Music & the Spoken Word Library

This Too Shall Pass – Sunday, December 21, 1941

It had been our hope that we could greet you from Temple Square on this Christmas Sabbath with the world at peace, but this cherished...

Faith is not to have Perfect Knowledge – Sunday, December 14, 1941

We hear many these days urging the necessity for faith—faith in the future, faith in God, faith in the ultimate triumph of right, faith in...

Dark Secrets from Dark Places – Sunday, December 07, 1941

One of the most common complaints of mankind is that we know so little about the future.  To most of us the future is closed,...

Intolerable Tolerance – Sunday, November 30, 1941

Sometimes we build such a strong case for the great virtue of tolerance, that, in doing so, we fail to remember that tolerance, like all...

Tolerance Without Compromise – Sunday, November 23, 1941

Someone has coined the phrase—“Tolerance without compromise”—which briefly expresses an idea that deserves further comment. 

Justice and Mercy – Sunday, November 16, 1941

Whenever the subject of justice is discussed, there are always some who would rather talk about mercy.  Justice is not usually attractive to a man...

There is No Victory Until the Final Victory – Sunday, November 09, 1941

Even in this day of urgent haste and uncertain expediency, there are still among us some who are trying to appraise things in terms of...

Too Little and Too Late – Sunday, November 02, 1941

There is a phrase in the current language of the day that leaves overtones of solemn accusation.  It is the terse five words—“too little and...

The Spoken Word – Sunday, October 26, 1941

It is within the experience of all men to seem to remember things that lie beyond the reach of a memory—to seem to recall things...