...instance to the many on record which prove the truth of Solomon's saying: "The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and there is no new thing under the sun." Humboldt, in his " Cosmos," states that the Chinese had magnetic carriages with which to...

...shrewdest sayings in the Book of Ecclesiastes is contained in the words — "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and there is no new thing under the sun." Most wise men, since Solomon's day, have been very much of the same opinion, and have therefore...

...nearly thirty centuries since a preacher of wide reputation announced : '- The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; .... and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time,...

...to have been in use by religious Jews for nearly four thousand years. — The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and there is no new thing under the sun , 164 VII, INCONGRUITY. The most delightful picture of home and homefelt happiness drawn by...

...OF THE LIFE OF THE PAST. BY REV. FRANCIS TIFFANY, WEST HEWTOIf, MASS. "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be, and there is no new thing under the sun I" Such, the despairing outcry of the skeptical, blase anthor of the Book of Ecclesiastes....

...confusion," and it is expressed by a very ancient writer in the words : " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and there is no new thing under the sun."* It is the same principle — a blending of experience and faith — which leads us to expect...

...what has 6 been before known and forgotten ; ' or in the words ' of Solomon, 'The thing that hath been is that which ' shall be, and there is no new thing under the sun.' ' Friar Bacon, who flourished in the thirteenth cen' tury, seems fully to have anticipated,...

...already must be run yet again ; the goal is equally the starting-point : " the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; .... and there is no new thing under the sun." " Vanity of vanities," as " Solomon in all his glory " (see St. Matt. vi. 29) states and...

..."What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun?" "The thing that hath been it is that which shall be; and there is no new thing under the sun." — ECCL. i., 4, 3, 9." It is fitting that in October I should take my text from Ecclesiates...

...were, and where their children will be after them, to the end of the farce The thing that has been, it is that which shall be ; and there is no new thing under the sun " And as for your palaces, and cities, and temples look at this Campagna, and judge ! Flea-bites...