Article February 21, 1948 Issue

Signs of the Times

Freedom

with contributions from H. Beverley Ketchen, Kelly O'Neall, John S. Mills, Robert Lee Dutton, William E. Park

H. Beverley Ketchen The Presbyterian Record Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Does freedom mean merely the license to do what we like? It all depends obviously on what we like. If we like to do what we ought to do, there is freedom; but if we ignore our moral and social obligations, we may be licentious, happy-go-lucky, and irresponsible, but we are not free.

The Psalmist, I think, had attained true freedom when he was able to say: "I delight to do thy will;" "Thy statutes have been my songs."

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