...heard of his wisdom.' All his experience ended in this — ' I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered For in...

...upon his tomb than those striking words in which Sir Walter Raleigh thus apostrophizes the Destroyer? "O eloquent, just, and mighty Death, whom none could advise thou hast persuaded, what none has dared thou hast done, and whom all the world hath flattered thou hast only cast out and despised;...

...in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. iv. 24. 184. 2. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Eccl. i. 14. " Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Ps. xxxix. 5. 185. 3. " To...

...make straight?" To the same sense the Wise Man speaks h; " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked, cannot be made straight." « [From the manner in which King have been written...

...can the man do that cometh after the king ?" — yet even Solomon says, " I have seen all the works under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit") — I say, if all this were nothing worth, then his conduct might be excusable ; but with all this...

...vanities, saiththe preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. EC. 2. 4. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and...

...Resurrection. Page 193, line 8. We fly; no resting for the foot we find; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun ;...spirit." But who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that...

...something in the above passage which may remind the reader of Sir Walter Raleigh's apostrophe : — " Oh eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none have dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world have flattered, thou only hast cast out of the...

...for it in the issue. Solomon came home by weeping-cross : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit " (Eccles. i. 14). He hath proved it to our hands. He had a large heart, and a large estate, and gave...

...day of adversity, thy strength is small. PROV. xxiv. 10. 116. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. ECCLES. i. 14. 117. Who knowethwhat is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which...