Music & the Spoken Word Library

As to fathers… – Sunday, June 17, 1956

Life gives us many memories—of home, of mothers, of fathers and family. And as to fathers, we should like to turn today to some passing...

So Many Unessentials – Sunday, June 10, 1956

Often, we enter each season with new plans and new purposes—but time is so swift, and the months move by, and we look back and...

Commencement – season of decision… – Sunday, June 03, 1956

Whenever we arrive anywhere, wherever we are is but a place from which to proceed to the next place.  Those who have come to Commencement...

Death is such a door… – Sunday, May 27, 1956

Not long ago from the window of a waiting train we watched a young mother with two young daughters, all dressed in their best, eagerly,...

The momentous matter of marriage – Sunday, May 20, 1956

In the memorable play, Our Town, one of the philosophizing characters speaks these telling lines: "I'm awfully interested in how big things . . ....

Are the children at home? Where is Mother? – Sunday, May 13, 1956

Two thoughts come sharply through today—two questions really, almost always asked by children, young or old, when they come home from anywhere at any hour:...

Who does his “fair share”? – Sunday, May 06, 1956

There is a sentence from an unidentified author which says in substance: "There is no limit to the good a man can do, if he...

The anxious load… – Sunday, April 29, 1956

There comes to mind today a stanza of a hymn which has some special meanings for the discouraged and the heavyhearted, part of which consists...

Freedom and Conformity – Sunday, April 22, 1956

May we turn today to another phase of freedom—to the question of freedom and conformity: How much does conformity come into conflict with freedom? How...