"In Eden dwelt bliss;
but sin came, and bliss fled:
bliss cannot abide with sin, no, not in Eden.
Man felt this;
all nature felt: but the blessed God, by whose righteous law they were
This "hope" was begotten by the first promise: "Thy seed shall bruise his head." (Genesis 3:15)
Adam and Noah died in the faith, and left this hope to be cherished by their posterity; and their race have, in one form or another, ever cherished this hope, and will cherish it, until the time comes for it to be fulfilled." H.D. Ward