In this monument, child represents several verses from the last chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. the preacher Ecclesiastes warns of the coming of the Judgment Day and instructs: "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."
In addition to the verses on the engraved stones, the monument includes objects from the verse "...the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden...the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bow be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern." Child planted an almond tree on the mount aspart of this monument which grew and flourished despite Utah's cold winters. The tree died in 1963, the same year as Child died.
Child added the head of an old man to represent the first verses of this chapter which he interpreted as meaning, "In spite of ourselves, we get sick, weak, and die, and are not the masters of the situation." Child commented that the color of the almond blossoms exactly matched the pink quartzite head.
Child was particularly happy with the grasshopper carved from a green boulder he found at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was displayed in New York City for a year by the Linde Air Products Co. which made oxyacetylene torches.