The preceding exhortation to a life of labor in the sight of God is now addre ed especially to the active and the young; and is enforced by another…

The beginning of the last chapter would more conveniently have been placed here than where the division is actually made. It is hard to interpret t…

But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is va…

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth This advice may be considered as serious; and either as relating to natural, corporea…

Life is sweet to bad men, because they have their portion in this life; it is sweet to good men, because it is the time of preparation for a better…