The Vanities
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.


I. OFFICIAL POSITION WILL NEVER GIVE SOLACE TO A MAN'S SOUL.

II. WORLDLY WEALTH CANNOT SATISFY THE SOUL'S LONGING.

III. LEARNING CANNOT SATISFY THE SOUL. Solomon was one of the largest contributors to the literature of the day.

IV. IN THE LIFE OF THE VOLUPTUARY THERE IS NO COMFORT.

(T. De Witt Talmage.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

WEB: "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"




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