Divine Rule And The Rights Of Man

Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1948, Page 4

Divine Rule And The Rights Of Man

"Maiiy dicent people havp been deeply stirred by , the, urampling ddwn of htlmdn rights thdt has bcCtirfed dnd is dcCiifrifig ih bur tihife'S, but mo^fc pfe'ople fitil to see the linkage" , that exists between reeogfiisihg the. ru}e of .God and respecting tne rights of man," said RiV. A. Sdlmond in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Ghiirch ye's'te'rday. . ''Where God is not remembered, any rights tbfe ordihary rfian has are soon forgotten, A ruling group thsit has ho higher standatrd of rfefereiici thgri its oWn Se'ciirity of its owh ahibitiohs cdri sdon make 'klidft Wdfk of any fights dfdihary men afid "women imagine they possess," aclded Mr. Salmond. "Tyrants and Christian faith ean never gfl togethfer, fdr tyrariny is a denial of \that the Christian religion teaches — tne worth of every indiv'idual person to God. Man's valuation of himself is always ,a variable and unreliabie factor, but every man's value, in pod's sight is ah ihiditdrabife fact declared by revelatiori in. the life' afid ddath and fesurrdction Of tfesfis ChriS't: "Whefi „a pfeople Ufide'r a democratic fOrm df goverfiinent think ifi tCfms Oi htimari rights and have no thought for the higher duties ifivOlved ih being under the rule of God the stage is being set for the Critel anarchy of dictatorship and the destruction of long enjoyed fiuman rights.''