Music & the Spoken Word Library

Beyond the Headlines – Sunday, December 08, 1985

There was a time when a man knew his neighbors,  when all the people in a village or hamlet were called by their first names;...

May Peace Be With You – Sunday, December 01, 1985

There may be more peace and tranquility in the world than history or headlines would lead us to believe. Whenever a volcano erupts or a...

Greatness – Sunday, November 24, 1985

Historians have long debated whether great men and women create great times or are the product of the times in which they live. Perhaps all...

Reading—Man’s Crowning Achievement – Sunday, November 17, 1985

If there is one crowning achievement in the collective history of mankind—one overshadowing accomplishment from among the aggregate of human discoveries and advances, it is...

Remembering Spencer W. Kimball – Sunday November 10, 1985

The reporters said Spencer W. Kimball, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, died, but we know he lives. Literally, as a...

A Responsibility to Our Forefathers – Sunday, November 03, 1985

In 1775, during the Second Revolutionary Convention in Virginia, a Virginia farmer rose to tell his countrymen, "I know not what course others may take,...

Sharing Life – Sunday, October 27, 1985

"Share all of life's joy and be rarely alone, for exile is empty, a harp without tone."1 These words by John Colman remind us that...

What We Are; What We May Become – Sunday, October 20, 1985

Recently a little girl played on the swings of a city park. Her parents sat on a bench a short distance away and watched. Each...

In Process – Sunday, October 13, 1985

The scriptures say, "Men are that they might have joy,"1 and we are left asking ourselves, if that is truly the intent, why is the...