Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Seeing Beyond One’s Time – Sunday, June 25, 1944

“Whereupon, 0 king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none...

To Fathers—and Their Sons – Sunday, June 18, 1944

Thoughts and feeling’s grow on a given theme, until someone succeeds in having it publicly noted. And so today we have Fathers’ Day. In a...

The Fears of the Guilty – Sunday, June 11, 1944

These are anxious days for all of us—days in which the most cherished things in our lives are at stake. Seemingly, there is scarcely a...

To a Generation Leaving School – Sunday, June 04, 1944

We have come again to that time in a school year when we grade and accredit, promote and graduate, and otherwise appraise the academic accomplishments...

Another Day Will Begin Next Morning – Sunday, May 28, 1944

As the years were added upon his head, Victor Hugo wrote: "I feel immortality in myself. Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is...

Glorifying the Mediocre – Sunday, May 21, 1944

There comes to mind a phrase of three words—Glorifying the Mediocre—which is indicative of a practice whereby young and old are schooled in a world...

To Mothers, Present and Yet to Come – Sunday, May 14, 1944

It would be difficult on Mother's Day to say anything new concerning mothers, or even to say anything old in a new way, so numerous...

Labels – Sunday, May 07, 1944

Every generation has its foibles and its practices of self-deception, one of which, certainly, is the mislabeling of things—calling them something other than what they...

The Question of Forgiveness – Sunday, April 30, 1944

If we make a mistake, no doubt upon sincere repentance we may reasonably expect forgiveness. The principle of forgiveness is closely associated with the principle...