Music & the Spoken Word Library

Concerning Our Right to Live Life as We Please – Sunday, August 03, 1947

Quite commonly we hear the person who proclaims his right to live his life as he pleases, regardless of what anyone else thinks about it....

Tolerance Without Comprised* – Sunday, July 27, 1947

Sometime ago someone coined the phrase "tolerance without compromise," which would seem to deserve further comment. To be tolerant of others it is not necessary...

What is it that Makes a Pioneer* – Sunday, July 20, 1947

Pioneering is an important factor of progress—which brings us to the question: What is it that makes a pioneer? By this term we do not...

Just This Once – Sunday, July 13, 1947

There is in our language a dangerously disarming phrase by which people often persuade other people to compromise principles. It is the phrase "just this...

Customs, Convenience, and Conduct – Sunday, July 06, 1947

The thought has been often expressed that there is no such thing as a basic morality, that the laws to which men are accountable for...

Inheriting and Perpetuating – Sunday, June 29, 1947

From the Book of Genesis, we recall the account of Abraham pleading with the Lord to spare the city of Sodom if there were but...

Concerning Varieties of Ignorance* – Sunday, June 22, 1947

As children we are excused for many mistakes because of our ignorance. And often later in life there are times when we would like to...

On Coming to Accountability – Sunday, June 15, 1947

There are times in the lives of all of us when someone has to see that we do what we should do, and that we...

Counsel at School’s End – Sunday, June 8, 1947

The month of June is traditionally a month of beginnings and endings. For many it is the end of school and the beginning of the...