Music & the Spoken Word Library

Health and happiness…and physical fitness – Sunday, May 03, 1959

Today in a few sentences we should like to share some thoughts on physical fitness, on health and happiness.  People may perform well despite physical...

Principles…and personal peace – Sunday, April 26, 1959

Some recent weeks ago we talked of being in the world, but not of it, and of the impossibility of pleasing all people.  And now...

To undermine self-respect is a sin – Sunday, April 19, 1959

Last week we talked of never making life smaller, of never making life less, and of the obligation we have to work, to think, to...

Never make life smaller – Sunday, April 12, 1959

We have talked before of the fact that there is nothing, we ever do that fails to have its effect on, others.  People sometimes say...

People – principles – and popularity – Sunday, April 05, 1959

In a moving and most meaningful utterance, the Master of mankind thus prayed for those whom the Lord God had given him: "I pray not...

The Unfulfilled Future – Sunday, March 29, 1959

Perhaps it is time again to say some things that have been said before and to say them gratefully and soberly in this Easter setting—for...

Another Spring… – Sunday, March 22, 1959

Since so constantly it has recurred, for so many centuries, we should not, perhaps, be overly awed by its coming once again—but Spring never ceases...

The weediness of words – Sunday, March 15, 1959

Sometimes we little seem to realize how much of hurt there is in irresponsible utterance, and how much of time is used in triviality of...

Your name is safe in our house – Sunday, March 08, 1959

Do we speak as well of our friends when they are absent as when they are with us?  It would sometimes seem hazardous to be...