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 language of affairs the word labor has acquired a restricted sense which does an injustice to the word itself and to those associated therewith.
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.
According
to the psalmist, dwelling "in thy holy hill" is a spiritual state reserved for him "that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
When
upon the mind of the man who is a premier of a government or the head of a great business enterprise there dawns the vision of a right method for progress in solving many great problems, his unsolved and nearest problem is to secure the cooperation of his associates.
If
there is one thing which is insisted upon in the Scriptures more than any other, it is our individual responsibility and freedom to choose between right and wrong.