Marriage – a momentous investment – Sunday, February 16, 1958
Marriage is surely among life's most momentous investments, if not the most momentous investment—the investment of ourselves and all that we are, and of all...
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Character, Confidence and Consistency – Sunday, February 09, 1958
In a recent forecast ten things are enumerated which can be counted on, and this one sentence we take from the ten: "Reputations will continue...
Coming to ourselves – Sunday February 02, 1958
Our thoughts turn today to what, for want of better words, could be called the process of "coming to ourselves." It is always a heartbreak...
The best tranquilizer – Sunday, January 26, 1958
Recently somewhere we have read this short and incisive sentence: "The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience."1 Some troubles come by accident or illness or...
The curtain of the future – Sunday, January 19, 1958
For a moment or two we should like to turn to yet another side of the subject of knowing more concerning the future, and in...
What we now know – Sunday, January 12, 1958
Last week we talked somewhat of the desire to see farther into the future, and quoted Emerson to the effect that further knowledge, further revelation,...
Let the year unfold with faith – Sunday, January 05, 1958
Always it is sobering to begin a new cycle of days, a new cycle of seasons. Always we wonder what undisclosed events are in the...
The search for the superfluous – Sunday, December 29, 1957
A sentence from Seneca today suggests a subject: It would be well if we could make "it clear to all men," he said, "that the...
The essence of all that Christmas is – Sunday, December 22, 1957
Among the several sides of this season, there is one that is the essence of all that Christmas is, By its very name (and by...