...Inconsiderable is the life of man compared with the duration of the world. Solomon observes, " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever," orcontinuethfor ages ; we know not how many. There is a similar expression in the 10-4th Psalm. " God...

...reflections on what has been said, and some advice in the choice and treatment of another minister. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever." Your habits are so firmly fixed, that no reformation is to be expected during my ministry ; and, indeed,...

...circumstances are changing. Our relations are changing. The inhabitants of the world are changing. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever. There was formerly a man living in the kingdom of Great Britain, whose name was Edward Hopkins. This...

...comparison of our fading life with the constant earth, that filled the mind of the royal moralist. '• One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever." TMfe duration of human life dwindled to a moment in his mind, and the stability of the earth tilled...

...some travellers have passed, some are passing, while others are only coming in, Eccles. i. 4, 'One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever.' Death is an inexorable, irresistible messenger, who cannot be diverted from executing his orders, by...

...springs from, and returns to dust. It is as the wise preacher has said in his desponding vision — "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and passeth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth...

...earth. P. 45, 1.1. Thus do the generations of the earth Go to the grave and issue from the womb. " One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever. The sun also ariseth and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth...

...vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun T One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 170 THE BIBLE...

...; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? •1 One This if my covenant, which ye shall F ? ⻀ < ΀ 0 V 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. ' 6 The wind...

...others which affirm the direct contrary. Some of these I will here subjoin, with remarks.* " ' One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth forever' (Eccl. i. 4.) ' He that buildeth his sanctuary like high places, like the earth which he hath established...