Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Improving Others – Sunday, January 13, 1946

Perhaps most of us, if not all, are perfectionists at heart. We are ever attempting to improve ourselves, to improve others, to improve the conditions...

On Beginning Where We Are – Sunday, January 06, 1946

It is quite characteristic of us to do much dreaming and much wishing. But often when we wish we might be something other than what...

Let There Be Light – Sunday, December 30, 1945

From the time of their earliest understanding, we wisely assure our children that there is no reason to fear the dark. We speak to them...

Of Heaven on Earth – Sunday, December 23, 1945

No matter what our thoughts have been throughout the year, no matter what the tension or the pressure of living, no matter what anxiety lies...

The Quality of Generosity – Sunday, December 16, 1945

The quality of mercy has long since been immortalized. But today we should like to say something concerning the quality of generosity. On the face...

On Facing Life As It Is – Sunday, December 09, 1945

Sometimes in observing the lives of others, we may suppose that there are some who lead an untroubled existence—free from the heartaches, from the reverses,...

On Defacing a Mind – Sunday, December 02, 1945

As a society of people we have learned to take measures to protect ourselves against many things. Those who commit theft or violence, we endeavor...

On Getting Away From Ourselves – Sunday, November 25, 1945

For those who are old in years, the past seems to become sharper in memory, and many things which we thought had been obliterated have...

On Varieties of Gratitude – Sunday, November 18, 1945

If we may quote Cicero, we may say that “gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all the others.”1...