Ecclesiastes 4:1
It is a great principle, and not to be lost sight of, the weakness of
oppression, the terrible strength of the oppressed. And though Solomon
felt so perturbed by the prosperous cruelty he witnessed, had he bent
his eye a little longer in the direction where it eventually rested,
he... [ Continue Reading ]
Ecclesiastes 3:1
A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It
teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had
no voice in making; that we often lie at the mercy of men whose mercy
is but a caprice; that in our origin and end, in body and spirit, in
fac... [ Continue Reading ]