Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Warning Signs and Symptoms – January 24, 1960

Often we become so busy in life that we ignore the symptoms and the warning signs in many matters.  Under the pressures of a complex...

Debt: a real and actual obligation – Sunday, January 17, 1960

Last week we spoke of the false philosophy of supposing that if we have made one mistake, it won't matter much if we make one...

No wholesale rate on errors – Sunday, January 10, 1960

Last week we spoke of special days and seasons, and of the danger of delaying repentance or improvement, and closed with this comment (and conviction...

When to repent and improve… – Sunday, January 03, 1960

We are disposed to attach particular significance to certain times and seasons.  We look to special days and anniversaries and events.  We speak of special...

Thus, May We Keep Christmas – Christmas Devotional – Sunday, December 25, 1959

From Charles Dickens we recall these warm and wonderful words- "I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable,...

The word of witnesses – Sunday, December 20, 1959

In law we confirm a past occurrence with the word of witnesses.  In scripture it is recorded "that in the mouths of two or three...

The meaning of honor… – Sunday December 13, 1959

We recall a comment accredited to Thomas Carlyle: "Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct."1

A short walk…that never ends – Sunday, December 06, 1959

"Life is a short walk along a narrow thread ... beginning and ending in a mysterious unknown.  Hope keeps us balanced as we walk the...

An understanding of parents…and children – Sunday, November 29, 1959

It is an odd thing, in a way, how each generation seems to feel that each preceding generation is somewhat old-fashioned.  Youth is so sure...