Ye have been called unto liberty.
Galatians 5:13
Some time ago I was the possessor of a beautiful collie called Jock. When he first came to London, he was wild with spirit and would dash away. I would never have seen him again had I not put him under the law by the purchase of a strong collar with a chain attached.
Jock soon go to know me, and after he had been with me some weeks, I went to take him out. He put up his head as usual for the collar and chain, but I said, "No, Jock, no more chain."
I opened the door and for the first time, he bounded out free. He dashed away as if I should never see him again, but just then another law, of which he was unaware, came into operation, and he came trotting back to walk with me, held by a chain stronger than any made of steel.
For the law of liberty is the law of love.
--A.T. Schofield, from Old Scrapbook
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