What exile leaves himself behind – Sunday, August 14, 1960
It is apparent that the pressures of life are, at times, upon all of us. Anxieties, difficulties, decisions—even opportunities weigh heavily under some circumstances. And,...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Thoughtfulness… – Sunday, August 07, 1960
Last week we talked of thoughtfulness—and pleaded, as a season passes, for a pausing from the fevered pace, from the rush and the routine, for...
Fretfulness… and thoughtfulness – Sunday, July 31, 1960
Some recent weeks ago the Choir recalled some meaningful music from Mendelssohn's Elijah, from which today we would take a scriptural text, with words that...
What manner of men they were… – Sunday, July 24, 1960
Each generation runs its short run, leaving the future to take on some of the problems of the past, solving some and adding others, appraising...
Those first speechless years… – Sunday, July 17, 1960
For parents, for young people, for all of us, we would pursue a few words further, a subject already considered, on example and on early...
gentleness with firmness – Sunday, July 10, 1960
In some recent weeks we have spoken of home and mothers, of fathers and families, of the need for example, for teaching and for talking...
How much is all this worth?… – Sunday, July 03, 1960
Many years ago, Daniel Webster recalled a question: "How much is all this worth?"1 As to liberty, or the lack of it, whatever the price,...
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...