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,...
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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...
Our debt to those we never knew… – Sunday, April 24, 1960
Life, as we live it, is made possible by the services of many people. Whether we think so or not, we are none of us...
This same Jesus… – Sunday, April 17, 1960
Of such a day as this, a Scottish poet wrote: "The holy spirit of the Spring is working silently."1 And Tennyson added: "Once more the...
Truth, half-truth…and subtle suggestion… – Sunday, April 10, 1960
Last week we talked of greatness and goodness, and of words that are often overworked in magnifying the mediocre. And not only are words often...
Goodness and Greatness – Sunday, April 03, 1960
In the magnifying of so much that is mediocre, some words are often overworked—like great and greatness, —for example—and associated synonyms Yet the true quality...