...then that, and pronouncing one after another to be " vanity and vexation of spirit." " I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure. And behold, this also is vanity." Chap. 2:1. Again, " I sought in my heart to give myself...

...be any good therein, it is only to tliose who sit loose to them, 24-26. A. M- 3027. T • SAID in my s. 8 For "the moth shall eat, them up like pleasure : and behold, b this also is vanity. 2 c I said of laughter, // is mad : and of mirth, What...

...Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you. our heart is enlarged. JVot in the world, Ec. 2:11 said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also w vanity. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,...

...important testimony from one who spake as he was moved by the Holy Ghost. Solomon observes, " I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure ; and behold, this also is vanity." Eccl. 2 : 1. You see, therefore, both from examples and...

...royal writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes has given a memorable epitome of this fact, " I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth...

...increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. JULY 11. «Ebtntng, ECCLESIASTES II. JULY 11. I SAID in mine ople roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave pleasure: and, behold, this ateo it vanity. I said of Tochter, It it mad : and of mirth, What doeth...

...LONDON: Printed by Sohu'ze & Co., 13, Poland Street. THE MAKTTRS OF CARTHAGE. CHAPTEK I. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, what doetb...

...toiled, to othera ; I, therefore, found that even this leads to vexation of spirit. II. 1 "I said in mine heart, go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also is vanity." Finding that the more I increased knowledge, I increased...

...our days be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow." (Ps. xc. 10.) " I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ; and, behold, this also is vanity." (Eccl. ii. 1.) "1 have seen all the works which are done...

...my heart to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. Then I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure." In other words, you find that this "matter" was a long experiment which the narrator made...