Music & the Spoken Word Library

Justice in Death – Sunday, May 30, 1943

On this day we hold in honored remembrance those who have preceded us to another life. For some the day has been long observed and...

The Banishment of Fear – Sunday, May 23, 1943

Regrettably, one of the dominant factors in human relationships is fear. The lives of most men are beset by many fears; some, of course, much...

The Myth of “Honor Among Thieves” – Sunday, May 16, 1943

There is an oft-repeated scene in the drama of human affairs that is played over and over again through the years—a scene that has often...

An “Emancipated” Womanhood – Sunday, May 09, 1943

Each year, on this second Sunday of May, a nation pauses from its hurried and sometimes thoughtless ways, to do honor to its mothers. It...

Opposing Forces – Sunday, May 02, 1943

The great forces that are at work in the physical world have a close counterpart in the forces at work in the lives of men....

If it Were Not So, I Would Have Told You – Sunday, April 25, 1943

Perhaps it is true that there are more people on the face of earth this Easter Sunday who would more deeply appreciate having an assurance...

Sobering From the First Draughts of New Knowledge – Sunday, April 11, 1943

It has sometimes been thought that a man of science—one who had read in the rocks of the earth, things which, to some, in our...

Our Profanity – Sunday, April 04, 1943

There is a prevalent practice among us which we would like to ignore, but which, perhaps, should be brought into the open, and freely commented...

Intervention – Sunday, March 28, 1943

We have had some sobering accounts within recent times of men cast upon the far and desolate places of sea and land, with the near-presence...