There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a law-abiding universe. This is a moral universe. It hinges on moral foundations. If we are to make of this a better world, we've got to go back and rediscover that precious value that we've left behind.

Rediscovering Lost Values, Sermon delivered at Detroit's Second Baptist Church (28 February 1954).

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