Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-26

never again be taken from man. As
In the days cot Egypt every age has
sent its Moses before its Pharaoh with
Gods message OF humanity and right.
send my children forth, set my
children free that they nay serve
me. Repulscd. ridiculed and
thWarted, vet insisteut, persistent.
and consistent the Moses Of every age
has kept the IRE of freedom constant
IS burning on the altar Of humanity.
cruel ingenuity could not control a..
brutal power could not setter a. II
has laughed at prison doors. II has
Knocked at dungeons Il has scorned
torture chambers. Inch By inch II
has been conauering It's holy ground.
Unsuccessful at times, yet always de-
termined. il has steadily fought for
the pursuit of happiness without in
jury to others. Thwartod at times,
yet fearlessly has II battled for the
right TO live in harmony with truth
without danger 81 persecution. Check
ed at times. yet never losing courage.
" has ever cOntended for the right
Ia worship God. without mourning
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fght has been hard. indeed, but the
victory is secure, Ever opposed and
antagonnEed amidst the severest tests
and trials, In spite OF the greatest oh
stacles and difficulties. the principle
of freedom has since the time of FIX
odus been leading man onward and
upward. to deeper happiness. TO .truor
progress Co ereatcr prosperity.
BAT the battle ~ not yet ended and
the victory ~ not yet wholly gained.
Tyranny Is s,ill rampant We are
still cncompassod by oppression. New
modes 81 lie have brought new forms
of desp0tism. 70 express different
opinions In politics still means TO
make ourselves Unpopular TO lend
our own social life according To our
own legitimate tastes and tcmpera-
monts, still means "a place ourselves
at disadvantage aud 20 make our
selves disliked To profess different
religious beliefs sim means to incur
the displeasurc aud distrusi. yea. the
hatred aud enmity of our fellows.
Nay. freedom itself has in many in
stances been turned ia various forms
of slavery ana oppression. The
Israel from "a fear of competition: We
of today cmbitter the lives OF millions
Of starving families because of our
freedom To- compete and To- speculate
and t0 grow immensely rich by max
ing our fellow men immensely poor,
The Egyptians threw the children at
an cnslayed people into the river Nlle
lest the slaves become free. We of
today. cntrcnchcd though We are iu
our institutions of liberty. drown
children of the free IN tho land OF the
free as fully aud az trulS as did the
Egyptians under their Phernohs. We
throw them into the stream of child
labor, drowning their childhood.
crushing their strength, killing their
future manhood, robbing the country
~ the usefulness of their future cit
ixcuship.
Il true liberty truly established.
then? u the victory of freedom conn
pletee Certainly not. True liberty
Will not and cannot be established
until the world small have learned rs
true meaning True liberty will not
be established until the world shall
have learned to interpret and apply
the term even ~ II was interpreted
aud applied hy our furefathcrs at the
Time Of Exodus. when liberty was
Immediately followed hy law and
when liberty and law were 10 go hand
he hand together For. only that \
true liberty which Is regulated b. law,
just 49, only that Is a truly legal law
which h. dictated by liberty True
freedom. ms friends. and that Is tho
distinctive lesson of the festival we
are celebrating. rs the freedom 10 do
az we ought 90 do, aud not the free
dom Ia do as We like u do. The
Biblo-born liberty Is Il liberty under
law, lust as the Iiibio-given law IL a
law preceded and accompanied by
liberty Indeed. law and liberty are
heavenly twins graciously given Ia
man for adoption on earth. they can
live only when united and must die
when separated.
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