...had no comforter : and on the side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter. Wherefore, I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been ; who hath not seen the evil work that is...

...makes the condition of saints departed worse than that of the living, whereas the wise man says, " I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive," Eccl. iv. 2: the reason is, because "blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth; yea,...

...and disappointed in his hopes, until he imagined that " man had no pre-eminence over a beast," and "praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive," and concluded that the negative condition of the unborn was to be preferred to that of either. He was...

...comforters ; and on the l side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 b , namely, 3 ° Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that...

...enjoy much while they are practising their oppressions, why should ' he say, as above quoted ? — " Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive." — Whether this sort of reasoning gave my Unitarian brother any satisfaction, or not, he did not directly...

...under the sun, and the tears of such as were op'pressed, and they had no comforter," then, says he, " I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive." Chap. 4: 1,2. " AH things have I seen in the days of my vanity. There is a just man that perisheth...

...under the sun, and the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter," then, says he, " I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alire." Chap. 4: 1, 2. " All things have I seen in the days of my vanity. There is a just man that...

...alone, the destroyer — the divider — the grave of happiness ! -\h me ! I have lived to " praise the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive !" to look on this world, as death and darkness, and the grave, as light and life — the haven of...

...for fear of those things that are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." " Wherefore, I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive "—for they are taken away from the evil to come. The Beloved One hath been visiting His garden to...

...perpetuate. It will be remembered that the first lesson for the evening of that day is Eccles. iv. " I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive." Q. How is this fulfilled as on this day ? AS Stephen dead is more glorious than his persecutors yet...