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One Eternal Round

This non-Biblical phrase (mentioned in 1 Ne. 10, Alma 7, Alma 27) refers to 1758’s (reprinted numerous times, such as 1774, 1788, 1802) A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship ed. George Whitefield p. 80, hymn 101, “Praise to God for Creation and Redemption,” which ends with the line, “Rocks, Hills, and Vales reflect the Voice / In one eternal Round.” This instance does not refer to a course or path but a musical round, like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” where everyone is singing together at different times but simultaneously.

However the idea of the wheel of fortune being run by God (instead of by nature, as profane authors might assert) with the same phrase, one eternal round, appears in Evangelical Magazine, 1802.

Also 1805, ed. Thomas Taylor, “one eternal round, encircling in her course the mind profound.” Also, The Gentelman’s Magazine, 1827, author W. Hersee, “And a New Year begins its course to run, (That globe which rolls in one eternal round, Just emblem of a Power that knows no bound).” etc.

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