There is a plan and system in all the circumstances of man's life; he feels this instinctively, but he cannot comprehend it. His duty is to make the best of the present, and to recognize the immutability of the law that governs all things.
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Ecclesiastes 3:10-15
The Pulpit Commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:10-15
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