“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter,” he wrote: “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.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14. (PK 80.1) MC VC

Solomon’s later writings reveal that as he realized more and still more the wickedness of his course, he gave special attention to warning the youth against falling into the errors that had led him to squander for nought Heaven’s choicest gifts. With sorrow and shame he confessed that in the prime of manhood, when he should have found God his comfort, his support, his life, he turned from the light of Heaven and the wisdom of God, and put idolatry in the place of the worship of Jehovah. And now, having learned through sad experience the folly of such a life, his yearning desire was to save others from entering into the bitter experience through which he had passed. (PK 80.2) MC VC

With touching pathos he wrote concerning the privileges and responsibilities before the youth in God’s service: (PK 80.3) MC VC

“Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.” Ecclesiastes 11:7-10. (PK 80.4) MC VC

“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;” Ecclesiastes 12:1. (PK 81.1) MC VC

“While the sun,
Or the light,
Or the moon,
Or the stars,
Be not darkened,
Nor the clouds return after the rain:” Ecclesiastes 12:2. (PK 81.2) MC VC

“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,” Ecclesiastes 12:3~4. (PK 81.3) MC VC

“When the sound of the grinding is low,
And he shall rise up at the voice of the bird,
And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;” Ecclesiastes 12:4. (PK 81.4) MC VC

“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high,
And fears shall be in the way,” Ecclesiastes 12:5. (PK 81.5) MC VC

“And the almond tree shall flourish,
And the grasshopper shall be a burden,
And desire shall fail:” Ecclesiastes 12:5. (PK 81.6) MC VC

“Because man goeth to his long home,
And the mourners go about the streets:” Ecclesiastes 12:5. (PK 81.7) MC VC

“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.” Ecclesiastes 12:6. (PK 81.8) MC VC