 | Horatio Potter - 1841 - 56 דפים
...esteeming his regal estate, and all that men most covet, he takes for his text these startling words : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vanity ! " Apart from religion, every thing is perishable, every thing is infected with evil, every thing... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - 1841 - 594 דפים
...experiment ; and this is his verdict upon all earthly enjoyments, after the most impartial trial : " Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity and vexation of spirit." On the other hand, the soul may possess some degree of happiness, under all... | |
 | 1745 - 518 דפים
...follow him to the grave ! " What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity." What will then be to him all those companions of evil communications which corrupted his good manners... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 דפים
...withereth, the flower fadeth; But the word of our God shall stand forever. [Ecclesia»tes i. 2.] 13. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun T One generation passeth away,... | |
 | Horace Hooker - 1843 - 408 דפים
...'indulgence of his appetites and desires. And what was the result of the experiment ? Hear his own words. " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." " I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom remained... | |
 | 1846 - 512 דפים
...applicable to such individual whether he is or is not giving utterance towhat is in itself true. Verse 2, " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity;" — may be said to contain the text of which the subsequent parts of the discourse are an exemplification.... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1846 - 636 דפים
...least, easy and clear, that he is preaching to the world the vanity of all things under the sun. " Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better ? For who knoweth what is... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1846 - 1102 דפים
...where he arose. 6 AM 3027. rpHE words " of the Preacher, the ' son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 b — That is, So smitten that there is and the iniquity of our fathers : for AM 3 d What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 IT One generation passeth... | |
 | 1848 - 592 דפים
...Object on which the soul may fix itself and partake of everlasting stability. OUR ILLUSTRATED BIBLE. " . . — Eccles. i. 2. A HUNDRED years ago Lord Chesterfield was the most admired of England's gay and voluptuous... | |
 | 1847 - 452 דפים
...these Hebraisms may be regretted. For instance, in Ecclesiastes i. 2, the authorized version reads : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity ; " and we doubt whether the emendation of our author will be readily approved. '* Mere vanity, says... | |
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 
