 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 272 pages
...riding-dress, that no time might be lost after her father, whom she expected for her, should arrive. 6. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth," were the first words that met our ear from the selection of Scripture which our teacher... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 608 pages
...the smallest thing. When the promise regards the future, it is wise to give only a conditional one. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." This would not prevent the common business of life. I should much more readily believe... | |
 | Christian - 1835 - 172 pages
...rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Prov. xxv. 28. 19. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. xxvii. 1. 20. The wicked flee when no man pursueth ; but the righteous are bold... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...was about to revise it for the press ; and at a later period he said, in allusion to this work, " I once thought I had it all very clearly before me,...it, for this was the last sermon he ever delivered. He breathed his last on the loth of April, 1792. The clergy of his neighbourhood carried him to his... | |
 | J H. Elouis - 1836 - 102 pages
...profit me nothing, if I lost my own soul. I must seek, first of all, the salvation of my soul. 118. [Boast not thyself of to-morrow?] for thou knowest not [what a day maij bring forth.*] " ' 1 Never boast what thou wilt be, or do in any future period. (Do not depend... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1836 - 512 pages
...To-day, — after so long a time as to-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : but boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Will you plead that you had no warning of your departure, when you scarcely lived... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1836 - 298 pages
...usual pledges of his favours. Let us, at least, fear: for, as Solomon says in the 24th of Proverbs, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Not, however, that it is very difficult to foresee futurity ; for it is not from... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - Congregational churches - 1836 - 516 pages
...To-day, — after so long a time as to-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : but boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Will you plead that you had no warning of your departure, when you scarcely lived... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou kuowest not what a day may bring forth," — a text with which...it, for this was the last sermon he ever delivered. He breathed his last on the 15th of April, 1792. The clergy of his neighbourhood carried him to his... | |
 | Pastoral recollections - 1837 - 296 pages
...placed in precisely the same circumstances. Ah ! how loudly did this Providence proclaim to him, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." When the funeral procession began to move, the sun, as I have remarked, shone forth... | |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
