Empty Traditions
Some traditions die hard
Dennis Bachman
February 21, 2022
In The Pentecostal Minister, William Poteet wrote how in 1903 the Russian czar noticed a sentry posted for no apparent reason on the Kremlin grounds. Upon inquiry, he discovered that in 1776 Catherine the Great found there the first flower of spring.
“Post a sentry here,” she commanded, “so that no one tramples that flower under foot!”
Some traditions die hard.