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...
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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...
Love at Home… – Sunday, November 22, 1959
In commenting on the complex problems of people—the breaking of homes and families, the emotional upsets, the disillusionment and discouragement—an able physician recently suggested three...
How Fine the Line – Sunday, November 15, 1959
It is a frightening fact that a man may do a thing right a thousand times, and then do it wrong just once, and tragedy...
Forgiving and Forgetting – Sunday, November 08, 1959
Last week we cited this sentence: "Make an enemy, and you see him everywhere,"1—and suggested the wisdom of settling differences before sundown. We often hear...
Settlement before Sundown – Sunday, November 01, 1959
Somewhere there is a sentence which says in substance: "Make an enemy, and you see him everywhere."1 If we have ever walked out of our...
O man, whosoever thou art… – Sunday, October 25, 1959
There is a long-told tale of Alexander the Great, who paused, at the age of thirty-two, at the tomb of Cyrus the Great—Cyrus who had...