| Sampson Reed - New Jerusalem Church - 1880 - 160 pages
...he believed that the world would not come to an end. To this he replied that he believed that " One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever." This passage, though taken from Ecclesiastes, was good authority for those to whom it was presented.... | |
| Bible - 1881 - 624 pages
...faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. Verse 30. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth forever" Eccles. 1:4. 91 For all are thy servants. " He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...respectfully recall your attention to what may be culled ''compensated emancipation.'' A nation may bo said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which ia of certain durability. *'• One generation passet!» away, and another generation eometh, but the... | |
| Joseph Augustus Seiss - 1882 - 544 pages
...not at all iu the will or purpose of God. On the contrary, the teaching of Revelation is, that " one generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but The Earth abideth forever." (Ecc. 1:4; Ps. 15:5; 119:90.) Whatever new cataclysms or disasters are yet to befall this planet, we... | |
| Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1882 - 1040 pages
...for itself, are prepared for this people in the coming century, we may not assume to foretell. " One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever," and we reverently hope that these our constituted liberties shall be maintained to the unending line... | |
| Zacharias Topelius - Sweden - 1884 - 394 pages
...Ecclesiastes: "All is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun ? 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... | |
| George Duffield, Samuel Willoughby Duffield - Funeral service - 1883 - 182 pages
...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 forever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth... | |
| James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 702 pages
...to pass by writing it down on paper or parchment as a National boundary." In the President's view " a nation may be said to consist of its territory,...territory is the only part which is of certain durability. That portion of the earth's surface which is inhabited by the people of the United States is well adapted... | |
| Zacharias Topelius - Sweden - 1884 - 396 pages
...Ecclesiastes: " All is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun ? 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... | |
| Theodore Winthrop - 1884 - 338 pages
...victory remains undimmed by the lapse of years, and may still shed light and hope into many hearts. " One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever." CONTENTS. CHAP. I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 1 II. EUROPEAN TRAVEL 31 HI. MANHOOD 72 IV. THE TROPICS 92 V.... | |
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