...ye are in Christ's ; and Christ is God's."] DCCCXXIX. THE EMPTINESS OF WORLDLY MIRTH. Eccl. ii. 2. I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it? WHO is it that has ventured to speak thus respecting that which constitutes, in the world's estimation,...

...to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it ? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine (yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom); and to...

...Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ; and, behold this also is vanity. I said of laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, what doeth it ? I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, (yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom,) and to lay...

...have the prayers and blessings of the pious poor ! " — (Memoir of Mrs. Cooper, by Dr. Adam Clarke.) I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it ? — Ecclesiastes ii. 2. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak. — iii. 7, If a man possess...

...to say, that " even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness." He said " of laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, what doeth it V Yott may profess nothing like this ; but whileyou wear smiles, the vulture is gnawing within. While...

...to now, I will prove thee with mirth — therefore enjoy pleasure, and behold this also is vanity. I said of laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, what doeth it ? I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold...

...increaseth sorrow." Mark what he tells us as to pleasure; " Behold,'' he says, " this also is vanity; 1 said of laughter. It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it!" Mark what he tells as to taste, magnificence, wealth, and power; he tells us — '' I hated life, because...

...to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 ty scattered \ot,ferter, kings || in it, it was white as sn 3 a I sought in mine heart -j- to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and...

...till their sides ached again. I could not help repeating to my young friends the words of Solomon, — 'I said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth what doeth it.' Do not suppose, however, my read- j ers, that I forbid laughing : on the contrary, I enjoy a hearty...

...guard the weak against what too often occasions heaviness, — levity of temper or behaviour, — from "I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it?" Mon. 27. — For two hours I took up my cross, in arguing with a zealous man, and labouring to convince...