Music & the Spoken Word Library

The 19th Century Home – Sunday, March 18, 1984

Something has changed during the past century, something more than technology and lifestyles, something more than our mode of transportation and our living habits, something...

Time For Ourselves – Sunday, March 11, 1984

Life is a serious matter. It's a time to learn, a time to progress, a time of purpose. The Lord doesn't want every little thing...

The Eternal Value of Virtuous Living – Sunday, March 04, 1984

Virtue is like beauty: it has intrinsic value. We need not be told that if we are good we will receive a reward; for the...

Spiritual Refueling – Sunday, February 26, 1984

Just as the machines of our motorized age come to a halt when they run out of gas, so our spiritual motors shut down when...

A Happy and Good Marriage – Sunday, February 19,1984

Marriages would be more successful if each would try to make his partner happy, rather than good.  

Goodness Leads to Greatness – Sunday, February 12, 1984

More than a hundred fifty years ago when America was still an experiment, a French philosopher named Alexis de Tocqueville came to observe and report...

The Boy Scout Oath – Sunday, February 05, 1984

An oath is a promise or pledge, a declaration of intent, a sacred commitment to a worthy cause. The legendary Knights of the Round Table...

Dreamers – Sunday, January 29, 1984

Every society has them: sometimes lazy, often undisciplined, perhaps a little drifty or unsophisticated, and always inattentive. These are the dreamers; those who dream by...

Defeating Discouragement – Sunday, January 22, 1984

A characteristic aspect of people who succeed is an unwillingness to admit defeat.  Many a cause has been won, long after the cause seemed hopeless,...