 | Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...not done all this. For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end, put ten thousand to flight, except their rock had sold them, and the Lord... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...steer it: and you must repair to the end of life to conduct it. Hence the exclamation, and the prayer of Moses : " O that they were wise ! that they understood this ! that they would consider their latter end !" " So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1832 - 80 pages
...commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children for ever ! DEUT. xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! JOSH. vii. 8. O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Epitaphs - 1832 - 222 pages
...of his soul. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Deut. xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! Luke xx. 36. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the... | |
 | Eliza Keary - 1884 - 204 pages
...? Remember how short my time is. Psalm Ixxxix. 46, 47. As many as I love, I rebuke and ohasten. W. O that they -were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end. Deuteronomy xxxii. 29. Their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they... | |
 | Harriet Morton (novelist.) - Christian life - 1884 - 136 pages
...no hereafter — as if there were no such things as future joy, or future woe, beyond the grave. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end !" In worldly matters, men are diligent enough to prepare for any great event... | |
 | Hamilton Andrews Hill - Boston (Mass.) - 1889 - 664 pages
...SERMON. 193 zeal of these partisans. He took for his text the words of Moses in Deuteronomy xxxii. 29 : " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! " 1 This is what he said to the men who had kept the churches in a ferment... | |
 | Robert Brown (of Barton-upon-Humber.) - Bible - 1890 - 700 pages
...appear as " the Lion of the tribe of Judah."2 " Consider this." Stop, poor sinner, stop and think. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! "3 This is the reason why so many sinners perish. " The ox knoweth his... | |
 | 1892 - 140 pages
...all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,... | |
 | Funeral sermons - 1895 - 376 pages
...exhortation. Deut. xxxi. 14. — Behold thy days approach that thou must die. Deut. xxxii. 29. — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! Josh. i. ii. — Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass... | |
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O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 
