CAST THY BREAD, etc.] show kindness, even where a return is least to be expected. A blessing in some sort, although it may be long delayed, will result. There is perhaps a reference to the sowing of seed on irrigated land.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE AFTER ALL IS WORTH LIVING 1-3. Fulfil the duty of beneficence, knowing that results are in the hands of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE A PORTION, etc.] be not niggardly or calculating in the bestowal of favours. You know not when you may need them yourself.... [ Continue Reading ]
The fixed laws by which the world is governed. WHERE THE TREE FALLETH, etc.] There is no reference here to the state of man after death. 4-6. Man's knowledge is limited, while God's purposes are inscrutable. Winds, clouds, and the whole ordering of nature are His. Submit to His decrees, and do thy... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'Yea, if a man live many years, let him,' etc. The remembrance that life is brief is to be itself a motive for enjoyment while it is possible.... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE, O YOUNG MAN] Youth is naturally cheerful. Be it so. But there must be present that which shall check excess, viz. the knowledge that the Divine Judge will mark and punish sinful indulgence; not always in this life (for cp. Ecclesiastes 8:14), but, if not, then beyond the grave.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH] RV 'youth and the prime of life.' VANITY] i.e. fleeting.... [ Continue Reading ]