Music & the Spoken Word Library

Christmas has its several sided – Sunday, December 15, 1957

Somewhere recently we read a sentence which said some of us "are sawing wood so fast that we forget to take time to sharpen the...

Better than any late hour – December 08, 1957

We all live with some uncertainties; we all at times fear failure; we all worry about many things that haven't happened; and we all have...

Repeat performance – Sunday, December 01, 1957

There is a sentence currently quoted which says that "Every time history repeats itself it does so at a higher price."1 This would surely seem...

A living, moving kind of gratitude – Sunday, November 24, 1957

Great among the great qualities of character is the great gift of gratitude.  Gratitude makes all service, however one sided, seem satisfying. 

The go-somewhere-else attitude – Sunday, November 17, 1957

For some purposes, all the people in the world could be put into two categories: those we know and those we don't know. 

What would have happened – if – Sunday, November 10, 1957

It is likely that we all have some regrets in life, and times of wondering why we didn't do some things differently. 

Be not long away from home – Sunday, November 03, 1957

In the wandering adventures of the Odyssey, there appears this yearning, heartfelt plea: "Be not long away from home."1

Assurance in uncertainty – Sunday, October 27, 1957

The momentous events of these days come too swiftly to absorb, with the ever-threatening areas of eruption, and the impact of man's launching out into...

The price of learning – Sunday October 20, 1957

Because of their love for us, or because of the spirit of sincere service, parents, and others also, do many things for us—and so often,...