 | Samuel James Allen - Lenten sermons - 1834 - 478 pages
...ordinances, as constantly to remind us, that "except the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." It is for want of this all-pervading principle, which in ages of comparative barbarism, and under a far less... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 326 pages
...interposes in our favour, or refuses his aid — we fail, or prosper. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." — Does a nation dispense with God, and place their proud dependence... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 466 pages
...various passages, which, because I think they might be somewhat long * " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - Education, Higher - 1834 - 180 pages
...vouchsafe to this christian family the proofs of his protecting love. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. APPENDIX. Note (A) p. 15. THE paragraph here referred to requires no explanation... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 pages
...their own wisdom and strength, all their toil is vain. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." For a Parent especially, in such a case, " it is vain for him to rise... | |
 | Andrew Reed, James Matheson - Religion - 1835 - 552 pages
...of the first Presbytery). Sermon by Mr. Parker, from these words, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the Lord...the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." It is supposed that the chapel will contain at least 2500 persons. The attendance has generally been large,... | |
 | Andrew Reed - Congregational churches - 1835 - 552 pages
...of the first Presbytery). Sermon by Mr. Parker, from these words, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the Lord...the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." It is supposed that the chapel will contain at least 2500 persons. The attendance has generally been large,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...all your exertions, all your expectations, without him 1 "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city. the watchman waketh but in vain. — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so he giveth his beloved... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - Christian sociology - 1835 - 748 pages
...endeavouring to do all to his glory, all ever remembering, that ' Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.' 'Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the... | |
 | Andrew Reed, James Matheson - Church buildings - 1835 - 380 pages
...of the rirs» Presbytery). Sermon by Mr. Parker, from these words: "Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in rain." P3 It is supposed that the chapel will contain at least 2,500 persons.... | |
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EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 
