...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...

...; And but for titee I ne'er had sate The guardian of heaven's pala« jale Note 4, page 113, col 1. cftfr-- lion cometh, but the earth abidetb for ever ТЫ -г л abo ariseth and the sun goeth down,...

...earth To twine its roots around thy coffined clay, Spring from thy bones, and blossom on thy tomb, v. THUS do the generations of the earth Go to the grave, and issue from the womb, Surviving still the imperishable change That renovates the world ; even as the leaves Which the keen...

...earth That of its fruit thy babes may eat and die ? Spring from thy bones, and blossom on thy tomb, V. THUS do the generations of the earth Go to the grave, and issue from the womb, Surviving still the imperishable change That renovates the world; even as the leaves Which the keen...

...clay, Spring from thy bones, and blossom on thy tomb, That of its fruit thy babes may eat and die? V. THUS do the generations of the earth* Go to the grave,...away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abidcth for ever. The sun also ariseth aud the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place whence he arose....

...thau vain; Aud but for thee I ne'er had sate The guardian of heaven's palace gate. (5^ (") PAGE 40. Thus do the generations of the earth Go to the grave,...One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, tut the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to...