Earlier this year I reported in my blog that some of the boys of Vision Forum, along with a hand full of friends from Alabama, sponsored a week of manly fellowship in the Old Dominion, with the goal of honoring and learning from one of the great octogenarian heroes of the faith — Mr. Otto Scott.
Mr. Scott is the author of The Great Christian Revolution, The Other Side of the Life Boat, The Secret Six, Robespierre, and other important books which present a unique and biblical perspective on subjects raising from manhood, to education theory to the historic progress of Christendom.
Though I was not able to attend the recent event, I look back with fondness on the numerous occasions I have had over the last twenty years to be with Mr. Scott. On my bookshelf sits a wedding present he gave to Beall and me thirteen years ago (a wooden clock with hand painted animals). Seeing it reminds me to pray for him, especially since his health is on the decline. Especially fond to me are the memories of old days when I could visit in person or listen on tape to Mr. Scott and Dr. R.J. Rushdoony (now with the Lord) as they would wax eloquent on subjects as diverse as the moral inadequacies of jazz, to the glories of haggis, to an exposition on the book of Romans.
The Vision Forum boys tape recorded their time with Mr. Scott and forwarded to me just a few choice comments concerning his friendship with Dr. Rushdoony and other subjects:
Below are some of the quotes:
Question:
[Mr. Scott] what was the greatest things that you learned ... from Dr. Rushdoony — the most enduring?
Answer:
There was no topic that I could raise that he didn’t find a response in the Bible for. It was a fabulous gift. He knew the Bible; he had memorized the Bible — actually memorized it from an early age.... I never found a limit in his knowledge of the Bible.
Mr. Scott on Rushdoony’s Humility:
He had a real admirable modesty.
Mr. Scott on Churchill:
The most impressive man of the 20th Century.
Mr. Scott on FDR:
They mistook him as a God.
Mr. Scott on the Importance of Being Honest as Men:
It is better that we show the scars.
VF Boys Favorite Quote of the Weekend:
A man’s end reveals his purpose.