...heaven : thie sore travail hath God given to the sons of man, to be exercised therewith. 14 I have eeen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all м vanity, and vexation of spirit. vanity of all ECCLESIASTES. 15 That which ig crooked, cannot be...

...what He will have thus " crooked, who can make straight?" To the same sense the Wise Man speaks h; " I have seen all the works that are done under the...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 after...

...the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. iv. 24. 184. 2. " I have seen all the works that are done under the...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...

...toward heaven. Ec. 1. 2. Vanity of vanities, saiththe preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the...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...

...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...

...choice. Those that will try experiments smart for it in the issue. Solomon came home by weeping-cross : " I have seen all the works that are done under the...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...

...xxiii. 18. 115. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. PROV. xxiv. 10. 116. I have seen all the works that are done under the...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...

...labor which he taketh under the sun?" and then adds some of the results of his own experience. He says, "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom...

...fly; no resting for the foot we find; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know...

...was his experience ? and what is the testimony which he has left for our information and warning ? "I have seen all the works that are done under the...and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Should any wish to learn his views of earthly things at greater length, and the experiments by which...