...30, 31. * 2 Chrnn. i. 1 1 . Phil. iv. 19. ' Luke xxi.34. « 1 Cor. vii. 32. 30, 31. 1 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. * Let us not envy one another. 5 The spirit that...

...d Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, ]. ? for thou dost not enquire f wisely concerning this. 1 1 If Wisdom || is good with an inheritance...

...times and estates is that which the Holy Ghost deservedly chargeth with sinful folly. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this, Eccl. vii. 10; that is, Do not, by considering...

...plan to every manufacturer in the world." From the Charleston Observer. HARD TIMES. " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." — ECCL. vn. 10. From this passage I would infer...

...DANA AT WALLINGFORD AND NEW HAVEN. THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. ECCLESIASTF.S, vii, 10.—t^.iv not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. As we approach the close of this history, and begin...

...enjoyed under the practical operation of the Constitution. It has been enjoined upon us not to say what is the cause that the former days were better than these; and, thanks to this Constitution, we have abundant reason, with grateful acknowledgments, to allow...

...enjoyed under the practical operation of the Constitution. It has been enjoined upon us not to say what is the cause that the former days were better than these ; and, thanks to this Constitution, we have abundant reason, with grateful acknowledgments, to allow...

...deterioration were taking a wrong course. To such persons he therefore thus addresses himself " Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these?" — that is — Do not impatiently or petulantly complain that these times are less quiet and less...

...Literature, Lane Seminary, Cincinnati. AN inspired writer and the wisest of kings has said, " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." Eccl. 7: 10. It is however the declaration of...

...credited, there is cause for the CHAPTER consoling exclamation of the Preacher; " Say not '— thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this."* K»orden Great excesses, immoralities, and disorders...