THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS AND THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT

 ECCLESIASTES 12

REMEMBER NOW 

THY CREATOR 

IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, 

WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT, 

NOR THE YEARS DRAW NIGH, 

WHEN THOU SHALT SAY, 

I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THEM;
WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, 

OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS, 

BE NOT DARKENED, 

NOR THE CLOUDS 

RETURN AFTER THE RAIN:
IN THE DAY WHEN 

THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE 

SHALL TREMBLE, 

AND THE STRONG MEN 

SHALL BOW THEMSELVES, 

AND THE GRINDERS CEASE 

BECAUSE THEY ARE FEW, 

AND THOSE THAT LOOK OUT

 OF THE WINDOWS BE DARKENED,
AND THE DOORS SHALL BE SHUT 

IN THE STREETS, 

WHEN THE SOUND 

OF THE GRINDING IS LOW, 

AND HE SHALL RISE UP 

AT THE VOICE OF THE BIRD, 

AND ALL THE DAUGHTERS 

OF MUSICK SHALL 

BE BROUGHT LOW;
ALSO WHEN THEY SHALL

BE AFRAID OF THAT 

WHICH IS HIGH, 

AND FEARS SHALL BE IN THE WAY, 

AND THE ALMOND TREE 

SHALL FLOURISH, 

AND THE GRASSHOPPER 

SHALL BE A BURDEN, 

AND DESIRE SHALL FAIL: 

BECAUSE MAN GOETH 

TO HIS LONG HOME, 

AND THE MOURNERS 

GO ABOUT THE STREETS:
OR EVER THE SILVER CORD 

BE LOOSED, OR THE GOLDEN 

BOWL BE BROKEN, 

OR THE PITCHER BE BROKEN 

AT THE FOUNTAIN, 

OR THE WHEEL BROKEN 

AT THE CISTERN.
THEN SHALL THE DUST 

RETURN TO THE EARTH 

AS IT WAS: AND THE SPIRIT 

SHALL RETURN UNTO 

GOD WHO GAVE IT.
VANITY OF VANITIES, 

SAITH THE PREACHER; 

ALL IS VANITY.
AND MOREOVER, 

BECAUSE 

THE PREACHER WAS WISE, 

HE STILL TAUGHT 

THE PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE; 

YEA, HE GAVE GOOD HEED, 

AND SOUGHT OUT, 

AND SET IN ORDER 

MANY PROVERBS.
THE PREACHER SOUGHT 

TO FIND OUT 

ACCEPTABLE WORDS: 

AND THAT WHICH 

WAS WRITTEN WAS UPRIGHT, 

EVEN WORDS OF TRUTH.
THE WORDS 

OF THE WISE ARE AS GOADS, 

AND AS NAILS FASTENED 

BY 

THE MASTERS OF ASSEMBLIES, 

WHICH ARE GIVEN 

FROM ONE SHEPHERD.
AND FURTHER, 

BY THESE, MY SON, 

BE ADMONISHED: 

OF MAKING MANY BOOKS 

THERE IS NO END; 

AND MUCH STUDY 

IS A WEARINESS OF THE FLESH.
LET US HEAR 

THE CONCLUSION OF 

THE WHOLE MATTER: 

FEAR GOD, 

AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: 

FOR THIS 

IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN.
FOR GOD SHALL BRING EVERY 

WORK INTO JUDGMENT, 

WITH EVERY SECRET THING, 

WHETHER IT BE GOOD, 

OR WHETHER IT BE EVIL.

LOVE