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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...

Conscience and habits away from home – Sunday, September 04, 1960

Last week we closed with a significant quote which said much and implied much more, in this single sentence: "There is nothing that a man...

Reconciliation with reality… – Sunday, August 28, 1960

In these recent weeks we have spoken of the person as being of greater importance than the place, and of our being inseparable from ourselves,...

Inseparable from ourselves… – Sunday, August 21, 1960

Last week we cited sonic thoughts on facing problems and opportunities, and on the fruitlessness of seeking to outrun ourselves.  And from Horace we recalled...