Show c. c Renewal Of Faith f u by De DeWITT wrIT EMERY El EMERY mr a Editors Editor's Note DeWitt Emery is is president resident o or othe of r Men's Mens 1 ens en's the National Small Business DeWitt elf Emery It has been said many many times by a great variety of people that what this country needs more than anything else is a spiritual revival That i is S s undoubtedly a true statement statement statement state state- ment but what is a spiritual revival and how can I or any other individual citizen help bring it about Im I'm Tin not at all sure that I know the right answer but for what it may be worth here is my thinking on this most important of all 4 questions Such a revival must be based on renewed and greater Faith Faith in God Faith in our fellow man Faith in ourselves and Faith in our form of government which guarantees guarantees guarantees guar guar- every American the r right to life liberty and the pursuit pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit of happiness so long as he does not interfere with these same rights of any other American The best way I know of to get started down this road is to help your neighbor Go out of your way if necessary to do something nice ice for your neighbor If you do then almost almost almost al- al most before you know it hell he'll do something for you and you'll be surprised how much these simple acts of kindl friendly consideration do to build up your faith in your neighbor neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor and his faith in you Then you and your neighbor can join hands in doing something for another neighbor and so on and on over an widening ever-widening circle no one can foretell how far it will go You'll find as you go along in this spirit of helping your YOUl neighbor that you are increasing your faith in God because in serving your fellow man you are also serving Him He said Love thy e neighbor as thyself You will find further that you are also building up your faith in our our Republic which is the only form of government government government govern govern- ment in the world under which the individual has the absolute freedom to live his life in whatever way he chooses There are all sorts of products by-products to this program the the most important being an increase in your self reliance As you do more for your neighbor you will automatically do more for yourself You'll be better able to stand on your own feet You'll be less dependent on others and on yoUr your govern govern- ment And nothing no nothing can be more important than this In the beginning Americans were the most s self lf reliant the world had ever known They had to be Ee in order to survive in order to conquer the wilderness and the Indians In In- InI I di diens s and later the Red Coats They r did these things because they had an desire to be free to live their lives without interference from their own or any other government For many years the American people continued to be self reliant Then for no good reason a change occurred At first an almost imperceptible change and self reliance was replaced with an increasing ever-increasing degree of dependence on the government Far too many Americans were bitten by the security bug They became infected with the poison of some- some thing for Let George do it Relax dont don't worry the government owes you a living And more and more of the same Somehow weve we've weve got to get this country back to the basic principles of freedom and limited government on which it was founded Our government must again be th the servant rather than the master of the people This cannot be done overnight or by Congress passing a law If its it's done at all its it's s got to start in the hearts and minds of the people Weve We've got to have the s same same me abiding faith in and dependence dependence dependence de de- de- de on God which our forefathers had rather than the present day dependence on government Weve We've got to by our o own efforts take care of ourselves ourselves and our families and do what we can can to help those who are unable to take care of themselves Each of us in his own way must work out outI I and provide for his own security looking to government only for foi the protection of his life and property This wont won't be easy but then it wasn't easy for the Pilgrims when they landed on that bleak Atlantic Atlantic coast They had very little besides their faith in God a burning desire to tobe tobe be free and faith in their ability to take care of themselves under any and all circumstances They came through We can too if weve we've got what they had Have we |