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The World Insufficient Ecc_12:8 : ’93Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.’94 When a book is placed in your hands, the first question you ask is, ’93Who wrote it?’94 Not all the political astuteness and classic grace and unparalleled satire of Junius’92s Letters can satisfy you, because you do not know who Junius … Continue reading “248. The World Insufficient”

Song of Solomon Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Posthumous Opportunity Ecc_11:3 : ’93If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth there it shall be.’94 There is a hovering hope in the minds of a vast multitude that there will be an opportunity in the next world to correct the mistakes of this; that, … Continue reading “246. Posthumous Opportunity”

A Filial Tribute Ecc_12:5 : ’93The almond-tree shall flourish.’94 In January, Palestine is adorned with the blossoming of the almond-tree. It breathes its life into that winter month as a promise of God sometimes lights up and sweetens the coldness and desolation of a sorrowing spirit. It was not a useless tree, made just to … Continue reading “247. A Filial Tribute”

The Human Face Ecc_8:1 : ’93A man’92s wisdom maketh his face to shine and the sourness of his face shall be sweetened.’94 Thus a little change in our English translation brings out the better meaning of the text, which sets forth that the character of the face is decided by the character of the soul. … Continue reading “244. The Human Face”

A Dead Lion Ecc_9:4 : ’93A living dog is better than a dead lion.’94 The Bible is the strangest, the loveliest, the mightiest, the weirdest, the best of books. Written by Moses the lawyer, Joshua the soldier, Samuel the judge, Ezra the scholar, Nehemiah the builder, Job the poet, David the shepherd, Daniel the prime … Continue reading “245. A Dead Lion”

The Generations Ecc_1:4 : ’93One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh.’94 According to the longevity of people in their particular century has a generation been called a hundred years or fifty years or thirty years. By common consent in our nineteenth century, a generation is fixed at twenty-five years. The largest procession that ever … Continue reading “242. The Generations”

Hydraulics in Palestine Ecc_2:4-6 : ’93I made me great works, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards, I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits; I made me pools of water to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees.’94 A spring morning and before … Continue reading “243. Hydraulics in Palestine”

Spiders in Palaces Pro_30:28 : ’93The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’92 palaces.’94 Privileged a few years ago to attend the meeting of the British Scientific Association at Edinburgh, I found that no paper read excited more attention than that read by Rev. Dr. Cook, of America, on the subject of … Continue reading “240. Spiders in Palaces”

Ecclesiastes Autor: T. De Witt Talmage