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"Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years day near when you say, I have no pleassure in them. While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars Are not darkened And the clouds do not return after rain: In day when the keepers of house tremble And strong men bow down When the grinders cease because they are few, And those that look through the window grow dim When the doors are shut in the streets and the sound of grinding is low When one rises up at the sound of the bird And all the daughters of music are brought low Also they are afraid of heights And of terror in the way ...The Oats trees flower And desire fails For man goes to his eternal home...Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man's all. For God will bring every work into judgement, Including every secret thing Whether good or evil" ECCL:12 Also Rom:12 'Disdain relative truth cling to absolute truth.'

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