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1633 |
On his deathbed, English poet and clergyman George Herbert, 39, uttered these last words: ‘I shall be free from sin and all the temptations and anxieties that attend it…I shall dwell… where these eyes shall see my Master and Savior.’ |
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1692 |
The Salem Witch Trials in the Massachusetts colony officially began with the conviction of Rev. Samuel Parris’ West Indian slave, Tituba, for witchcraft. |
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1810 |
Georgetown College was chartered in Washington, D.C., making it the first Roman Catholic institution of higher learning established in the United States. |
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1910 |
The first issue of “The Evening Light and Church of God Evangel” was published in Cleveland, Tennessee. A. J. Tomlinson, the publishing editor, was an instrumental figure in the history of the Church of God (also headquartered today in Cleveland, Tennessee). |
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1966 |
Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: If Jesus is and does what we read in 1 John 2:2, then He prays for all men: for those who already pray and for those who do not yet pray.’ |
George Herbert’s comment is an amazing thought. I am 41 and after being in the hospital with a dying step-father and his funeral, who I believed died far too young, it is hard to read his quote.
It is a powerful statement to the faith and assurance of this man and to the benefits of heaven. In which, according to Herbert come in two categories – 1. what is removed in this case – sin, temptation and anxiety and 2. what is given to us – a dwelling in the sight of God.
While death is our enemy, the victory is eventually is ours. Praise God!
