...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;...

...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...

...At the Falls meeting; much was said to excite to duty. I remembered that portion of Scripture, that except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. What a fondness there is to hear, and yet how slow to put in practice! To have our outward senses brought...

...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...

...brought down and fallen; we are risen and stand upright. 37 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wakcth but in vain. 38 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread...

...At the Falls meeting; much was said to excite to duty. I remembered that portion of Scripture, that except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. What a fondness there is to hear, and yet how slow to put in practice! To have our outward senses brought...

...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...

...which, because I think they might be somewhat long * " 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 you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrow ; for so he giveth his...

...trust in their own wisdom and strength, all their toil is vain. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." For a Parent especially, in such a case, " it is vain for him to rise...

...this christian family the proofs of his protecting love. 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. APPENDIX. Note (A) p. 15. THE paragraph here referred to requires no explanation...