This writer systematically and continually criticizes our society for debasing into anti-Christian secularism a once Bible-based society. Christians have allowed the deplorable apostasy by neglecting evangelism of the unforgiven.
Consider today a couple examples of how we have improved on our past. Remember...each generation considers itself Modern. A history of Illinois published in the 1880's called 1830's residents PIONEERS and itself Modern Illinois. However, the 1880's lacked certain improvements we take for granted in 2021. For example, the Lincoln Herald newspaper, September 9, 1875, p 3, related the story of a Lincoln mother. As she sat nursing her baby in the family sitting room, a dangerous- rattle sounded, immediately followed by an erect snake's head poised before her. Don't know how she managed to keep her wits, but perhaps a scream scared the critter down, after which female rage found a stick to kill the varmit. A screen door would have prevented the intrusion. In our rented mobile, this is the first time Judy and I haven't had a screen on either door. We don't fear snakes, but miss screen doors so we can open the house to morning and evening breezes. For example, a casket maker in Atlanta, Illinois sold 27 coffins in the month of February, 1875. The increase in business came when a dreaded diphtheria epidemic killed 173 people in Illinois. The authorities feared a higher count since not every death had a certificate indicating cause of death. Lincoln Herald, March 11, 1875, p 3 We remember that the famous Iditarod Dog Sled race each spring re-enacts the desperate race in 1925 where teams of mushers rushed Diphtheria Serum from Anchorage to Nome, saving countless children's lives. Both illustrations come from the Logan County Genealogical and History Society, Spring, 2021. Notice that both examples stressed improvement in daily life: screen doors to keep out unwanted pests; medicines that prevent or cure otherwise deadly diseases. Notice also that the MODERN generation in America doesn't feel the ALARM of older citizens. To the MODERNS, who have matured in a progressively-permissive society, it's the "way life is." To senior citizens, "it ain't the way life should be." And not because seniors are out of touch with the times, but the younger generations have lost touch with God in Christ. Poisonous snakes and untreated disease can kill the body. But rejecting God in Christ will so blacken God's spirit within us that he refuses any association with it and us. Be warned, America. Jesus told us not to fear those who can only kill our body. "Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell" Matthew 10:28. Why would we be afraid of snakes and Covid-19, but not of Almighty God?
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In this reference to the Past...think of Marie Antoinette’s jewelry heading to auction. The treasure, sneaked out of France after Marie’s arrest and execution, remained in the family until now. San Diego U-T, 10/14/18
Think of relics from the Titanic purchased by hedge funds for $19.5 million. Jewelry, clothing and dishes, retrieved piece by piece from Atlantic Ocean depths, recalls the terrifying final two hours about the “unsinkable” ship. San Diego U-T, 10/14/18 Think of the anniversary of the San Diego Union, 150 years after it first appeared Saturday, October 10, 1888 as a four-page paper. Among other purposes, William Jefferson Gatewood, Editor, wanted the Union’s to be a spokesman for Christianity as a curative for society’s ills. A picture of the Union new brick building in 1870 “New Town” San Diego showed a city of wooden buildings and outhouses scattered over wide acres, with plenty of open ground from Fourth Avenue and Broadway west and southwest. San Diego U-T, 10/10/18 This writer has always liked the past. As a fifth grader in Central Grade School, Lincoln, Illinois, he became aware of his love of history. That zeal continues to this day. Read the past. Learn from the past. Retain the habits and truth of the past. Avoid in the present the mistakes and sins of the past. Live in the present valuing the lessons past history teaches. An open-mind to the past will invariably draw us nearer to God, ruler of all past, present and future: the God who Is, and who Was and is to Come, the Almighty Revelation 1:8. New Apologetics book at: Amazon Check out Virg Hurley books at Amazon Check out Virg Hurley Digital books at: Smashwords |
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