Music & the Spoken Word Library

Trials of Our Teens – Sunday, June 17, 1951

We well remember those years—the years when we had definitely passed our childhood but had not yet quite definitely "arrived" as adults.  Our problems, which...

Settlement Before Sundown – Sunday, June 10, 1951

Have you ever walked out of your way, to avoid speaking to someone?  If you have, no doubt you remember that you weren't quite comfortable. ...

Going Places – Sunday, June 3, 1951

With the closing of each academic season, young people are faced with many decisions—and sometimes when they are working their way up through the various...

Journey for the Future – Sunday, May 27, 1951

When we have lost those who have meant much to us in the past, and when we have lost with them a pattern of life...

Integrity and Example – Sunday, May 20, 1951

On this question again of personal integrity, as one of the ancient philosophers observed: "Where we wish to judge of weights, we do not judge...

How Much We Expect of Mothers – Sunday, May 13, 1951

It is amazing how much we expect of mothers, and how much they are of all that we expect.  There is no career so demanding,...

Individual Integrity – Sunday, May 6, 1951

We are deeply grateful for all our material blessings and for the personal freedom which is so essential to human happiness.  But in all that...

Perspective – Sunday, April 22, 1951

Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him.  No photograph or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves that others see. ...

More Things Are Wrought by Prayer – Sunday, April 15, 1951

There is much more to be said concerning the power and purpose of prayer.  The fact that we pray doesn't mean that everything we pray...