| 1865 - 1194 pages
...Let Us not be driven from our moorings, or sank into despair, by the storms that shake the earth. "He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." Let us not be too much elated when the light of friendly events beams upon us, so as to dream that... | |
| 1846 - 664 pages
...! Warn every one, and exhort every one, if by any means you may save some. ' In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper.' Say not, ' I can do nothing. I am slow of speech.' True ; but who made the tongue... | |
| Robert Leighton - 1822 - 500 pages
..., " Wait on God, and do good," saith the royal Psalmist, xxxvii. 3. " Sow thy seed in the morning, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which will prosper," saith the 1 wise son, Eccles. xi. 6. As the moralist speak of benefits, a man... | |
| 1847 - 390 pages
...hath covered our heads in the day of battle.' " USEFULNESS OF TRACT NO. 509. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for...knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, Eccl. xi. 6. THE encouragement afforded by this passage of Holy Scripture seems peculiarly suitable... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 484 pages
...protection we enjoy ; yet we must not make this the condition of our activity for Christ. He that obteroeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. If ever God prosper us, in any great degree, it will be in the exercise of that spirit by which the... | |
| 1824 - 570 pages
...Mr. Thompson of Patna; another spoke of having heard the gospel at Jessore. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper," &c. July Ш.—We had a pleasing conversation with a youth, who has been for... | |
| 1825 - 594 pages
...they go, and be ready on all occasions to com* ply with Solomon's counsel — "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for...knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that" My young friend sailed a few days before me. We parted, I think, with mutual feelings, that will render... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He 5 As thou knowcst not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...For as Solomon saith, " Qui respicit ad ventos, non seminat; et qui respicit ad nubes, non metet" (he that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap) : a man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. To conclude ; behaviour seemeth to me as a garment... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...in other countries, in expectation of rain ; a circumstance to which Solomon seems to refer : " He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." r If they never sowed in the east but when the soil was moistened with rain, they could have no reason... | |
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