Vanity of Vanities

We turn to the second verse of the first chapter of Ecclesiastes and read, "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." Doubtless, no other book in the Bible has suffered so many misapprehensions in a theological point of view, as the book of Ecclesiastes. It has been accused of many contradictions within itself, of being inconsistent, of lacking unity, and coherence on account of absence of plan and connection. The inspiration of its contents has been attacked....