| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 488 pages
...xxviii. 9. SERMON XII. On the DUTIES and CONSOLATIONS of the AGED. PROVERBS, xvi. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the 'way of righteousness. fear God, and to keep his commandments, is the rule of our duty, in every period of life. But, as the... | |
| 1821 - 614 pages
...concerns of eternity, and 1o tell you what you must do to go to heaven when you die. " The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in .the way of righteousness." — Prov. xvi. 31. Reader, are you a parent? Then, let me ask, how are you bringing up your children... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 480 pages
...company, unless we wish our souls to be hereafter gathered with sinners. Ver. 31. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Both Scripture and reason teach us to honour grey hairs. It is reported, that when an aged man- went... | |
| George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...corn cometh in his season." — (Job v. 26.) Even Solomon himself declares, that " the hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness," and that " the beauty of old men is their gray head." — Prov. xvi. 31, xx. 29. Old age, as is apparent... | |
| Mary Anne Davis - 1822 - 134 pages
...20. (/>) n. Pet. i. 5, 6, 7. (n) Psalm xxvi. 6. (q) - iii. 18. PRAYER FOR THE AGED. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness : Prov. xvi. Si; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. Isaiah Ixv. 20. UNTO thee,... | |
| Henry Belfrage - 1822 - 246 pages
...poverty." How beautifully does this picture illustrate the words of Solomon — " The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness." While there is no object more Uileous than the aged sinner going on still in his trespasses, there... | |
| Thom Scott - 1823 - 670 pages
...Vanity of vanities, vanity of vanities ! " saith the preacher, all is vanity !" " But the hoary head is a crown of glory, if it " be found in the way of righteousness." The consistent Christian will not greatly regret the loss of pleasures which he has long comparatively... | |
| 1870 - 354 pages
...appear more and more evident beside the signs of increasing wisdom and experience. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness ;2 but, like ail earthly crowns, it is a fading one. The time soon comes when it is laid in the dust.... | |
| sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...his eyes to devis« froward things : moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 31. The htery head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 32. Ht that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty : and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that... | |
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