...looking at it as near, more especially if we are resting in the good things of this present life : " O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions" (Eccl. xli. 1)! The devil cannot say to us, as he said to Eve : " No,...

...0 death how bitter is the remembrance of thee to the man that liveth at rest in his possession ; to the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things." Hence it must follow that we are every one of us bound to keep a watchful guard over our money. We...

...this will all really come. t PBE. II. — Pray for a happy death. I. MEM. — Possessions. INT. — " O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions." — Ecclus. xli. 1. Consider what you will leave: possessions, dignity, etc. ; and how others will...

...familiar with the hand, which will then also uphold us, and thus we muster courage for the final onset. " O death ! how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, to him that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is...

...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....

...hopes and longings beyond the range of earthly objects. "The remembrance of death must indeed be bitter to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, — unto the man that hath prosperity in all things, and hath nothing to vex him." The relinquishment of riches, and honours,...

...passionately, nor be proud of any circumstance of his life. 0 , . , Eccius. 4i. i. death, how oMer is the 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 is...

...Is so bitter, that little more so is death,' 2 just as the writer of ' Ecclesiasticus ' exclaims, ' O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that is at peace in his possessions.' (xli. I.) The feeble souls, the first whom Dante saw within the dwelling...

...of him who has now taken an everlasting flight ! DCLXII. Death. 0 Death 1 how bitter is the thought of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and hath prosperity in all things ; yea, unto him that is yet able to enjoy his food. 0 Death I acceptable...

...Judaea 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 ac' ceptable is thy sentence unto the needy and unto him ' whose strength faileth...