...Where, Achilles, are your long lance and your still longer grandiloquence ? " 0 death ! how better is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that bath nothing to vex him ; but, O Death ! acceptable is thy sentence to the needy, and unto him whose...

...Judaea since Malachi — the son of Sirach — was entirely silent on the world beyond the grave. " 0 death, how bitter is the " remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest " in his possessions ! .... 0 death, how acceptable " is thy sentence unto the needy and unto him whose 1 1 Mace. xiii....

...PENTECOST. 0 Mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis. — Eccl. xli. 1. 0 Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions. I. CONSIDER how pitiable is the condition of a man that has set his...

...Judjea since Malachi — the son of Sirach — was entirely silent on the world beyond the grave. " O death, how bitter is the " remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest '< in his possessions ! .... O death, how acceptable ' is thy sentence unto the needy and unto him whose 1 1 Mace. xiii....

...dying hour is but a poor season in which to be weaned from the world. Well saith the son of Sirach, "O Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to...hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is able to receive meat." (Ecclus. xli. 1.) Another cause for this fear of death is, lest in that hour...

...may say, Death shot its sting into the Saviour's side, and there left it, and there lost it. 56 who liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that...to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ! Why should I repine That Jesus in His bosom wears A flower that once was mine ? •* * * * In that...

...are entirely engrossed by the world, and who reflect not on death until it knocks at their doors. " O Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions, to a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things."...

...resurrection of damnation. The mighty men shall cry there bitterly ; for 1 bitter is the remembrance of death to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man thai hath nothing lo ver him, and tltat hath prosperity in all things ; and *, There is no mighty man...

...passionately, nor be proud of any circumstance of his life. 0 , , . . Ecelus. 41. 1. death, how miter ts me remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, to a man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that...

...II Of an evil and a good name. 14 Wisdom is to be uttered. 1 6 Of what things we should be ashamed. O DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to...his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to entirely perverts this very simple sentiment : "refuse not him that asketh thee; be not good to kill,...