The New Creation
By PHILIP TROWER (Editor’s Note: Philip Trower, a longtime contributor to The Wanderer, writes from England.) + + + A good many years ago now I was visiting one of our country houses open to the public. It wasn’t one of the most famous and historic. It belonged to the Earls of Lichfield, birthplace of Dr. Johnson. But it was still worth seeing, particularly the interior. There was so much that was beautiful that as I went through the rooms looking at one treasure after another, I thought to myself, “In itself all this must be pleasing to God.” Suddenly an idea of a different kind popped into my mind. “The rich, furnishing the eternal mansions of the poor.” Those…Continue Reading