...and of unsound philosophy as its consequence, against a sermon, preached from Eccles. ii., 2, — " I said of laughter it is mad, and of mirth what doeth it?" and entitled, as published in the Pulpit, on the 19th February, 1856, " The Wit and the Madman." It...

...event in those days,) he would bring down his fist with mighty energy upon the table and exclaim, " I said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth, what doeth it ':" But, in after life, he found this also conducive to health, and he did not hesitate, at proper...

...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 ?" Ecc. ii. 1, 2. XVII. BELIEVERS ARE WITNESSES. BELIEVERS ARE WITNESSES.* ISAIAH xliii. 10. " Ye are...

...is the time for it. The same wise man doth not justify carnal mirth, but condemns it: Eccles. ii. 2, into the garner; but he wUl burn up the chaff with unquench 1" Object. 2. If we avoid all such things, it will be the way for our young people to be ignorant how...

...rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion, Ac. Psalm cxxxvii. 1. I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ! Ecclesiastes ii. 2. No man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. iii....

...entirely spend one whole day in pleasures. It is better not to desire pleasures than to enjoy them." " I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?" Eccl. ii. 2. The interrogation bids a challenge to all the masters of mirth to produce any satisfactory...

...chains. To men in your circumstances, and with your appalling prospects, how may we apply the words, I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ? God help you ! God bring you to a better mind ; that, raising your fettered arms and weeping eyes...

...dizzy. He "withheld his heart from no joy." Then, as he returned to God, from whom he had wandered, he said of laughter, " It is mad," and of mirth, " What doeth it ?" of all his climbing, " It is vanity and vexation of spirit" 1859.] A Prayer. 159 Severus, Emperor...

...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 mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to...

...Goto now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ; and, behold, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ? I searched in mine heart how to cheer my flesh with wine (mine heart yet guiding me with wisdom),...