When Was Our Learning Blessed? And When Did It Become Cursed?

 

I am not speaking against learning in itself; it is a precious gift of God, and
 may be happily improved in the service of the gospel; but I will venture to say…Ac
cursed be all that learning which sets itself in opposition to the cross of Christ! Accursed be all that learning which disguises or is ashamed of the cross of Christ! Accursed be
 all that learning which fills the room that is due to the cross of Christ! And once more, Accursed be all that learning which is not made subservient to the honor and glory of the
 cross of Christ!

---The Reverend John Witherspoon, also a signer of our Declaration of Independence

The Reverend John Witherspoon and the Reverend Dr. John Rogers, "The Works Of The Rev. John Witherspoon" Volume 1, pg. 531, printed and published by William W. Woodward, Pennsylvania, 1800

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