Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 889

ECCLESIASTES. 11-·g 12-13 ypuqg man, cxijoy yopr yquth, gqd ¢glig¥1t your Ijeart while young ; 9 And walk m the way ot your heart, and in the desire of your eyes, But know about all these things, that G0!) will come to judge. So cast care from your heart, and from your body suH'ering, For Youth and Age are Vanity! Lzcrunx 17.y 3 ¥¤zm mr Qerliniug iifz, Your Creator remember in time of your youth, Ere sorrow’s days come, and the years full of grief, —· In them is no pleasure for me ! Ere the Sun and the Light become dim, and the Mom and the Stars, And the clouds go away after rain! When the Guards of the House will be trembling, And the strongest of men will bow down; And the grinders will cease as but few; And the light of the windows be dim, And doors closed to the feet and the shuEeling step; When the bird's voice alarms, and the singers depress , 4- When fears come from the above, and the roadway below; And sleep flies away, And the grasshopper loads, And Desire will fail; And Man seeks his Long Home, And the Mourners will walk round the streets.

Ere the silver cord’s loosed, or the golden bowl broke; Or the Cup is found smashed at the spring, Or the Wheel is found lost at the Well, And Man goes to the earth that he was, And his Soul will return to the Gor: Who gave it! Tim Erm or So1.omox~:’s Lscrmms. NOTE BY THE ANCIENT EDITORS. Probaby those employed under King Hezekiah to arrange these Lectures from preserved manuscripts of his great ancestor, Solomon, for publication. OLD EMTORIAL CGMMENT. said the Vanity of Vanity 2 9 But for the rest, the Preacher was skilful so far as teaching science to the People, and he was listened to, and selected many proverbs. xo The Preacher sought to discover pleasing words, and wrote accurately truthful conclusions. xx The discourses of philosophers are like pegs, and stakes, fixed by masterly shepherds. They keep the flock to- gether. But nevertheless my son, be warned by this,~that there is no end to the making of many books, and much learning is a weariness of the flesh. When all is heard, this is the con-

Rever- ence GOD, and keep His commands. They are for all mankind.—·»~For

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