...answer is at . hand. It is clearly founded, says our author, in the words of Solomon, ECCLES. i. 4. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth...

...swallowed up in Him, and are seen no more. Thus we observe, that ever since this memorable epoch, " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth for ever ;"* still aftbrding the same sustenance for the creatures, which not only preserves them in existence...

...once more renew the recollection of our mortality ; and advert to the striking remark of Solomon, "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever"." Contrast the continued succession of the generations of men, with the permanency of the earth upon...

...; which the scrip-1 ture taketh special notice of in other texts, as in that of Ecclesiastes, " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever."$ I conceive the latter may here be alluded to, viz. the earth's long continuance, as in some low proportion...

...as any one may see by referring to the entire verse, better translated in our English Bible : " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever." The contrast is between generations dying and the world abiding ; without any allusion whatever to...

...Withdrawn, another comes, and this makes room, For that which follows. Mightiest realms decay, . f [4] One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever. * * Thus the words run in our Translation ; and as some may be therefore greatly surprised, that we...

...And Dr. Grainger quoted to himself first the somewhat saddening reflection of the Eastern king, " One generation passeth away and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever ; " and then the calm conclusion of the aged apostle, as he looked on at life from quite another standpoint,...

...vanities; all' is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One them of und R 0 5 The sun also arUeth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. t> The wind...

...of Impediments. XVII. New Social Order in America. XVIII. Conclusion. ADVANCEMENT SOCIETY. I. " ONE generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever." Is the change in its generations the only change in society ? Are the actors alone renewed, and the...

...vanities ; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the...