...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...

...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...

...the time for it. The same wise man doth not justify carnal mirth, but condemns it: Eccles. ii. 2, "I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it 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, &c. 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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...the same meaning as joy. King Solomon, when disappointed and "wearied in the greatness of his way," said of laughter, " It is mad ; " and of mirth, " What doeth it 1 " for people may laugh and seem merry, while misery and fear torment their hearts ; and some natures...

...to now. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, the end 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...