Below is something I wrote almost ten years ago–an unfinished draft of an article for my local weekly newspaper. Never got it quite right, but it’s got a nice description of the old book, Modern Eloquence, and for those unfamiliar with how MLKjr wound up being named MLKjr, some interesting tidbits of actual “modern” history. …
From @zeugma’s Project Gutenberg Daily Releases comes this… SHELLS AND PEBBLES. A Story for Children. BY THE AUTHOR OF “STORIES FOR THE NURSERY.” PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OFTHE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION,APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTINGCHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 1852. EBook: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69452 <– Cuttle-fish and eggs “This,” said Mr. Miller, “is the backbone of …
“At first he was Arminian about the extent of the atonement and free-will, but the reading of the Scriptures and the conversation of those who know the will of God more perfectly relieved him from both errors…”
