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On Getting What We Ask For – Sunday, July 11, 1954

But patience is one of the lessons of life that must be learned patience and a sound sense of values; patience and an awareness that...

Thank God for Freedom – Sunday, July 04, 1954

On this meaningful day for America, may we take a moment from some of the side issues and from some of the irrelevant celebration, and...

When to say it – and when to be silent – Sunday, June 27, 1954

As was observed centuries ago: There is “a time to every purpose…”1 And there are times when some things should be said, and times to...

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...