“What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun?” (Ecclesiastes 1:3).

A favorite patriotic song of yesteryear, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," is not sung much anymore, especially in our public schools. I assume this is because the last verse is a prayer, directed to "Our fathers' God . . . Author of liberty . . . Great God our King." As we all know, our Supreme Court decided several years ago that it is unconstitutional to pray in school.

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” (II Thessalonians 2:11).

“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading” (Nehemiah 8:8).