 | Congregational churches - 1812 - 620 pages
...the Church is pleased to teach us, as well by the dispensattons of his Providence, as by his word, that, except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain, who build it: and thai, though Paul plant, and Apollos water, it is God only who givetli the increase. From the narratives,... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1815 - 398 pages
...the divine blessing upon our undertaking, hereby acknowledging in the language of the pious Psalmist that "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." An interval of almost a year has elapsed since many of us stood upon this spot the melancholy spectators... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...probability of success, or the utility of human exertions, this idea is to be constantly understood, — that " Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it ;" and " Except the Lord keep the city the watchman wak'-ih but in vain." For no idea is entertained... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1832 - 702 pages
...anticipations and these joyful hopes, some anxious fears? Does not the thought sometimes occur to you, that except the Lord build the house they labor in vain who build it, and that you depend upon the spiritual influences that may be granted, to crown with success the mutual... | |
 | Theology - 1837 - 436 pages
...arm with strength. A feeling of dependence was ever uppermost in their breasts. They were persuaded that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it ; except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh in vain ; and in this persuasion they toiled, and... | |
 | Harmon Kingsbury - Sabbath - 1840 - 404 pages
...probable that an empire can jise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Prayer - 1843 - 288 pages
...the business and active duties of this day with a just sense of thy overruling providence, knowing that except the Lord build the house they labor in vain who build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman Friday Evening. waketh in vain. It is but lost labor that... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...then, acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths. In the confidence of human agency, never forget, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." In every enterprise, in every endeavour, remember that it is the first dictate of wisdom to turn unto... | |
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We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it. 
