...affairs are vain, uncertain, frail and imperfect ; and such being the case, he proceeds to inquire, What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sunl (Eccl. i. 2, 3.) And towards the close of the same book, (ch. xii. 8,) he repeats the same subject,...

...the earth. ' n earth is contrasted with the fleeting of the Ecci. i. 4. generations upon it : " [one] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh ; but the earth abideth for ever." Again, the stable manner in which the Temple was built is compared to the durability of the earth,...

...under the sun? One generation passelh away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth 5 tor iven unto him to wife. When Judah saw her, he 16 thought her to be an ha G place where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth...

...Thus do the generations of the earth Go to the grare, and iraue from the womb. One generation pnsselh away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth for ever. The sun alao ariseth and the aim goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward...

...it would do, but this he knew by experience to be vanity. "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour that he taketh under the sun ?" On the contrary, he saw, in the active pursuit of such things as these,...

...thoughts of men are vanity. 4 Our conversation received by tradition from our fathers, in vain. 5 And what profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh, and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? 6 He laboureth in vain, he...

...g. 2 • Vanity of vanities, saith the t«s.9. &' Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 b her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 4 One generation passe th away, and another generation cometh : c but the earth abideth for ever. 5...

...liveth and abideth for ever." (Pet. I. i. 23.) And if as the royal preacher says of the earth, " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever," (Eccl. i. 4,) it is to be hoped that as much may be said likewise of its greatest ornament, the church...

...9, eoL 2, 1. 27. Thvt do the generationi of the earth Go to the grave and istuefrom the ieomb. " One generation passeth away and another generation Cometh,...ariseth and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his plaee where he arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth...

...col. 2, 1. Ä7. TJkw do the generation* of the earth Go to the grave and istue/rom the womb. " One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth for ever. The tun also ariseth and the sun gocth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth toward...