...sadness of heart, embitters and shortens the days of the young. It is well said by Solomon, that ' a merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.' In later times. Bolinghroke gave it ns his experience that, ' in this farce of life, wise men pass...

...mischief. 21 He that beretteth a fool doetk it to his sorrow : and the father of a fool huth no joy. 22 A > silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when lie sitteth amon 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 24 Wisdom is before...

...shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. M Prov. xviu 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. » Prov. xxv. 16. Hast thou found honey ? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled...

...for worldly sorrow ; that, too often, not only weakens the body, but also causes heart trouble. " A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones," Prov. xvii. 22. — BUNYAN. The old poet, HERBERT, has these pithy lines alluding to this text : When...

...relations thou sustainest to others, or bring reproach on the cause of Christ. CHEEKFULNESS. A MURKY heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. All the days of the afflicted are evil ; but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. A...

...mischief. 21 He who hegetteth a fool doeth it to hie sorrow : And the father of a fool hath no joy. 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : But a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23 A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom To pervert the course of justice. 24 Wisdom 1« before...

...sadness of heart, embitters and shortens the days of the young. Il is well said by Solomon, that " a merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." In later times, Bolingbroke gave it as his experience that, " in this farce of life, wise men pass...

...therefore, dismiss them ; and give our subject a more agreeable turn for, as the proverb says : — " A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Let us, therefore, with Phillips, look upon the Chrysanthemum as the emblem of Cheerfulness under adversity,...

...indeed "for reproof, and for correction;" but not less so " for instruction in righteousness."3 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. This is not true of all merriment. The wise man justly describes the loud and noisy mirth of fools...

...forgetting the observation of a man whom the pen of inspiration pronounced "wiser than all men*," " A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones 3 ;" to which may be added a very fine passage from Ecclesiasticus, written in the spirit and style...