...austerity, with a downcast mopish countenance, but rejoice in the Lord always. Go thy way thou man of God, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, knowing that God has accepted thy soul. London. March 12, 1838. . EDITOR. ., . : 000 • SHORT REPLY...

...neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thirty that is done under the sun. 7 ^f Go thy way, rse : 15 My son, walk not | thou in the way with for God now accepteth thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white ; and let thy head lack no ointment...

...morsel alone, and not inviting your poor father to the banquet. The Holy Ghost saith, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works." And thos hast been feasting on the fatted calf ; and the bread...

...sanction the use of such liquids. It should be observed that, in the verse above, we have the words, " Eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry (Hebrew, with a good) heart," showing! that the bread rather than the wine was the source of " joy."...

...have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 U Go thy way, cat decree, ; for God now acccptcth thy works. 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy bead lack no ointment....

...appears unto us in the elements of his holy table. Twice he hath appeared to bless thee. Therefore, " eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart."2 For if you turn away from comfort, when the Lord hath appeared twice unto you to give it you,...

...Solomon, and to Israel his people." (This was after the building of the Temple.) Ec. 9, 7, "Go thy way: eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now acccptetli thy works." [We cannot help, in this connection, giving two parallel passages....

...brethren who think there is sin in drinking a little wine, to take for a text Eccle. ix. 7, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, f°r God now accepleth thy works." Ingenuity is now taxed to the utmost in endeavours to show that...

...praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! " " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 1 ' Eccles. ix. 7. At my return^iome I discharged my debts, and for...

...abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works." The truth of these observations has been experienced by those who...