Music & the Spoken Word Library

Children…and the effect of what they feel… – Sunday, June 26, 1960

Last week we cited some lines front John Locke on the theme that fathers are to talk to.  Home and fathers and mothers and families,...

Fathers are to talk to… – Sunday – June 19, 1960

There are some wonderful words in our language, words that are inseparably associated: home, mother, father, family—and in our thoughts they are linked in fondest...

It all adds up… – Sunday – June 12, 1960

We have become increasingly aware lately of the so-called exact sciences of mathematical formulas, for example, from which can be forecast the forces of the...

Marriage—and Character – Sunday, June 05, 1960

What we have in our hearts to say today could be said at any time at many times—but we choose to say it in this...

Loved ones gone…and loved ones living… – Sunday, May 29, 1960

"Each departed friend," wrote one eminent observer, "is a magnet that attracts us to the next world."1 It is true that our interest becomes divided,...

Youth—and uncertainties and decisions – Sunday, May 22, 1960

In times of beginnings and endings, a time which has come to be called commencement, young people are faced with many difficult decisions.  Decisions are...

Obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law – Sunday, May 15, 1960

In considering the importance of law in our lives, we would preface what follows with this simple yet profound fact that "obeying, honoring, and sustaining...

Mothers—and their love and loyalty – Sunday, May 08, 1960

That which is constantly close to us is likely to become common place and often takes perspective to know how much it means.  This would...

Sound in body, mind, and morals – Sunday, May 01, 1960

As to the balance we need for fullest effectiveness, we would recall today some sentences on physical and mental and moral fitness, on wholeness in...