 | Robert Manning - 1742 - 324 Seiten
...whilft thou art in perfect Health ^ now, whilft the Sun of Grace and Mercy fhines yet bright upon thee, for the Night cometh, when no Man can work, John ix. 4. 'Tis well, if in our laft Sicknefs we fhall be able to maintain the Ground we got whilft we were in... | |
 | John Clayton - 1789 - 134 Seiten
...— that now is the accepted time; and, therefore', it is an advice of the higheft moment, to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work — a duty which, with peculi ar energy, St. Paul urgeth, when he fays, " Work out your falvation... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - 1795 - 296 Seiten
...every day to watch and to pray, becaufe I do not know when my Judge fhall come : — yes, my foul, work while it is -day, for the night cometh when no man can work. O Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom. Let me, Father, let... | |
 | Henry Owen - 1797 - 420 Seiten
...falvation. It concerns us to work it out in the way he has fhewn. It concerns us to work it out fpeedily, " while it is day ; for the night cometh, " when no man can work." s t But, to convince you the more fully of this truth, and to urge you to a fuitable conduct,... | |
 | 1842
...whenever it shall come, to live daily under the influence of the warning voice of the Redeemer, " Work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work," (John ix. 4.) and the solemn injunction of the prophet, " Prepare to meet thy God." We are daily reminded that this... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1801 - 442 Seiten
...flourish in Millennial days. The removal of your predecessors and fellow labourers calls you to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.' Within a few weeks past, as you know, the Rev. Dr. Welch, who was, for many years, a faithful... | |
 | 1806 - 502 Seiten
...love to make present days better, and to derive advantage from the past. Her language will ever be, ' I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is called to-day ; for the night cometh when no man can work.' When faith and hope take the path of... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1807 - 700 Seiten
...is.' O that I may never forget that my time is fhort : and may a fenfe of this induce me to * work while it is day,' for ' the night cometh when no man Can work.' 29, Dining at an inn, in Northallerton, I reproved one of the company for fwearing, who feemed... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1809 - 354 Seiten
...improve or wafte the talents entrufled to our care. God grant ! then, my brethren, that we may work, " while it is day ; for the night cometh when no man can work * !" The words of the text are taken from the parable of the unjuft fteward : the chief defign... | |
 | Hannah Neale - 1813 - 394 Seiten
...on a sabbathday, saw a poor man, who had been blind from his birth : and he said to his disciples, I must work the work of Him that sent me while it is day ; for the night cometh when no man can work, Maria. But day always succeeds night, and what is left undone one day may be done another. Aunt.... | |
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I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work. 
