Personal Unrighteousness – The Trend Towards The Welfare State – Towards More Socialism.
By Alan on Feb 27 in Blog tagged causes the trend towards, come to the aid of his brother, democratic process, did not earn what they received, forced, have nots, haves, lose these freedoms, lost, person unrighteousness, responsibly, righteously, something for nothing, the welfare state, towards more Socialism, use their freedoms | Comments Off
What is the real cause of this trend toward the welfare state, toward
more socialism?
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In the last analysis, in my judgment, it is personal unrighteousness.
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When people do not use their freedoms responsibly and righteously, they will gradually lose these freedoms.
If man will not recognize the inequalities around him and voluntarily, through the gospel plan, come to the aid of his brother, he will find that through “a democratic process” he will be forced to come to the aid of his brother.
The government will take from the “haves” and give to the “have nots.” Both have lost their freedom.
Those who “have,” lost their freedom to give voluntarily of their own free will and in the way they desire.
Those who “have not,” lost their freedom because they did not earn what they received. They got “something for nothing,” and they will neither appreciate the gift nor the giver of the gift.
Under this climate, people gradually become blind to what has happened and to the vital freedoms which they have lost.
Howard W. Hunter
Brian Mecham
For The Family
Family Matters – From Olive D. Osmond’s Journal
By Alan on Nov 27 in Blog tagged a dime, evils, have nots, haves, journal, little trunk, Olive Davis Osmond, plan your time, scolding their kids, stories, The Family, Thomas M. Davis, Vera Ann Davis | 5 Comments
Olive May Davis Osmond
Family Matters!
My brother Tom just sent me some copies of typed journal
notes that our mother, Olive D. Osmond had written.
I post these journal entries by Olive D. Osmond, as they share
my Mothers’ thoughts about
The Family.
1. I think the thing that is important in raising a family is to always caution the family about the evils that are around all the time. My mother used to say, “You go with the best or nobody. Associate with the best people in town but nobody that drinks or smokes or carries on.”
2. Plan your time. Always have a day’s plan for activities. My Father always had a plan and used to have us make our plans, too. the first thing I had to do when I got home from school was practice the piano. We always had our meals on time, too, especially because my Father had to be to work on time. (He was a School Principal.)
Olive May Davis – 9 Years old
3. Teach children to be honest. If they do something wrong, they should be honest about it.
I had a little trunk when I was a little girl. We had a cupboard close to the table where we kept our glass dishes. I was cleaning it out one day and discovered a dime on the top shelf. I thought it had been there for a long time so I took it and put it in my little trnk and didn’t say a word to anybody. One day my Mother said, “Bill, did yo take that dime?” No.” ”Dora?” ”No.” When she said, “Vera” I knew I was doomed. She said, “Vera, that dime was for a little boy for running an errand for me. I confessed I had taken it and bought some penny candy at the post office and put it in my trunk. I ate it all myself because I didn’t want anyone to know where I got it. I didn’t enjoy the candy and I didn’t enjoy the thought of being a “thief” either. When I told my Mother what I had done, she said, “Vera, don’t you ever take anything that doesn’t belong to you because your black eyes will give you away.” To this day I have never wanted a thing that belongs to anyone else.
Osmond Brothers Jay, Merrill, Alan, Vera Davis, Wayne, Tom
4. I can remember going to peoples’ places where they were slapping and scolding their kids. I would run home and my Mother wold be working and singing to her babies and I thought, “Oh, heaven on earth!” Yet, she was a disciplinarian. When she assigned us something, she meant business. She just had a way with her -a quiet way-but we knew we had to obey. We never had much quarreling in our home. She used to say (when we wanted something0, “Look, there are the “haves” and the “have nots”. We happen to be the “have nots” and we’ll divide what we have with the whole family.
Family history is VERY important to our family.
It is the Number one hobby among all families!
Here is a book that we put together of
Thomas Martin and Vera Ann Davis,
our grandparents.
