DISCOURSE: 840 THE WICKEDNESS, MADNESS, AND MISERY OF UNREGENERATE MEN Ecclesiastes 9:3. _The heart of the sons of men is full of evil; and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they go to the dead_. IF we look only on the surface of things, we shall think that all things come... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 841 EARNESTNESS IN RELIGION RECOMMENDED Ecclesiastes 9:10. _Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither than goest_. THE greater part of mankind imagine, that a continued round of worldliness a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 842 WISDOM NOTIONALLY APPROVED, BUT PRACTICALLY DISREGARDED Ecclesiastes 9:14. _There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man: and he by his wisdom de... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 843 THE DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF SINNERS Ecclesiastes 9:18. _One sinner destroyeth much good_. THE influence of every man in his sphere is considerable. Solomon had seen a remarkable instance of a poor man delivering by his wisdom a small and ill-garrisoned city from the besieging army... [ Continue Reading ]