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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. 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 sleep. "
Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 83
edited by - 1861
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The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable ...

Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...their own wisdom and strength, all their toil is vain. " 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." For a Parent especially, in such a case, " it is vain for him to rise...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 34

1826 - 938 pages
...in man that walketh to direct his steps.'' Or this, " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the ,watchman watcheth but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread...
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The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September ...

Erastus Worthington - Dedham (Mass.) - 1827 - 606 pages
...the reasoning of Paul, or the eloquence of Appollos, accomplish! "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 becomes then a deeply interesting question, — what must a church be and do to secure and enjoy the...
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Extracts from the Minutes of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Convening at ...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) - Quakers - 1870 - 580 pages
...what they could do, and urged to ask help from the highest source. " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watch man waketh but in vain." We are constrained to acknowledge that during the sittings of this,...
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Report of the American Home Missionary Society

American Home Missionary Society - Congregational churches - 1827 - 400 pages
...Society, to Him who sitttth as King among the nations. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain. ABSALOM PETERS, Cor. Sec. PETER HA WES, Treasurer. STEPHEN LOCKWOOO, Recording...
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The Constitution and Standards of the Associate-Reformed Church in North-America

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...lump of fige, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and ho shall recover. g Psal. cxxvii. 2. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows ; for so he giveth hie beloved sleep. r Eccl. v. 12. The sleep of a labouring...
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Sermons of the Rev. James Saurin, Late Pastor of the French Church ..., Volume 1

Jacques Saurin - Sermons, English - 1827 - 666 pages
...our wishes, he is there. He influenceth prosperity. ' Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in viiin. It is in vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread...
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Sermons, Volume 2

Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 560 pages
...this blessing, all human efforts will be to no purpose. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain, that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain." It will be in vain " to rise up early and sit up late, and eat the bread...
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Blackheath: being a brief historical review of some leading circumstances ...

George Charles Smith - Sailors - 1828 - 152 pages
...speculations, and all our buildings, and work in the world. " 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." Without his divine blessings, and his all-gracious protection, the word...
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A Catechism of the Christian Religion: Being a Translation of Catechismus ...

Catechisms - 1828 - 160 pages
...better than the riches of many wicked. Ps. xxxvii. 16. 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. Ps. cxxvii. 1,2. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not...
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