Music & the Spoken Word Library

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...

People and Portraits of the Past… – Sunday, October 18, 1959

As a memorial was being considered to commemorate the accomplishment of some great people of the past, one in the group expressed considerable concern in...

The Attitude of Intent… – Sunday, October 11, 1959

We have read somewhere in some rules of safety the following sentence: “Never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to shoot.” This is...

The moving power of prayer – Sunday, October 04, 1959

There likely isn't a much greater loneliness than the loneliness of a man who cannot find comfort and assurance and help outside himself.  There likely...