Music & the Spoken Word Library

Before We Learn to Live – Sunday, June 28, 1953

Sometimes we well may wonder why we have to live so long before we learn to live.  There are many things we might wish we...

Fathers – and the Passing Summers and Seasons – Sunday, June 25, 1953

The role of fathers seems traditionally to have been somewhat less associated with outward evidence of affection than some other roles have been.  As between...

The Making of a Marriage – Sunday, June 14, 1953

This month of many marriages suggests some thoughts concerning those who are beginning together.  Songs of spring and love and of undying devotion are good...

A Little Learning – Sunday, June 07, 1953

It has often been observed that a little learning is a dangerous thing.  And if a little learning is dangerous, surely a little ignorance is...

Work and Faith – and Friction – Sunday, May 31, 1953

On this question again of the frictions of life that wear us away: There are situations and circumstances that would prematurely wear us all away...

Work – a Lengthener of Life – Sunday, May 24, 1953

To be able to close each day with a sense of accomplishment is one of the greatest blessings and precious privileges of life, one that...

The Time of Your Life! – Sunday, May 17, 1953

As young people face the future no doubt there are some who suppose (and some who sometimes say) that they would rather have been born...

Nothing new about mothers … – Sunday, May 10, 1953

One might search and ponder long without finding anything new to say concerning mothers.  But need there be anything new?  To say that there is...

Balance – and Bias – Sunday, May 03, 1953

On this question again of balance: Almost anyone, if he will let himself, can bring himself to seeing only one side of a subject—the side...