Music & the Spoken Word Library

On belonging to a family – Sunday, February 19, 1956

One of the very wonderful things of life is a sense of belonging.  And one of the most wonderful things to belong to is a...

And what of Abraham Lincoln…? – Sunday, February 12, 1956

There is much said concerning Lincoln—but not too much for so sincerely great a subject.  Men do many things for their own comfort and convenience,...

Giving and Taking Counsel and Correction – Sunday, February 05, 1956

Sometimes there comes a cleavage between people who should be close to one another—because of inability either to give or to take counsel and criticism...

There is no right way to do a wrong thing – Sunday, January 29, 1956

Hardly does it seem possible that a twelfth part of another year already has passed.  But however swiftly or slowly time goes, it is still...

Again, we turn to happiness… – Sunday, January 22, 1956

Again, we turn to happiness—the happiness which all people pursue.  "There is even a happiness," wrote Thomas Hood, "that makes the heart afraid."1

We turn to…happiness – Sunday, January 15, 1956

At this time of new beginnings, new purposes, new records, new resolve, we turn a moment to a subject that is timeworn, yet always timely:...

Success-of Quantity and Quality – Sunday, January 08, 1956

On this question again of success and failure, and of closing the books upon the past, and then having immediately to turn around and repeat...

Success is never final…nor failure – Sunday, January 01, 1956

There is this sobering thought which the New Year suggests: In a sense, “success is never final".  The moment we close the books on one...

Homecoming – for the Whole Human Family – Sunday, December 25, 1955

On this day, and even at this hour, there comes into our consciousness a sense of countless scenes and settings that we should like to...