The
idea of independence is unquestionably dear to all men, so much so that all are eager to claim what it implies, without perhaps considering that they will of necessity be forced to prove their right to its possession.
Mortals
like to be enthroned in a temporary majesty and to claim the place and attributes of a god; and the self-glorification of Nebuchadnezzar and the mob-glorification of Herod afford typical examples.
At
the present hour as never before people are compelled by the exigencies of these times to examine closely their own standards and then watch to see whether they are living up to them.
In
the twenty-eighth chapter of Genesis we read the story of Jacob's departure from his home, when he went out into an unknown world, as so many must to-day, in order to work out his human problems and to learn man's possibilities as a child of God.
In
the language of affairs the word labor has acquired a restricted sense which does an injustice to the word itself and to those associated therewith.
