1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation
cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The earth has not always been and the earth (as it now
is) will not abide forever. Scripture is clear in both cases (Genesis 1:1;
Revelation 21:1). But Solomon is thinking in terms of “under the sun” so from
the perspective of a man without an eternal perspective, the earth was here
when I was born, and when I die, they will bury me in it. I recently went to
the cemetery and saw several generations of my family buried in the earth. One
generation after another came and went, but the earth in which they did all
their labor still remains.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Tennyson
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