The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-30

Qudlly OF all lie anu all reIatlOnS
must be consideredt always. These
principles, which are indeed one prin-
ciple-the principle of "a square deal"
have been established and they will
work themselves out in our life if we
give them time and do not relax our
vigilance.
Let us now draw a little nearer our
text, "and the truth shall make you
free" The truth is making us freel
The truth has been doing that all these
centuries of mans life on the earth
it has given Us all the freedom we
have. AS the mists lift, and as ever
more clearly truths perfect form
energies, we shall have a larger sense
and use of freedom, Nothing but the
truth can make us free! the truth
about God, the truth about ourselves
and our relations, the truth about the
future. 1t has taken us weary ones to
find that OUT "all the people" do not
'all the time" believe it yet. But God
and history and experience hurts and
de feats, harvests and victories and
enrichments are patiently teaching us.
Some glorious ady with quickened ears
and open vision we shall perceive the
indbssoluble relation of truth to liberty,
and we shall understand what Lord
Bacon meant when he said "the inQui-
ny of truth, which is the love-making
Of it, the knowledge Of truth, which is
the presence of it, and the belief of
truth, which is the enjoying if it, is the
sovereign good of human nature"
The message Of this Thanbsg giving
day, the message for which we should
be profoundly grateful, is in these
words of our Lord. There is our hape!
There is the exclamation of our gains!
Truth has been holding mirror up to
the time! we have seen some of our
deformities; self-pity has been mixed
with content, and under both there
has been the stirring Of noble pur-
pose. ne
The fearless search for truth and the
umshrinking use Of truth are the two
hottest tasks OF the human mind. Let
us remind ourselves Of a few often
overlooked conmonplaces:
1t matters not from whence truth
comes. Often it comes from the low
Hest sources, it did in Galilee, 1t is
never safe to ignore an honest utter
ance Whatever the antecedents or plat
form of the utterer The truth for the
time may come from a labor union, it
may come from an immigrant who
sees us as we cannot see ourselves, 1t
may come from an academic discus
sion, it may come from an organiza-
ton working for betterment now and
then it may even come from the partl-
IAN press, or from that least regarded
of modern sources, the Christian pull
pit That matters not; our sole, sacred
subinesls is to receive the message and
wait for 1t to prove itself, for, If by
any chance it should prove to be a
truth, the man who fights against it
will be found fighting against God.
Tt matters not into what truth shall
lead Into whatever renunciations, or
dangers, or solitudes; the mandate is,
follow met And I'VE know that we
shall not be led astray. and that the
suits will justify the tolls and tears of
the journey. ,es
1t matters not what must be ex-
changed for truth. Whatever false
conceptions, whatever authorities,
khatever privileges and perquisites in
genious and painstaking error may
have built up; however tradition and
prejudice and custom may bolster con-
ditions, freedom-imparting truth is
more valuable than they all And
though the very foundations of what
we call civiIization--seem rocking and
crumbllng, we know that "the firm
foundation of God standeth, having
these seals; the Lord knoweth them
that are His; and, let every one that
nameth the name Of the Lord depart
from unrighteousnesB."