...and trust to God's help, they would find that they could. The slothful man saitb, Solomon tells us, " There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets," but it is all an excuse to save himself the trouble of trying. You must be like Zacchxus, determine...

...his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 nd set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD * 26 But there rema 14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful hideth his...

...thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Pro. 26.13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. 14. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15. The slothful hideth...

...Re. 3. 17.— Tlie publicans and the harlots go into the kinqdom of God before you. Mat. 21.31. 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. t4As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15 The slothful hideth his...

...come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. .Prop. xxvl. 13-16. The slothful man salth. tlie door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon hie bed. The slothful hldeth his hand...

...13 : It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop Than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; A lion in the streets, is almost identical with xxii. 13 : The slothful man saith, There is a lion without...

...13 : It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop Than with a brawling woman in a wide house. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; A lion in the streets, • is almost identical with xxii. 13 : The slothful man saith, There is a lion without...

...Prophets, it was so common to meet wild beasts, even in inhabited places, that it became proverbial. " The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets," (Prov. xxvi. 13.) And even at the time our Lord was on the earth, some fifteen hundred years after...

...them of bugbears in the way, and so are idle and sluggish, and will not stir : Prov. xxvi. 18-15, ' The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets. As the door tnrneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom...

...Prov. xxv. 22. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov. xxv. 25. There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. Prov. xxvi. 13. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov....