Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Being Better – Sunday, March 02, 1952

No doubt most of us are aware of things we should like to alter—in our own lives, in the lives of others, and in the...

Be Careful What You Look For – Sunday, February 17, 1952

It is true that we tend to find what we want to find.  If it is trouble, we are looking for, it is almost certain...

…from Lincoln’s Life – Sunday, February 10, 1952

In the days and years before and immediately following the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, many earnest and eminent men expressed themselves concerning his qualifications and...

From Here On… – Sunday, February 3, 1952

It seems that there are always some regrets in the living of life.  No matter what decisions we make or fail to make, we are...

Errors of Understanding – Sunday, January 27, 1952

Often, we presume to know other men's hearts and minds and motives, and to condemn and to condone.  And no doubt we are often right...

Faith—where understanding falters – Sunday, January 20, 1952

Frequently we speak of things we don't understand—and they are infinitely innumerable: for life is a process of searching and seeking, with a little finding...

Unto Each Generation – Sunday, January 13, 1952

There is an impressive plea by Thomas Paine expressed in 1776 in this sentence: "If there must be trouble let it be in my day,...

Do We Know What We Want? – Sunday, January 6, 1952

Almost all of us could come closer to having what we want, if we were sure, we knew what we wanted.  Of course, we know...

The Shifting Beneath Our Feet – Sunday, December 30, 1951

The coming of another New Year recalls once more to mind these words of a New Testament text: ". . . And [Jesus] made as...