...which some travellers are past, some are passing, while other* are only coming in, Eccles. i. 4. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever." Death is an inexorable, irresistible messenger, who cannot be diverted from executing his orders, by...

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

...particular. The BOOK OPEX s in this manner: — Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit has a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? All things are full of labour. Man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the...

...own hearts, that they may be able confidently to own and avow what they say. • 3. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Or what remaineth and abideth with a man of all his labour? What is added to him, or what more has...

...which some travellers are past, Some arc passing while others are only coming in, JSccl. i. 4. *' One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever." Death is anjnexorable, irresistible messenger; whocannot be diverted from executing his orders, by...

...generation passefh away, and another generation cometh, but the world continueth the same; the sun ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind gocth toward the south, and turneth abovt vnlo the north, and the wind returnetk again according to...

...and opened to the light of heaven. It is said by the Preacher, in the 5th verse of the 1st chapter, " The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place whence he arose." We know that in a natural sense this is true only in appearance, for the sun is,...

...world will bring perfection to the natural ; and that hence what the " Preacher " says is true, " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever " (Eccles. i. 4). THOS. MACKERETH. LIFE. As a substantial entity life is God — the Self-existent...

...Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. 5...

...xxvii. 21. xxviii. 43, &c. Sometimes it means as long as the world stands. So in Kccles. i. 4. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever." And this last is the longest temporal duration that such a term is ever used to signify. For the duration...