...bodily eyes : and darkness, in the literal sense, is the want of this light. But, as light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing, for the eyes to behold the sun; and as darkness is uncomfortable, and many ways disadvantageous to us ; so, these terms are frequently...

...that compassion which their magnitude so amply deserves. The author of the book of Ecclesiastes has told us, that the light is sweet, that it is a pleasant...has derived from his Creator: To see that wandering fire, after he has finished his journey through the nations, coming back to us in the eastern Heavens;...

...it now no more. Midnight is become familiar to him. He has forgotten, that " the light is sweet, and that it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun." As he pursues his way through the midst of his fellow men, we take notice of the reception he meets...

...who have been many years immured in dungeon-glooms. " Truly," says Solomon, " the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun." And can •we forget, that saints are, by the power of the Spirit, brought out of darkness into marvellous...

...our life principally depends. For, says the wise man in Ecclesiast. xi. 7, the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun. And we know that it is much a greater pleasure for a man to see his friend, than only to hear from...

...eyes; and darkness, in the literal sense, is the absence of this light. But, as " light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun," and as darkness is uncomfortable and many ways disadvantageous to us; so these terms are frequently...

...is rare that such men's preaching is distasted by carnal hearers, or their persons hated for it. " It is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun e ;" but not to be scorched by its heat. Christ himself at a distance, as promised, was greatly desired...

...mourn may be exalted to safety. Agaiq the morning has dawned upon us. Truly the light is good, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun. But how much more joyous is it to admit the light of divine truth into the mind, and to reflect its...

...certainly, has not been the judgment of mankind in any age of the world. “Truly the light, is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun.” The criticisms which I have hazarded on the speculations of these writers do not affect the certainty,...

...his sufficiency to satisfy for the sins of the whole world. She then thought of that expression, " It is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun;" which words then seemed to her to be very applicable to Jesus Christ. By F3 these things, her mind...