REV. W. R. INGE, D.D., ON FREEDOM AND DISCIPLINE. 261 



The service of GOD, being obedience unto Him, involves Freedom 

 from disobedience, i.e., from sin — cause of death and all evil. This 

 Freedom which is offered in the Gospel is that wherewith the Truth 

 makes free, is that wherewith the Son of GOD — Revealer of the 

 Father — makes free : in it is contained man's highest glory— the 

 Freedom of the Service of Love. It cannot be attained without 

 Self-discipline — the i^/Kpareia of Aristotle. " And we cannot 

 overstate the rigour of the self -discipline with which the Christian 

 must purchase his right to be free." 



But man is not an isolated individual : he is a member of a social 

 community, his personality is realizable through the personality of 

 other men. There must be helpful co-operation for the good of each 

 and all. The fabric of social well-being rests upon three pillars — 

 Order (impossible without), Discipline (impossible without), Authority. 

 And the right order flows from the Discipline imposed by the 

 supreme Authority of GOD. 



Lieut.- Colonel Mackinlay said : — It is my pleasant duty to 

 propose a hearty vote of thanks to Dr. Schofield for his able conduct 

 of the chair at this our Annual Meeting. 



I gladly support his remarks on the paper we have just heard read. 

 When some months ago the Dean of St. Paul's proposed the title, 

 we all thought it a most excellent one, particularly at the present 

 time. We all now agree, 1 1 am sure, that the Annual Address is as 

 good as its title. It is packed full of pithy and happy epigrams, 

 deduced from history and from keen observation of present-day 

 conditions, as it deals with human nature and with the changing 

 conditions of efficient government. 



As our Chairman well remarks, it leads up to a grand climax, to 

 the teachings of our Lord about Freedom and Discipline. Although 

 the Scriptures have primarily a spiritual purpose in the salvation of 

 individuals, and although, as our Author tells us, the New Testament 

 solves no practical political or social problems, nevertheless the Bible 

 has been, and is, most useful in human government. As an instance, 

 I remember when, a few years ago, a disastrous fire had occurred in 

 a coal mine in the North of England, and when all efforts to ex- 

 tinguish it and to rescue the miners had failed, it was determined 

 to block up one of the shafts and so cut off the supply of air, and thus 

 put out the fire in order to save further damage. 



