Music & the Spoken Word Library

The nearness of nineteen centuries – Sunday, December 21, 1958

We seem sometimes to consider people and events of the far past as something quite apart from the present.  But they are nearer to us...

A soul in right health – Sunday, December 14, 1958

Herbert Spencer once said: “The preservation of health is a duty.”1 In other words, there is—on all of us—an obligation to keep free from contaminating...

The Harvest of Health – Sunday, December 07, 1958

In recent observations we have arrived at an awareness that old age is the harvest of the years of youth; that each part of life...

Old Age: the harvest of the years of youth – Sunday, November 30, 1958

A subject so greatly significant as old age is not soon exhausted—and we would add at this hour some further thoughts on this theme: "We...

If we miss the Spring… – Sunday, November 23, 1958

 “The course of life is ... run but in one way, and only once,"1 This was said of youth as it moves into old age,...

On Old Age – Sunday, November 16, 1958

As the years come and go, increasingly there is concern and consideration for old age.  Youth and age endlessly have both come in for comment. ...

Seeking and Accepting Counsel – Sunday, November 09, 1958

We have all, seen youngsters, and others also, listen reluctantly to last minute instructions.  "I know, I know," impatiently they reply, maybe having half heard. ...

The Messiah – Sunday, November 02, 1958

This moving music from "The Messiah," is, in its own way, a witness of the mission and message of Jesus the Christ, the Prince of...

The Duty of Discipline – Sunday, October 26, 1958

Correction is an essential part of the teaching process.  Suppose that in the schoolroom not even the teacher cared enough to correct, or that in...