The world is a sea of glass: a pageant of fond delight, a theatre of vanity, a labyrinth of error... long heaviness, short joy.' Man's search or meaning and satisfaction apart from God is as old as humanity itself. In this succinct and beautifully written meditation on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Sinclair Ferguson highlights the invevitable emptiness and folly of such a life. But he also points us to the solution that Solomon could see only dimly: hope and purpose through Jesus Christ.