---
title: 'The Value of History'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1902-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Ecclesiastical Records'
- 'Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 78'
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1902-the-value-of-history
---

# The Value of History

Account of the Presbyterian Historical Society's 50th anniversary urging preservation of church records and arguing history's value for inspiration, identity, and civic witness.

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