...riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them, Psa. xxxix. 6. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit, Eccl. i. 14. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and...

...work which the mighty Parent had pronounced to be very good. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." And all the works that are done under the sun are done by man only, and yet God " created man in his...

...We fly ; no resting for the foot weßnd ; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works tlint are under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation...spirit." But who believes it, till death tells it ne? It is death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent,...

...disappointments and uncertainties of life. ECCLESIASTES i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit ....... 281 OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES. On the death of Governor James Sullivan . . 897 On the death of...

...praises, I will ever give to thee.' KCCLKSIASTRS i. 14. — ' I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.' October 24. — Mr. Locke, abuut two months before his death, drew up a letter to a certain gentleman,...

...passeth away, and the lust thereof. The Wise-man saith, " I have considered all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit"." Again, " Great travail is created for all men, and an heavy yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day...

...God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16...

...head of his book of mournful experience he places this : " I have seen all the works which are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. (For) that which is crooked cannot be made straight." 8 I find the prophets also bearing their witness...

...We fly; no resting for tlue. foot we find; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation...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 they...

...We fly ; no resting for Hie foot we find; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation...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 they...