Abraham Lincoln

Yesterday a Pennsylvania newspaper retracted an 1863 editorial which had some disparaging remarks about President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The address, of course, has become known as one of the greatest speeches in human history. Its importance, however, was unnoticed by the Patriot & Union, now called the Patriot-News, of Harrisburg. The editorial dismissed the president’s words thusly: “We pass over the silly remarks of the President. For the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them, and that they shall be no more repeated or thought of.”

Of course, they couldn’t have been more wrong, and now the newspaper says, “The Patriot-News regrets the error.”

Sadly, too many people make the mistake of dismissing the words of another great leader—the greatest of all leaders–Jesus.

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”—Matthew 24:35.