A Pedigree Without a Horse

 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. - 1Timothy 1:4

BH Carroll from An Interpretation of The English Bible:

"Later, these fables grew into the Talmud, which may be likened to a "continent of mud," or, on

account of the dryness of the matter, to the "Sahara Desert minus its oasis. It is as unpalatable as sawdust bread. Its diet is as void of nutritive properties as the sick soldiers's soup, according to his own hyperbolic description "A piece of blue beef held up between the sun and a pot of boiling water, so as to boil its shadow.

Old Testament genealogies had an intelligent purpose till Christ came, for they located Him. After that they were of no value, and when they were arbitrarily spiritulized they became vicious.

In a political race in McLennan County one of the candidates devoted an hour to the tracing his honorable descent from illustrious families. The other won the race by a reply in one sentence "I would rather be a horse without a pedigree than a pedigree without a horse."