56. HISTORY      --page 490--

         The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; & that which is done is that which shall be done: & there is no new thing under the sun (Ecc.1:9).

         1. Many of the so-called villains of history may really have been the heroes! It all depends on what the victorious historians decide to dictate.
         2. For about 6000 years, God has been trying to convince man that he can't survive or live or exist or be happy without his Creator.
         3. His story makes history! His Word & man's reaction to it decide the course of World events!
         4. God cannot alter the past, but historians can.
         5. History is a set of lies agreed upon.--Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
         6. About the only thing we ever learn from history is that we never learn from history.--A. Toynbee
         7. History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, & soldiers, mostly fools.
         8. A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
         9. History is usually written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not.
         10. He who influences the thought of his time influences the thought of all the times that follow.
         11. History is bunk.--Henry Ford.
         12. What is history but a fable agreed upon?--Napoleon Bonaparte.
         13. History really proves the existence of God. God's laws of retribution, the rise & fall of empires because of either righteousness or wickedness, is one of the surest proofs there is of the existence of God.
         14. The greatest Man in history was the poorest. (2Co.8:9)
         15. Someday we're going to know what influence we had on the course of history!
         16. We are the main religious bomb of the century, & of the End of the World!
         17. The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.
         18. The people who the World think are the greatest, messed it up the most!
         19. History is such a sad story--but Jesus will add a happy ending!
         20. World events & the course of history are influenced by the prophets of God.
         21. In this lifetime the Lord has left the World up to man & his choices. He's left history up to man's own free will & choice within certain limitations, the tunnel of His will, & so far man has made pretty much of a mess of it!

         (See also No.H, 6, 7, 12, 42, 105, 269, 299, 321, 371, 376, 388, 601, 645, 693, 694, 709, 961, 1277, 1385, Childcare Handbook III, Book of Remembrance l & ll.)


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