 | Thomas Wilson - 1847 - 568 pages
...at an end; or, as Job very elegantly sets cimp. 3. 17, forth the condition and state of the dead : " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor." But all faithful Christians... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1847 - 482 pages
...am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.... | |
 | 1847 - 614 pages
...and those who have no expectation of deliverance here, look forward to a quiet repose in the grave. " There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are... | |
 | Louisa Fisher Hawes - 1848 - 396 pages
...the grave, which is often represented in the Scriptures as a place of rest. Thus in Job it is said, " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." This sentiment is beautifully expressed in the following lines from Watts : Nor pain, nor grief, nor... | |
 | Charles Wesley - 1849 - 556 pages
...again enjoyed the benefit of the sacrament, which I assisted Dr. Cutler to administer. I preached on, " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest :" as I did again in the afternoon for Mr. Price, though I found my strength sensibly abated. Mon.,... | |
 | Louisa Fisher Hawes - 1850 - 396 pages
...the grave, which is often represented in the Scriptures as a place of rest. Thus in Job it is said, " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." This sentiment is beautifully expressed in the following lines from Watts : Nor pain, nor grief, nor... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1850 - 1088 pages
...thought upon the grave to which I was hastening, and it seemed to me peaceful as the bed of a child — 'There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.' I repented me of my worldly delusions, and strove to fix my thoughts above. Had I earlier made religion... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 pages
...darkness itself, and of the shadow of denth, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are... | |
 | Elam Smalley - 1851 - 600 pages
...below the Christian is "afflicted" ; but there he is " comforted. Here he has enemies to contend with ; there " the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." Here he " sees through a glass darkly," he only " knows in part" ; there he shall see " face to face,"... | |
 | John Eyre - 1851 - 386 pages
...that we may find our way to Mount Zion, the city of angels and of God, the haven of eternal repose ! There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest ! Alas ! here is sickness, and the want of many things, and in the most happy circumstances we are... | |
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There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. 
