Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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t ' • Bfe JL j l| ■ - «. % £tiJ §P Since the price has been paid for our freedom, we can reap the benefits: This is true liberty, where freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free. John Milton The love of liberty is the love of others, The love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit into holiness and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:22 • A [ y k Bl 1 [i wat m : - j H Bl ' ' p v?aVb i i in mwjt 1 SM -. afey ySH m W j

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r our freedom was extremely costly. America ' s freedom was bought by many suffering and giving their lives for their country. The patriot ' s blood ' s the seed of Freedom ' s tree. Thomas Campbell Yet, as Julia Ward Howe says in her famous Battle Hymn of the Republic, only ONE died for the freedom we find through Christ; only ONE sacrifice was needed; the life of Christ: In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As men died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. Christ . . . hath given himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2

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I blh hi However, there is a danger of loss or abuse of our freedoms: O Freedom! Once thy flame hath fled, It never lights again. Thomas Moore But as then, he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so, it is now. Galatians 4:29 Therefore, we have responsibilities: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant is the Lord ' s freeman; likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ ' s servant. I Corinthians 7:22 . . . Freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8 Thus Union freely gives.