Show WREN WHEN GOD HAS lIAS MADE MADD US VS FRED FREDI FREDN FRE I ON IN N A fine sermon a promInent minister tried to point out to hIs congregatIon their high responsibilities by telling them that God madmen made 3 men and women free tree We are free freehE freehe hE said to pursue the highest desti dest DY ay because God made us free tree And It seems to me that the words are like a gust of fresh air admit admitted admitted ted to a stuffy room They are like the sound of beautiful music to one who has long been deafened For they Inject Into the rush and tur turmoil moil of our daily dally living a something that makes us stop a moment and H listen and feel and think God made men and women tree free but do we keep ourselves free That is the thought those words tin peL For has forged shackles Into which many of us too willIngly place ourselves Somewhat beyond the control of many of us of course are the shackles of ot the fight for existence But many more of us are vol volun un tartly enslaved who cannot point to th this l necessity There is 13 for tor In Instance instance stance no enslavement so hopeless u as the pursuit of pleasure for tor whIch many women give up their free free- freedom door dom for or growth and satisfaction and happiness And there are the petty pett little shackles of modern life Ute whIch prove prove strong enough to rob man many people of ot their freedom They are such shackles as What will people say Keeping up with the Joneses Others are doing doing- doing The things I must have What a pity to submit to such to permit ourselves to be beheld beheld held down dorm down when God made us free 0 p Bell B ll Syndicate Service |