Proctor's Gems of Thought Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord… Let a certain number of pigeons, of different colours and varieties, be collected and carried to a desert island. Let them fly wild in the woods and found a colony there. After the lapse of many years let the collector return to the island, when he will find The pigeons all of one colour — a black and white dun, or a dark slaty hue. All the beautiful colours will have vanished. Why? Because they have been neglected. The variations and improvements had been the result of care, nurture, and domestication: neglect has simply had the effect of letting them drop into their original state. So with plants — a rose — a strawberry; it is a natural law. So with man. By neglect his body will lapse into a savage state; his mind to imbecility; his conscience to lawlessness and vice; his soul to atrophy, ruin, and decay. "Let him alone," and all the rest will follow. (Proctor's Gems of Thought) Parallel Verses KJV: How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; |
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