Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Partnership of Parents – Sunday, July 06, 1958

In commenting on the partnership of his parents, an eminent and grateful son once said: "Never in all my boyhood did they fail to stand...

Freedom – so rare, so precious, so perishable – Sunday, June 29, 1958

May we turn a moment or two to freedom—that freedom which relatively so few in all this world have bad, yet which is so essential...

Choosing the Parents of our Children – Sunday, June 22, 1958

All of us make many choices every day—choices as to what we do with every hour and every opportunity.  And we are constantly faced with...

He gave me a good mother – Sunday, June 15, 1958

A grateful daughter had this to say concerning her once famous father: "He transmitted to me a sound heredity on his own side, and he...

Marriage – and the simple doing of duty – Sunday, June 08, 1958

Duty isn't a word that is always quite comfortable or convenient.  But the free and easy making of marriages, and the free and easy undoing...

To keep learning… – Sunday, June 01, 1958

We are not living a static life, as suggested by this sentence from an unknown source: "If you were graduated yesterday, and have learned nothing...

All we could ask of heaven… – Sunday, May 25, 1958

Some thoughtful words of Addison today suggest a subject: "The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and...

Intent – a sure test of friendship – Sunday May 04, 1958

One sure test of friendship is to seek the welfare of him whose company we keep.  Since this is so, a reasonable question to ask...

To know where they are… – Sunday May 18, 1958

A much-blessed mother and father were once asked how they had so well reared their children.  They lived with modest means, seemingly with no unusual...