Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Spoken Word – Sunday, March 09, 1958

Last week we talked talent without character, without integrity, and of the need for moral responsibility in the use of all authority, all influence, and...

Talent Without Character – Sunday, March 02, 1958

There is an old sentence which says that "Talent without character is more to be dreaded than esteemed."1 Using character in its meaning of moral...

Home is those who are there – Sunday, February 23, 1958

There has been much written, sometimes realistically, and sometimes sentimentally, about what makes a home.  There are of course the comforts and conveniences, and a...

Marriage – a momentous investment – Sunday, February 16, 1958

Marriage is surely among life's most momentous investments, if not the most momentous investment—the investment of ourselves and all that we are, and of all...

Character, Confidence and Consistency – Sunday, February 09, 1958

In a recent forecast ten things are enumerated which can be counted on, and this one sentence we take from the ten: "Reputations will continue...

Coming to ourselves – Sunday February 02, 1958

Our thoughts turn today to what, for want of better words, could be called the process of "coming to ourselves." It is always a heartbreak...

The best tranquilizer – Sunday, January 26, 1958

Recently somewhere we have read this short and incisive sentence: "The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience."1 Some troubles come by accident or illness or...

The curtain of the future – Sunday, January 19, 1958

For a moment or two we should like to turn to yet another side of the subject of knowing more concerning the future, and in...

What we now know – Sunday, January 12, 1958

Last week we talked somewhat of the desire to see farther into the future, and quoted Emerson to the effect that further knowledge, further revelation,...