Music & the Spoken Word Library

Reading—Man’s Crowning Achievement – Sunday, November 17, 1985

If there is one crowning achievement in the collective history of mankind—one overshadowing accomplishment from among the aggregate of human discoveries and advances, it is...

Remembering Spencer W. Kimball – Sunday November 10, 1985

The reporters said Spencer W. Kimball, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, died, but we know he lives. Literally, as a...

A Responsibility to Our Forefathers – Sunday, November 03, 1985

In 1775, during the Second Revolutionary Convention in Virginia, a Virginia farmer rose to tell his countrymen, "I know not what course others may take,...

Sharing Life – Sunday, October 27, 1985

"Share all of life's joy and be rarely alone, for exile is empty, a harp without tone."1 These words by John Colman remind us that...

What We Are; What We May Become – Sunday, October 20, 1985

Recently a little girl played on the swings of a city park. Her parents sat on a bench a short distance away and watched. Each...

In Process – Sunday, October 13, 1985

The scriptures say, "Men are that they might have joy,"1 and we are left asking ourselves, if that is truly the intent, why is the...

Blessed Are These – Sunday, October 06, 1985

As long as language survives and men's hearts are pure, the Sermon on the Mount will be rehearsed with reverence; For, within that short expression,...

The Highs and Lows of Life – Sunday, September 29, 1985

Those who enjoy life know and understand that life is a process, not a destination. It's filled with peaks and valleys, high and lows, good...

An Element of Risk – Sunday, September 22 1985

It is an unwritten law that excess is dangerous. And, in a democracy such as the United States, where good fortune and technology have combined...