Who gets the credit?

Remember those class projects where five kids would form a team to complete an assignment, ostensibly with everyone helping? Who ended up actually doing the work? You did – right? But the others still wanted the same grade, didn’t they? I’ve always used this example to describe Socialism. Everyone wants the same income and benefits, but very few are willing to do the work. Remember the Cat Stevens hit song “Morning Has Broken”? Most people think he wrote it. He didn’t. It was written 40 years earlier by Mary McDonald using an old Scottish melody. Nobody knows how far back that melody goes. The melody was also used for several other Christian hymns. But the words were Mary’s. Look up the lyrics – it is one of the most beautiful poems ever written. The third verse concludes “Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new Day.” His compassions are new every day!