...in a short time fulfilled a bug time." There is another passage which should not be omitted : — " 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...

...clause.) Then follows an account of the feelings he had in view of all this, when he noticed it at first: "Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are not yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil...

...had no comforter , and on the side of the 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...

...overpowered, but rallied. The subject was a most appropriate one, and the sermon exceedingly beautiful: 'Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.' " The manner in which he conducted the devotional services of the sanctuary deserves special attention....

...be retarded. On consideration of this deplorable state of society, the wise Preacher exclaims : 2, "Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive." As in such cases as above quoted, justice can only be hoped for in a future state, the preacher justly...

...they had no comforter." So much was the author's sensibility shocked and his pity moved, that he " praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive," and thought it was better never to have been born, than to have an existence in a world so full of...

...and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living wlii-ch are yet alive." So said the wise man, and his sentiments find a response in every heart that...

...this, yet they think they have the Scripture on their side. For the wise man, Eccl. iv. 2, 3, tells us: "Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive : Yea, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is...

...they had HO comforter; and on the side of the 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." (Ec. iv. 1, 2.) Solomon never saw any oppression like this, unless he looked forward to this very instance...

...have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun;" he not only " praises the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive," but, by believing that they can, whilst dwelling in the " many mansions" of their Father's house, hear...