 | Jews - 1840 - 212 páginas
...ding. Nehemiah was well aware of the declaration in Psa. cxxvii. 1 : Except the Lord build the house, They labour in vain that build it : Except the Lord keep the city, The watchman waketh but iu vain. The manner of the ceremonial of dedication is described in Nehemiah xii.... | |
 | General society for promoting district visiting - 1840 - 398 páginas
...councils, if they only depend upon our own ability? So much vanity! "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." Then surely in this matter, so important in every point of view, that... | |
 | Alexander Carson - 1840 - 420 páginas
...personal presence is necessary to the result. " Except the Lord build the house," says the Psalmist, " they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watcheth but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Oliver Alden Taylor - 1840 - 280 páginas
...progress. Beautifully is this expressed by the psalmist:— "Except the Lord build the house," says he, "they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the SEEK GOD'S BLESSING. 163 city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is in vain for you to rise up early,... | |
 | Charles Adie - 1841 - 70 páginas
...allowed to meet again in our own places of worship ? It is true, ' 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.' But we must avail ourselves of those means for promoting the end with... | |
 | Frederick Charles Husenbeth - 1841 - 492 páginas
...past, the rain is over and gone ; arise, my friend, and come. cxxvi. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it. postquam sederitis, qui manducatis panem doloris. Cum dederit... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 páginas
...judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. — Ps. Ixxv. 6, 7. 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 : it is vain for you to rise up early, &c. — Ps. cxxvii. 1,2. Put not... | |
 | 1842 - 538 páginas
...the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen watcheth but in vain." In conformity to these established principles, our Saviour taught his... | |
 | 1745 - 518 páginas
...that turneth 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... | |
 | 1843 - 488 páginas
...of defence may be strong, and the watch tower erected high, but " 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," Psa. cxxvii. 1. Now for another stroll on the pier; one more ramble on... | |
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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. 
