Editor;

The column in the June 30 edition of the Merritt Herald entitled God in Government by Narayan Mitra is timely for me and I would say it contains information of great value for all Canadians.

It speaks of our national anthem. Recently I had been thinking about our anthem, for instance, “With glowing hearts we see thee rise.” Wow. We have indeed seen Canada rise in science, medicine, sports, peacekeeping, acceptance and kindness for immigrants, and in many other areas.

It is dismaying, however, to see Canada turning away from the values and principles that this nation was founded on. Principles of justice and truth, the everlasting principles that work. As Mitra said in his column, Psalm 72:8 is inscribed in the entryway to our national Parliament: “He shall have dominion from sea to sea” — and the entire Psalm shows what God would desire for His people.

The Holy Bible is a story of a people, in whom God had seen promise, to reveal His true ways in the earth, (e.g., Abraham and his descendants). In its pages it shows over and over how, when the people gave Him His true place in their lives and country, peace and prosperity reigned. When they deviated from that, they fell into dreadful troubles. But as Mitra also said, “The good news is that He still hears the humble prayers of His people.” When nations turned back to Him with their whole hearts He healed their lands. This is a simple overview of course, but history bears it out again and again.

Christ exemplified the law of love supreme. As God’s ways do not change, real love has to be beaded on real truth. The boundaries in our true foundation are there to protect us from lawlessness and chaos, and to promote a peaceful, thriving society.

Pamela Whitaker

Merritt