...Shoveller, Skemp and Smith. Mr. \Vilks spoke over the body, from that striking monition, Prov. xxvii. 1, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Several funeral-sermons were preached for him. in different places: one, particularly...

...the uncertainty of life and health. Scarcely a week passes without some event that seems to say, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth ;" " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." No. 204. DECEMBER, 1861....

...first day of the new year, preached with good elocution, twenty-three minutes, on Prov.xxvii. 5 . " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." This was the first text on which he preached in Malpas church ; and it happened to...

...delight ufctothy soul. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. From the same....

...fixed point of fecurity which we could gain, the mind would then have fome bafis on which to reft. But our condition is such, that every thing wavers and totters around us. " Boaft not thyfelf of tomorrow ; for thou knoweft not what a day may bring forth." It is much if,...

...write history himself. My friend will forgive this short excursion in honour of a favourite writer. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. For the same reason, despair not of to-morrow ; it may bring forth good as wejl as...

...Observations of self-love, 5 of true love, 11 oj care to avoid offences, 23 and of the houKch'jld care. 8 K may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, aud not I thine...

...warrant to assure ourselves that .vtrt- shall live to the end of the present year, or even week. w Boast not " thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what " a day may bring forth." Prov. xxvii. 1. We often read or hear of sudden deaths, and sometimes of those, who,...

...mens' attention to, and preparation for their own. This is the language of scripture and of reason ; " Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to, ye who say, Today or tomorrow, we will go into such a city, and continue...

...; still there remains to be considered. the vanity of uncertain possession and short duration. Were there in worldly things any fixed point of security...mind would then have some basis on which to rest. Butour«ondition isBuch, that every thing wavers and totters around us. " Boast, not thyself of to-morrow...