...return, to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, &c. — Eccles. v. 15, 16. Job i. 21. The day of death is better than the day of one's birth ; it is better to go to the house of mourning, &c. — Eccles. vii. 1, 2. iv. 1, 2. No man hath power...

...condition was infinitely preferable to that of those, whose minds were discontented in the pursuits of dangerous trifles." The words of the wise man,...the object for which he was created, he never failed in making a particular commemoration of the anniversary of his birth. " Twenty three years have elapsed,"...

...plain stone in church-yard marks the resting place of Matilda, with this simple inscription :— ." The day of death is better than the day of one's birth." JEccleiiastes. " A sentence to which," observes Dr. Southey, " whoever has lived long, and may humbly...

...plainest declarations of Almighty God. Take, for instance, the declarations which precede my text : " The day of death is better than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : " and " sorrow is...

...How opposed are these to the feelings of the world ! Just so in the text : Who is disposed to believe that " the day of death is better than the day of one's birth?" Yet it is undoubtedly so to the believer ! And if in a world where death and life are so intermingled...

...return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, &c. — Eccles. v. 15, 16; Job i. 21. The day of death is better than the day of one's birth : it is better to go to the house of mourning, &c. — Eccles. vii. 1,2; iv. 1, 2. No man hath power...

...the fragrance of this is more lasting, and more valuable, than that of the most costly perfume. " And the day of death" is better " than the day of one's birth ;" because the labour of life is now over, the race is run, and henceforth there remains the crown...

...about to present a few of the details, is one in which the saying of Solomon was exemplified — " The day of death is better than the day of one's birth." If " many rejoiced" at the one, there was no less cause, so far as the subject of my memoir was himself...

...is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth." The phrase " the day of death" is better " than the day of one's birth," is not to be understood, as many suppose, as asserted of the good man in respect to whom the declaration...

...his father's blessing for them. Here occurs a scene illustrative in Jacob's case of that Scripture, " The day of death is better than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end...