We have traced a golden thread through history. It is not a thread that would interest worldly historians, and it has to be pieced together from forgotten documents and musty volumes in various national archives. But the Lord was never thrilled by the world’s view of history—the exploits of the Nimrods and the Esaus, and the political maneuvers of the Sadducees. His praise was for some obscure prophet whose martyrdom is not even known to history (Matthew 23:35). It will always be so, until Truth goes forth as a flowing stream in the Kingdom of God.
The story of the Christadelphian `pioneers’—John Thomas and Robert Roberts —are well known, but readers of these notes will find ample reward from reading the published records of their life and struggles, which ought to encourage us to fight for our faith. It would be a poor memorial to their labours if we honoured them as if they were some specially chosen apostles called to some duty beyond ours. They would be the first to say that what they did was no more than anyone would feel inspired to do who felt the glow of the love of Christ in forgiven hearts.
The notes that follow tell of some efforts less well known to us, but which may offer an incentive to those whose hearts yearn to serve the Lord “by whose stripes we are healed.”
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One