...understand and consider his latter end. Take for example the severe irony of the royal preacher, " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart...sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these i.hi iris God will bring thee into judgment." But alas, it is not thus. There is no such redeeming...

...the commandments of God ! Before he concludes, be enters again upon the ironical style, and says, " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart...heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou," says he, with increased solemnity, " that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."...

...terms proCONCLUSION. posed in the gospel of Christ: it depends on yourselves to make the decision. " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart...thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment." Let us, therefore, hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear...

...not before the eyes," and where the admonition given by the preacher is either unknown or unfelt : " Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart...thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment.*' Yet, in the midst of all this eager pursuit of vain and sinful...

...direct thy paths J." What power and what conviction are contained in those few words in Ecclesiastes ! " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart...and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that * Matt vi. 33. f Gen. xlv. 8. J Prov. iii. 5. I for all these things God will bring thee into judgment*."...

...false confidence as this is that warning given, in the same book from whence my text is taken — " Rejoice, O young man in thy youth, and let thy heart...the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes" — that is, go on in the ways of thine own passions and opinions — " but know thou, that for...

...once, pointed out to him when a boy; " Rejoice, oh young man in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of...thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment." Just then his meditations were interrupted by the voices of two...

...Man's indifference to it and carelessness concerning it, cannot in the smallest degree alter it. " Rejoice, O young man in thy youth, and let thine heart...thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee to judgment." The same inspired penman assures us, that "God will bring every work...

...their conduct before men and angels. But, O, let them consider seriously the words of the wise man, "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart...thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things, God will bring thee into judgment. — Eccles. xi. 9. The aged, too, shall then hold their part in...

...drink, and sports? Methinks, Solomon's memento, (Eccles.xi. 9,) should bring them to themselves. " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart...thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment." And as the sound of these words ' I must shortly die,' methinks...