Influence to Legacy

Driven by Eternity:
Making your life count-
Today and Forever
Author: John Bevere


This reminds me of a true account that one of my employees read to me recently. It is about an athiest named Max Jukes and a godly man named Johnathon Edwards.
Here's the story:
Max Jukes, the athiest, lived a godless life. He married an ungodly girl, and from that union there were 310 who died as paupers, 150 were criminals, seven were murderers, 100 were drunkards, and more than half of the women were prostitutes. His 540 descendents cost the State one and a quarter million dollars.

But, praise the Lord it works both ways! There is a record of a great American man of God, Johnathon Edwards. He lived at the same time as Max Jukes, but he married a godly girl. An investiagation was made of 1,394 known descendents Johnathon Edwards of which 13 became college presidents, 65 college professors, 3 United States senators, 30 judges, 100 lawyers, 60 physicians, 75 army and navy officers, 100 preachers and missionaries, 60 authors of prominence, one a vice-president of the United States, 80 became public officals in other capacities, 295 college graduates, among whom were governors of states and ministers to foreign countries. His descendents did not cost the State a single penny.