Music & the Spoken Word Library

A Time for Remembering – Sunday, May 14, 1950

Looking forward from our youth and looking back after youth has passed present two very different perspectives. As parents we see the future in our...

Saying “I’m Sorry” – Sunday, May 7, 1950

We sometimes assume that we have -fully repented and made amends when we have said we are sorry. But there is a side to being...

Repentance and Progress – Sunday, April 30, 1950

Repentance is a subject that is sometimes shunned. But repentance is a very practical principle and plays a very important part in human progress. This...

A Time to Every Purpose – Sunday, April 23, 1950

One of the wise men of the world once wrote: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A...

Indelible Identity – Sunday, April 16, 1950

In fiction and in fairy tale a favorite plot is for the prince to move among his people in disguise. Such plots have a host...

The Reality of the Resurrection – Sunday, April 9, 1950

"And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when . . . his disciples came unto him: . . . he ......

Forgiving and Forgetting – Sunday, April 2, 1950

We often hear the phrase, "Forgive and forget." But how much is "forgetting" a part of "forgiving"? There is no one who does not sometime...

On Misusing a Reputation – Sunday, March 26, 1950

Some people acquire such reputations that others place implicit confidence in them. Well-known names, for example, are often accepted at face value—which fact sometimes leads...

On Pleasing People – Sunday, March 19, 1950

It was Montaigne who remarked that "A man had need of tough ears to hear himself freely judged." Regardless of how careful and conscientious a...