Music & the Spoken Word Library

Control…of thought, of action, of utterance… – Sunday, November 06, 1960

We should like further to pursue the question of where thoughts come front and how we can control them—for controlling thoughts is essential to controlling...

What we choose to think – Sunday, October 30, 1960

Last week we talked of "the seed and the fruit," of cause and consequence in thought and action and utterance, and of the importance of...

Seed and fruit… – Sunday, October 23, 1960

Recently we cited a sentence from Emerson which said, "Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed;”  This suggests another sentence...

Work…fair and full – Sunday, October 16, 1960

We have talked in recent weeks of work: and would turn now for a moment or two to the question of how we work.  As...

As to the worthiness of work… – Sunday, October 09, 1960

Some recent weeks ago we spoke of willing work: its dignity, its healing power, its power to soften shocks and sorrows—work which Carlyle called "The...

Autumn leaves its lesson… – Sunday, October 02, 1960

Somewhere we have read a sentence which says "God is in the ... march of the seasons. . ."1 At this season of harvest, it...

Life without liberty – Sunday, September 25, 1960

Last week in commenting on the anniversary of what Gladstone called the “…American Constitution,"1 we included some recent quotations from a "Challenge to the Citizen,"...

The American Constitution – Sunday, September 18, 1960

This week we would let the words of the great British statesman, William E. Gladstone, suggest a subject: "... the American Constitution, is so far...

Work: satisfaction and shock absorber – Sunday, September 11, 1960

In discussing the subject of living with ourselves, and of learning to live with life, some recent weeks ago, at this same hour, we made...