True Freedom

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1942, Page 2

True Freedom

understanding. — Christian Science Monitor.

The all-important subject of freedom is in men's thoughts to-day more than it has ever been in human history. An incalculable price has frequently and willingly been paid for national freedom, while much is still being sacrificed on its behalf. In the light of world events it is apparent that freedom's precious privilege is never so highly valued as when it is threatened. Even while hope and confidence illumine the horizon; much sacrifice may be necessary before universal and permanent freedom becomes an integral quality of the world order. All aspirants to the spiritual ideal pray and work for a right understanding of what the prophet Isaiah discerned when, in speaking of the coming world ruie, he said (Isaiah 9:6), "The government shall be upon his . [Christ'sl shoulder." As the nations grow nearer to their assured freedom the greatest progress will be found in individual thought. The nature of true freedom is becoming so much better understood that the words of St. Paul to the chief captain at Jersusalem (Acts 22:28), "I was free born," find . an . echo to-day in the spiritual experience of those who have discerned man's sonship with God, and the priceless freedom which is the manifestation of such