#6 REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD: FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE; SAYING, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE." Isaiah, xlvi. 9, 10. INTRODUCTION. OF HISTORY. Q. What is HISTORY? A. We are to understand by History, a credible narration of the past transactions of states and nations. Q. Upon what does the credibility of history depend? A. It depends altogether upon the competency, the fidelity, and the accuracy of the authorities from which it is derived. Q. What is required, in order to obtain a clear and distinct understanding of the transactions which history relates? A. A correct knowledge of the times when, and of the places where, those several transactions took place. |