Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Work Well Done…- Sunday, September 06, 1953

It is an unhappy day in the life of any man when he fails to find sincere satisfaction in doing useful things for the joy...

Serendipity – Sunday, August 30, 1953

There is a word in our language, a significant word coined by Walpole, but little known and little used.  It is serendipity—which means essentially: something...

On Making Decisions – Sunday, August 23, 1953

Further in this matter of making decisions: Taking time to decide is frequently an essential factor of safety.  But there is also such a thing...

Until the Next Step Shows Itself – Sunday, August 16, 1953

Sometimes when we are faced with decisions, we may well wish that we had a blueprint that we could count on.  We may well wish...

Judgement-every hour, every instant – August 09, 1953

Sometimes judgment (in the sense of retribution and reward) is thought to be something rather remote—something to be ultimately arrived at but not necessarily now—something...

The Constancy of Compensation – Sunday, August 02, 1953

May we look again at this question of compensation: Sometimes it may seem that rewards are long delayed.  Sometimes it may seem that those who...

The Question of Compensation – Sunday, July 26, 1953

Since Emerson wrote his essay on compensation, it has been difficult to say anything new on the subject. 

On Coming Close… – Sunday, July 19, 1953

We remember as youngsters that there was much magic in a magnet—and carefully we would push nails toward it, or other objects of iron, to...

To Begin Again – Sunday, July 12, 1953

Sometimes we hear someone say, "I wish I could begin again; I wish I could live life over with what I know now."  It is...