages
...trifling a circumstance is capable of destroying that enjoyment which is built on pride and ambition. " All this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." When he ceased speaking, his wife, who appears to have cherished the same dispositions with her husband,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 pages
...invited to her v.-jth the king." After all this preamble, what is the conclusion? " Vet all this avaiieth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew, sitting at the king's gate." 8 The sequel of Haman s history, I shall not now pursue. It might afford matter for much instruction,... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Esth. v. 13; Yet all this availeth mo nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of tbem also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.... | |
 | Eli Meeker (Rev) - 1827 - 414 pages
...did he not richly enjoy the favours confered on him ? One reason he assigns in the words of the text: All this availeth me nothing, so long as I see MordeCai, the Je\vf sitting at the king's gate. 2d. We should not be envious towards others ; because, this, spirit... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 e testi 2 14 S Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...full of indignation against Mordecai, &c. And having told his friends of his glory, &c. yet (said he) all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king's gate. — Esth. v. 9 — 13. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...miserable in a palace. Haman, after telling his wife and his friends all his promotion and glory, adds, Yet all this availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. On that night could not the king sleep. " Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep — " He, like... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1829 - 442 pages
...the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's M gate. Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits... | |
 | William Jay - 1830 - 302 pages
...banquet that she had prepared, but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. " People often wonder at your uneasiness; but the heart knoweth his own bitterness. You feel some worm... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 pages
...bring the evil upon his house 413 SERMON XXVIII. ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PASSIONS. Esther, v. 13.— Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew, sitting at the king's gate 427 SERMON XXIX. ON THE CHARACTER OF DAVID. Acts, xiii. 22. — I have found David the son of Jesse,... | |
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
