Inspiration teaches us to forget those things which are behind, to reach forth unto those things which are before, and press toward the mark. And well may it; for us, in the future only is achievement possible. The past will not come to us, nor shall we go to it. But to run well we must not run blindly, but intelligently. And as we know the future only by a study of the past, we must look back, in order to see ahead. Practical Wisdom ever lights her torch at the flame of history; thus he who best remembers “things which are behind” for instruction, best forgets them for attainment. This is clearly seen from the structure of Holy Scripture, in which historical record is dominant in influence and predominant in quantity. From out that book homely and lowly events, told in a plain and simple way, cast a guiding light for all the ages to come.
“Introduction,” G. D. B. Pepper, The Early and Later Delaware Baptists, Richard Briscoe Cook, Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1880, p. 5
No comments:
Post a Comment