 | Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 sider
...that the continuance of life itself is involved in the deepest obscurity. " I returned," says he, " and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." A slight attention to events as they occur, and a slight reflection on them afterwards, may convince... | |
 | 1858 - 330 sider
...might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. This wisdom have I seen also under... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1858 - 1096 sider
...with my country, is my unalterable determination.' " — SEWARD'S Life of John Qutncy Adams, p. 20. '' I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is...the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, ьог yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happen to them all." — Eccle»iwto, ix, 11.... | |
 | Arthur Wilcockson - 1859 - 714 sider
...shall not say, I am sick ; for the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity." So " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ;" " but God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things... | |
 | 1859 - 802 sider
...while the West is a good place to make fortunes, it has also been to many a good place to lose them. "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to all." There is a Providence in this, as in... | |
 | Christian Scriver - 1859 - 340 sider
...only the heathen, but even Christians. The course of things is well described by Solomon : I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happencth to them all. 1 On the other hand, they who contemplate... | |
 | Jacob Cats, Robert Farlie - 1860 - 272 sider
...so all labour is in vain, unless God of His blessing doth our labour bless. Ecclefiaftes IX. 1 1. F SAW under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. h D OQ uT z D o: o IL D 0 0 0 I h i h UJ UJ J 0 IL. Z D ' I 'HE Righteousness of the upright shall... | |
 | 1860 - 430 sider
...dismayed, . . there be more with us than with him. The meek will he teach his way. Blessed are the meek. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. — A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LOED directeth his steps. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,... | |
 | Thoughts, E. M. Sewall - 1860 - 348 sider
...implying, therefore, that they are not better. But Solomon tells us also, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." " Time and chance ;" the hour of death after the accidents of life ! We labour as though we forgot... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1860 - 378 sider
...implying, therefore, that they are not better. But Solomon tells us also, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." " Time and chance ; " the hour of death after the accidents of life! We labour as though we forgot... | |
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I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
