At this most Holy of Seasons for the World's Christians, I often reflect upon the true nature of man and his place in the wide Universe of disbelief, unbelief and other contrary beliefs. My first and most lasting conclusion on this deeply spiritual matter is that but for virtues that are timeless, all human endeavors would be vanity. This conviction underscores the meaning that I found in the lead editorial published yesterday in The Wall Street Journal's Christmas Eve edition: "In Hoc Anno Domini" written by Mr. Royster in 1949, the year of my birth. This editorial has been reprinted annually now by the WSJ for 64 years, and justifiably so:
"Along the road to Damascus, the light shone brightly. But afterwards Paul was sore
afraid. He feared that other Caesars might one day persuade men that man was no-
thing save a servant unto them, that man might yield up their birthright from God
for portage and walk no more in freedom.
And so Paul, the apostle of the Son of Man, spoke to his brethen, the Galatians, the
words he would have us remember afterwards in each of the years of his Lord:
Stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ has made us free
and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
This message of deliverance from oppression is more timely today than even so more than half a Century ago, as the suffocating intrusions into our lives by government overseers become more pervasive each and every year - NSA monitoring of every citizen's every communication every day being only the latest of the perversions of our birthright of Constitutional freedom and liberty.
Therefore, to quote my favorite line from both the Bible and the movie: "A Man for All Seasons" - "What gaineth a man to win the entire World, but loseth his soul." With this thought in mind, I am willing to stand with Vermont Royster be to be a voice of contrarian views resisting the power of the collective political wisdom where all men get their daily bread handed to them by our modern day Caesars, while bonding us all in servitude to this all powerful secular State. Be of good cheer, as we will prevail - if not in our time, in God's.
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