...blossom, and there be no fruit in the vine. Пая God now accepted thee, and thy works in Jesus Christ, Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; Eccl. ix. 7. It is the will of God that his people should be a cheerful people, that his Israel should...

...if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?" 1 Cor. iv. 7. t " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...a merry heart"; for God now accepteth thy works." Eccles. iz. 7. 6 " And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness,...

...continual feast, and he that is so happy as to enjoy it, seems to hear the Almighty saying to him, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works." And when the Holy Ghost witnesses to all this, by and according to his word in our hearts, these consolations...

...destruction of Samaria. This is the time to enter into the full force of what the Preacher says, ' Eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for thy work is pleasing to God. Let thy garments be always white, and thy head lack no oil.' "* "I perceive,"...

...drink thy nine with a merry heart; for God »ow •ccrpteih thy worka. t I -et Ihy rarmenti be alwan ste, and the gates ihrroof an; consumed with fireî Then the king 4 said whim thou in vrai all ihe rfati nf the life r>f thy vanity, which km Ii tth riven thee under the um,...

...perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...ointment. 9. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, alt the days...

...which Solomon gives for advice, Let thy garments be white, and let no oil be wanting to thine head ; go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for now God accepteth thy works ; Eccl. ix. 7, 8. And this consideration, as it never can be unseasonable,...

...fast joyously, since according to the Midrash, at the close of Yom Kippur a heavenly voice proclaims: "Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted thy works" (Eccles. Rabbah 9:7). UNIT XVI THE MINOR FESTIVALS Hanukkah The Observance...

...perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 f d they did eat of the old corn of the land on the...corn in the selfsame day. 12 f And the manna ceased lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days...

...pessimistic melancholy turns into something very different as he goes on and begins to say things like 'Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart.' Wisdom for him is a force moving against the normal flow of time, going from the 'vanity' or emptiness...