| 1837 - 336 pages
...met and accomplished. God's, promised blessing is our dependence. "Except the Ltjrd build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." If the Divine blessing be withheld, in vain are all our efforts, useless... | |
| William Jay - 1830 - 302 pages
...schemes, all your exertions, all your expectations, without him? "Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
| 1830 - 580 pages
...the Lord it maketh rich ; and he addeth no sorrow with it.1 — c Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. It is vain for me to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee. Ps. cxxii. 6. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Ps. cxxvii. 1. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy... | |
| William Ware (of Belfast.) - 1832 - 38 pages
...never fail ; and may they ever bear in lively remembrance, that " except the Lord builc/ the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." Belfast, December 1831. ADDITION TO THK PROPOSED PLAN. The Legislature... | |
| Elias Hicks - 1832 - 464 pages
...season, and but little life to be felt, BO true is that saying, that, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." He returned with me and attended our meeting the next day, and had a... | |
| John Howe - 1832 - 548 pages
...know, that you need a constant preserver in your several dwellings ? Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh hut in vain. Psalm I'-'/- 1. A city you know is made up of so many houses inhabited;... | |
| William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...that turneth away wrath ; and then he has recourse to prayer. For except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. When we have arranged our plans, and secured our means, and done all that... | |
| William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...that tuineth away wrath ; and then he has recourse to prayer. For except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. When we have arranged our plans, and secured our means, and done all that... | |
| William Bengo Collyer - 1833 - 252 pages
...Stay, proud man, and before you glory, learn this wholesome truth : " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." Without his favour " it is in vain for you to rise up early, to sit up... | |
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