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18 him, Eccles. ii. 7. 8. But he found himself just as much disappointed of the object of his pursuit as ever. He sought too, in the acquisition of science, wh certainly it is much more likely to  found than in pleasure, 'riches, or honour but what says he to this? “I commune with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have obtained more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea my he had great experience of wisdom and knowledge: And I gave my heart to know wisdom. and to know madness and fo I perceived that this also is vexation spirit; for in much (worldly) wisdom  much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow," Eccles. 1. 16—

Be persuaded then, you who are seeking happiness in similar courses, that abject is unattainable therein, and cr the decision of the same inspired teac when he tells you in the words of  text, that Wisdom's ways, and they al are ways of pleasantness, and that her paths are peace." Hearken to  voice that now speaks to you from heaven through the medium of the written we"Come unto me, all ye that labour  are heavy laden and I will give yon