| Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 68 páginas
...best efforts will be fruitless without the favor of the Almighty. " Except the Lord build, tjie house; they labor in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the City, the watchmen waketh but in vain." It was a conviction of his entire dependence on God for prosperity, which... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 páginas
...succeeds according to our wishes, he is there. He influenceth prosperity. Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but. in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit jip late, to eat the bread... | |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1910 - 1018 páginas
..."renouncing for the love of Him, all that is not He," and remembering that unless " the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it, except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." The Answers to these Queries are the outward expression of our inward... | |
| 1826 - 302 páginas
...succeed your glorious undertaking, and perfect all that concerneth you. "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." May you feel a sense of your dependence on him, a submission to his government... | |
| Charles Bradley (Vicar of Glasbury.) - 1823 - 370 páginas
...Jerusalem, the temple, and the people of Israel, were in old time.] 1. ' Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.' In every undertaking, the blessing of God must accompany the labors of... | |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) - 1870 - 580 páginas
...what they could do, and urged to ask help from the highest source. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watch man waketh but in vain." We are constrained to acknowledge that during the sittings of this,... | |
| Erastus Worthington - 1827 - 606 páginas
...the reasoning of Paul, or the eloquence of Appollos, accomplish! "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." It becomes then a deeply interesting question, — what must a church... | |
| 1838 - 508 páginas
...Saviour says, " Without me ye can do nothing." And David likewise, " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." And also St. Paul, " I have planted, Apollos watered ; but God giveth... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1834 - 442 páginas
...trust in their own wisdom and strength, all their toil is vain. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." For a Parent especially, in such a case, " it is vain for him to rise... | |
| Andrew Reed - 1835 - 552 páginas
...dollars; and about hall' of that sum was contributed by members of other churches, on condition that the chapel might be occupied by the public at the religious...these words, " 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... | |
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