Music & the Spoken Word Library

The morning breaks-the shadows flee… Sunday, March 06, 1955

A sentence recently read from an unknown author offers these words of wise and comforting counsel: "Do not distress yourself with dark imaginings: Many fears...

And ye shall know the truth… – Sunday, February 27, 1955

Not too infrequently it would be well to turn our attention to Pilate's timeless question, "What is Truth?" –for on the answer hangs all we...

What is Man? – Sunday, February 20, 1955

It has been many centuries since the Psalmist asked this ever-recurring question: "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?"' Both before and since...

At another person’s pace… – Sunday, February 13, 1955

Perhaps most of us have had the experience of trying too closely to follow another car; and soon we learn how hazardous and difficult it...

And thou shall be built up… – Sunday, February 06, 1955

There comes to mind a phrase remembered from a childhood game of forfeits: "Heavy, heavy hangs over thy poor head." If we were to emphasize...

The Swift Traveling of Time – Sunday, January 30, 1955

Sometimes, some event in our lives brings sharply into focus the swift traveling of time.  It may be a birthday or some other anniversary which...

The dotted line… – Sunday, January 23, 1955

Perhaps this comment could be called "the dotted line"—since signing on the dotted line has come to be a symbol of entering into obligations—a symbol...

Happiness – Sunday, January 16, 1955

It hasn't been long since, frequently and freely, we were wishing one another happiness for another New Year.  Already an impressive part of that year...

…and repentance – Sunday, January 09, 1955

Faith, work, patience: To these three elements from a formula for the New Year should be added also another—repentance.  Repentance doesn't appear to be very...