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Freedom of Choice
God’s creation of man was in
deed unique in that man was en
dowed with the power of choice, a
quality that placed him above the
other creations of God. Along with
this concession to man, God gave
him the predominant hand over
all other creatures, and also in
tended for him to have the con
trolling interest in his own life.
God’s creation of man placed him
on earth as an individual character
with the privilege of choosing for
himself. This is the attribute that
the other forms which God fash
ioned do not have. The use of this
privilege very often is the element
which decides if a man is really to
live and enjoy life or merely to
exist with no sense of peace and
security.
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horizon of a world of chaos and
confusion.
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freedom, both in mind and in
body, in that they were not only
told what to do and how to do it,
but were also told what to think.
Therefore, these leaders have over
emphasized the extent of their own
rights, and at the same time for
gotten the nature of God’s cre
ation of man.
I’d like to lie in bed at morn
And doze and dream or stretch.
Or snuggle covers in a knot.
'The alarm breaks — that’s the
the catch.
People are now destined by God
to be bond or free, happy or un-
happy, but they attain these con-
d.tions by their use of their free
dom of choice. Men have been
forced into captivity, both actually
and intellectually, by the use of
this one predominant trait—either
by their own use of it or by its
use on the part of others. Even
in our own day we have seen out
standing incidents of the wrong
use of this characteristic in the
persons of such men as Hitler and
Stalin. Both of these have tended
to lower the intrinsic worth of
man and in its place establish the
value of property.
The value of human life has
been placed in the background and
in its stead the importance of the
state has been elevated. They be
lieved the whole to be greater than
the part, forgetting that strong
parts make a powerful and sub
stantial whole. In their minds the
individual would be worth nothing,
merely as an individual, but would
be valuable when joined with oth
ers, all endeavoring to establish a
powerful state. Thus, these men, in
forcing people to believe and act
as they do, have intruded on the
• rights of ordinary people by de
priving them of the opportunity of
making a choice' for liberty and
freedom. They were deprived of
Nevertheless, we in America,
and even in North Carolina, or
perhaps in Mars Hill, have been
guilty of the same type of oppres
sion on a smaller scale. We advo
cate the supremacy of the indi
vidual, the freedom of mankind,
the equality of all people, the right
to express one’s wishes through
the medium o-f democratic govern-
meni. Our system of democracy
was founded on the inevitable
siones of justice, equality, liberty,
and freedom. Nevertheless, these
-deas and ideals were not mere
“happen-sos,” neither have they
continued to predominate because
of tradition. They have lived be
cause Americans as a whole have
practiced them in their own lives
and permitted others to do the
same.
And with my friends o’er milk and
toast
I’d like to eat a meal.
I’d eat as slowly as I pleased—
Oops—I hear the first bell peal.
I trudge to class, but morning air
Spurs on my wanderlust
To tramp through f.elds or climb a
hill.
But go to class I must.
Oh just to stop upon the street
To greet some brother or sis,
And pass a joke or plan our years;
But there’s no time for this.
The afternoon with classes done
Affords me time for fun.
But a meeting here and a practice
there
Leaves me with nothing done.
At
The passing of congressional
laws will not compel us to recog
nize individual rights of liberty
and freedom in mind and in body.
Only when we have the inward
motivation to respect man’s God-
given rights of “life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness’’ will
genuine equality and freedom be
assured and insured. Men are free
to exercise their freedom of choice
only to the extent that mankind
is benefited rather than deprived
of his natural rights and are
obligated to keep in mind that
every man has an equal right to
his own choice. Until mankind
comes to this realization, there
night when our friends all
have left
And it’s quiet as a tomb without.
As I begin to study some
Or write the folks—Lights out I
—Janice Aiken.
When you can smile as life looks
bright.
The world smiles with you;
When you can smile through your
tears and heartaches,
The angels in Heaven will smile
back at you.
—Allen Brown.
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