..., With this consideration well imprinted in our minds, it is far better, as Solomon observes, to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting. The one unbraces the soul, disarms our resolution, and lays us open to an attack. The other, cautions us...

...form any conception of, but those who have experienced them. But the wisdom of inspiration informs us, that, " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart : and that sorrow is better...

...me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." Hence the Holy Spirit informs us that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of mirth : for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart." How affecting, and what...

...that I might learn thy statutes." The wise and judicious SoI.OMON gives it as his decided opinion, that " it is better to go to the house, of mourning than to the house of feasting;" — that " by the sadness of the countenance the heart « made better ;" and " that the heart of the...

...Jews that came to Martha and Mary " to comfort them concerning their brother." They doubtless found, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting," for " The chamber where the good maa raeels his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous...

...instead of wishing to avoid such dispensation by sinful methods, the Wise Man tells us in the text, that It is better to go to the House of Mourning, than to the House of Feasting. Those persons, therefore, of whom Isaiah speaks, in his fifty-sixth chapter, who say, Come ye, I will...

...wretchedness by courting painful emotions ? Both his heart and his reason answered, yes. We are told that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better :" and if we do not abandon ourselves...

...prospects, "to rejoice with fear and trembling." The mind, however, chastened by reflection, often finds that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting." Thou and I, my friend — friends by sentiment — and not less so by domestic affliction, will not...

...Thomas, the Rector, the text from the 7th chapter of Ecclesiastes, 2d verso — " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting." The whole of the day was observed with solemnity suited to the melancholy occasion, and clearly evinced...

...submissive Christian is the only true one ; that in order to be liberal, we must practise self-denial ; and that " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting" — " for by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better." I would only add, that her...