...much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Will knowledge comfort its possessors amidst the ills of life t Will it soothe them in the...

...much wisdom is much grief; and he thnt increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Will knowledge comfort its possessors amidst the ills of life ? Will it soothe them in the...

...care if they were dearer. Solomon said " and further my son be thou admonished ; of making many books there is no end : and much study is a weariness of the flesh." What would he have said in our day, when it is " a weariness of the flesh" to read even the...

...making many books there is no end."t Tantaene animis celestibus irae ? 1. •f Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecc. xi. 12. of fiction, which are spoken of by the Reviews as characterized by her wonted...

...the Word of his Father. XII. 12. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many boohs there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. By these divine words, O my son, do thou content thyself to be admonished ; not roving in thy...

...Clerical Assistant. Rom. xvi. 21. EPAPHRAS — Pastor. Col. i. 7. Ziba. — " Of making books," says Solomon, " there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." (Eccles. xii. 12.) Such is the decision of unerring wisdom, and yet there are those who will...

...between pleasure and pleasure to her ! Does learning, does science satisfy? " Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Does domestic comfort satisfy ? — and this is the purest earthly pleasure that we can have...

...in a few wise preII or,r«n/i»j. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making books my judgment is passed over from my God ? 28 1 Hast thou flesh. 13 f II Let us hear the conclusion II or, Them* c il L l , T< /-iii of the ftatter, ot the whole...

...of it to study ; which is the improvement of time. 10. Because in reading,8 as in making many books, there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh; I would especially apply myself to the knowledge of divinity, as that which most directly tendeth...

...comparatively little purpose, v. 12. " And, further, By these, my son, he admonished : of making many hooks there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." And he knew also the conclusion of the whole matter, " Fear God," in which is the beginning...