“Better late than never.” Matthew Henry, an English non-conformist clergyman who lived from 1662-1714, is actually credited with coming up with this adage. He died of apoplexy.
Funny that I never heard of him, yet that sentence has stayed relevant for centuries, making us in this early 21st century somehow still connected with people in the early 18th century.
His words lived on in the fabric of our culture though his name did not.
I wonder what kids would come up with if we challenged them to create a sentence or find an adage they think will last through the ages. Interesting to think about what in our current lives has transcended fads and eras.
Reverend Henry wrote commentary in an “Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.” with some other interesting quotes that cross from his time to ours.
“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
Genesis 2:21.
“It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.”
Jeremiah 7.