Music & the Spoken Word Library

For fathers: A closer kind of companionship – Sunday, June 20, 1954

Much of life is made up of things we think we will one day do: of things we postpone, of things we set aside, of...

Your marriage – Sunday, June 13, 1954

For you who have already made your marriage, there is simply this to be said: Make your marriage work. 

Beginning Together – Sunday, June 06, 1954

We have come again upon the month of June—a month of many marriages, a month in which many young people are beginning life together.  And...

Remembrance – Sunday, May 30, 1954

Remembrance is a mark of a thoughtful, grateful man—but sometimes it is acute and cutting, as suggested in this sentence from Shakespeare: "How sharp the...

The Coming of Another Commencement – Sunday, May 23, 1954

The coming of another commencement calls to mind the passing of another year so swiftly and so soon—and suggests once more to all of us...

On Seeing Things Through – Sunday, May 16, 1954

One of the indispensable elements of a sincerely successful life is the ability, the power, the capacity, and the willingness to see things through—to carry...

A Woman set apart – Sunday, May 09, 1954

For the blessed privilege of having had such a mother as would add grace and kindliness to a company even of angels—for such a hallowed...

Mark the end… – Sunday, May 02, 1954

There are times and moments in life when people seem to have arrived at what they want—when the plans and purposes they have pursued seem...

A Matter of Semantics – Sunday, April 25, 1954

Perhaps it has always been so; certainly, during our day it seems increasing to have been so: that custom and connotation have changed the meaning...