...poverty enough." Eccles. iv. 5,6. "the fool foldeth his hands together, aud eateth his own flesh : better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." 2 Thess. iii. 10. " if any would not work, neither should he eat." LIBERALITY is a temperate use of...

...of the oppressed, he thinks that the dead are more to be envied than the living ; and better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit (ch. iv. 6). He adds a number of wise proverbs ; such as, Be more ready to hear than to speak ; When...

...a speech full of reason in itself, but Eccl. iv. 6. by him witlessly applied, and telleth you, that better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. [Would you not think him the most contented soul that lives ? But there is no such matter. He is as...

...a speech full of reason in itself, but Eccl. iv. 6. by him witlessly applied, and telleth you, that better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. [Would you not think him the most contented soul that lives ? But there is no such matter. He is as...

...Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith," Prov. xv. 1C. " Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit," Eccl. iv. 6. If I were to look for contentment, I should not seek it among the rich or the poor, the...

...and vexation of spirit The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. Better is an l kill and crucify ; and tome of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and perse Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. There is one alone* and Oiere is not a second ; yea,...

...constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body. [Ecclus. xxx. 14.] XLV. T> ETTEE is an handful with quietness, than -^ both the hands full...with travail and vexation of spirit. [Eccles. Iv. 6.] XLVI. ALL iniquity is as a two edged sword. [Ecclus. xxi. 3.] i. TTE will swallow up death in victory;...

...vexation of spirit. 5 1" 'The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth Ms own flesh. 6 IT "Better is an 7 If Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second...

...feed not upon thyself. Seek daily strength for daily wants in Christ, and Christ alone. " Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail, and vexation of spirit." — ECCL. iv. 6. QUIETNESS ! To many a weary plodder, how sweet the thought — when he has got enough,...

...massacre at Yellore, or the mutiny at Madras. CHAPTER XV. OPENING OF THE NORTH-WEST. 1804—1809. " Better is a handful with quietness than both the hands full, with travail and vexation of spirit." — Ecclesiastes. " It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one." — Proverb....