Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,.... The body, which is made of dust, and is no other in its present state than dust refined and enlivened; and when the above things take place,…

The spirit - i. e., The spirit separated unto God from the body at death. No more is said here of its future destiny. To return to God, who is the fountain Psa 36:9 of Life, certainly means to…

Here is, I. A call to young people to think of God, and mind their duty to him, when they are young: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. This is, 1. The royal preacher's application of…

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was The reference to the history of man's creation in Gen 2:7 is unmistakeable, and finds an echo in the familiar words of our Burial Service, "Earth to…