Music & the Spoken Word Library

Wishful Thinking – Sunday, September 21, 1941

There is a phrase that has become currently common, in the use of which we often over-indulge, and from which few men are immune, and...

The Absolute Standard – Sunday, September 14, 1941

In considering last week the question of moral standards we arrived at the obvious conclusion that there must be some basic moral law beyond the...

Self-Adopted Codes – Sunday, September 07, 1941

An eminent contemporary figure of science is accredited with the statement that “Moral sense is more important than intelligence.”  Of course, all such statements resolve...

Loud Voices and Hollow Echoes – Sunday, August 31, 1941

There is something about the clamor of the day in which we live which reminds us that a quietly spoken truth is much more convincing...

The Responsibility for Acts of Ignorance – Sunday, August 24, 1941

During past weeks we have spoken somewhat at this hour concerning leadership, a subject always vital to the conduct of men, because everyone must follow...

Consent Within – Sunday, August 17, 1941

In considering the accountability of men in choosing their leaders, we are reminded that there are many who follow after false leadership because they seemingly...

As With the Leader… – Sunday, August 10, 1941

Much wisdom was anciently reduced to the space of two short phrases—“as with the servant—so with the master.”  (Isaiah 24:2)  This statement of a fundamental...

The Dangerous Slumber of Indifference – Sunday, August 03, 1941

If we were called upon to make a list of the evils of our day, the evil of indifference would be well up toward the...

A Tough Moral Fiber – Sunday, July 27, 1941

During the week that has just now closed, that part of America which lies between the Rockies and the Sierras, has commemorated again the achievements...