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Title: The Freedom of Life

Author: Annie Payson Call

Posting Date: July 25, 2009 [EBook #4338]
Release Date: August, 2003
First Posted: January 11, 2002

Language: English

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THE FREEDOM OF LIFE

BY

ANNIE PAYSON CALL

_Author of "Power Through Repose,"

"As a Matter of Course," etc._

_FREEDOM_

_LORD GOD of Israel,--
Where Thou art we are free!
Call out Thy people, Lord, we pray,
From Egypt unto Thee.
Open our eyes that we may see
Our bondage in the past,--
Oh, help us, Lord, to keep Thy law,
And make us free at last!_

_Lord God of Israel,--
Where Thou art we are free!
Freed from the rule of alien minds,
We turn our hearts to Thee.
The alien hand weighs heavily,
And heavy is our sin,--
Thy children cry to Thee, O Lord,--
Their God,--to take them in._

_Lord God of Israel,--
Where Thou 'art we are free
Cast down our idols from on high,
That we may worship Thee.
In freedom we will live Thy Love
Out from our inmost parts;
Upon our foreheads bind Thy Law,--
Engrave it on our hearts!_

_Amen._

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE FREEDOM OF LIFE
II. HOW TO SLEEP RESTFULLY
III. RESISTANCE
IV. HURRY, WORRY, AND IRRITABILITY
V. NERVOUS FEARS
VI. SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
VII. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE
VIII. OTHER PEOPLE
IX. HUMAN SYMPATHY
X. PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE
XI. SELF-CONTROL
XII. THE RELIGION OF IT
XIII. ABOUT CHRISTMAS
XIV. TO MOTHERS

_INTRODUCTION_

INTERIOR freedom rests upon the principle of non-resistance to all the
things which seem evil or painful to our natural love of self. But
non-resistance alone can accomplish nothing good unless, behind it,
there is a strong love for righteousness and truth. By refusing to
resist the ill will of others, or the stress of circumstances, for the
sake of greater usefulness and a clearer point of view, we deepe