Every child is a gift from God
I was just reading today a U.S. Independence Day article by John W. Whitehead of The Rutherford Institute. The article, titled “Would You Risk It All for Freedom?”, provided some detail of the physical and monetary sacrifices made by the 56 men who signed America’s Declaration of Independence. He noted that many of these men were men of wealth and influence, and some lost everything. “Carter Braxton’s entire career and way of life were decimated. Losing his ships to the British Navy, his shipping company was forever lost and he was never able to revive it. Thomas Nelson’s price for liberty was to the tune of $2 million—and that was in 1776. He ran up the $2 million credit debt for the “Patriots’ Cause.” In the end, repaying the debt cost him his entire estate. He died bankrupt and was buried in an unmarked grave. Richard Stockton paid dearly also. Once a prominent judge, he gave up his cherished seat on the bench to fight for liberty. For his decision, he was dragged from his bed and tortured by British soldiers.” What strikes me about these observations is that we are not at that point yet in Canada in the defence of liberty and all the necessary (conservative) principles for the survival of Canadian civilization. There are a few businessmen outside of Alberta perhaps who are proud and open supporters of conservative politics and cultural reformation, but not many. And most of these people prefer to support the “safer” issues such as economic concerns, rather than the more controversial issues of marriage, sexuality and abortion. Those issues are left up to a bedraggled bunch of poorly funded activists. Those with prestige in our society still prefer to avoid direct association with such values and principles, and why not, after all they didn’t get into business to become social activists… Well, ask these signers of the American Declaration of Independence why not. And that’s what really struck me about the excellent article on Henry Morgentaler receiving the Order of Canada published yesterday in the National Post: “Every child is a gift from God,” by Theo Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell is not a long-time activist. He’s not a spokesmen for social activist causes. He’s not a pundit, making his money because of his opinions. According to the National Post byline, Mr Caldwell is the “president of Caldwell Asset Management, Inc.“ He’s an investment advisor in the United States and Canada, not esactly a Mickey-Mouse organization in the financial sector. Mr. Caldwell should be highly commended for speaking out on this outrageous incident, possibly putting his reputation and credibility on the line for doing so. Let’s hope and pray that Canada doesn’t continue its decline into the gutter, requiring more people of wealth and influence to step out and be counted, but if it does, let’s hope that such people exist who are willing to come forward – and that they won’t wait till the last minute – and that the masses of people with less means will stand with them To whom much is given, much is required; to whom little is given, little is required. But there’s nobody of whom God requires nothing…
Public date: July 4th, 2008
Categories: Opinion
July 4, 2008
Excellent article Tim. What a beautiful thing, and I agree, I think we are scared to write something like this in fear of people rejecting us. God bless your writings and also those who are not afraid to stick up because it is not an easy thing to do.
July 8, 2008
Thanks Tim. Your words are encouraging. Its so comforting that there are people like yourself that can put words to issues that often reflict, I think a good amount of peoples thoughts, like myself, but have difficulty expressing in print. You do make a difference.
Bless you!