...fuppofing they could, is it fit and decent that they mould ? Doth not Solomon the wifeft of men fay, that there is, a time to weep as well as a time to laugh ; a time to mourn as well as a time to dance ? and doth not nature itfelf dictate as much ? When God removes from...

...inclination to laugh is exhaufted : in fine, always remembering the wife King of Ifrael's admonition, " that *' there is a time to weep as well as a " time...of a happy difpofition, nor a more likely means to 384 promote the comfort of thofe around us» than the habit of attending to little obfervances, and...

...that, with reference to the present posture of their affairs, and it was as that, a day of humiliation. There is a time to weep as well as a time to laugh. We have here au account, (1.) How this fast was observed, vi i . 1 — 3. (2.) What were the heads...

...one, will be forgiven him at such a time. It is not required of man that he should cease to be human. There is a time to weep, as well as a time to pray, and to prevail, in the might of faith, over all things. There could not be the triumph without...

...that a religious man should go about as gloomily as if his religion were a pain and a burden. True, there is a " time to weep," as well as a " time to rejoice;" nevertheless our LORD condemns "appearing unto men " to be sad, or sanctimonious. And, on...

...occupation, without health and strength which come from God ? Our times of adversity, too, are from God. There is a time to weep, as well as a time to laugh, a time to mourn, as well as a time to dance. And very few there are who are not called to pass through the one,...

...effectually to the discharge of this high duty of fasting and prayerd. And thus has Solomon informed us; " There is a time to weep, as well as a time to laugh, and a time to mourn as well as a time to dance 0 :" and these seasons we ought more particularly to...

...we shall also be glorified with Him, still we do suffer, the children of the Bride Chamber do fast, there is a time to weep, as well as a time to laugh ; and bright as may be our future hope, the time to suffer, to fast, and to weep, is that which is...

...at every thing and every body. Life is too serious and important an affair to be turned into a jest. There is "a time to weep," as well as " a time to dance;" but the general habit of cheerfulness enables many to bear up under troubles which otherwise...

...yet neither I nor you can forget that our own experience has borne out the saying of the Wise Man, that there is ' a time to weep' as well as ' a time to laugh", 'a time to mourn' as well as ' a time to dance.' Let us then soberly consider for a page or two a subject that...