Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Liability of Loose Threats – Sunday, January 18, 1953

Sometimes someone is heard to say what he will do to someone else—if—!  And in that "if" a threat is uttered or implied. 

The Blessing of Willing Work – Sunday, January 11, 1953

There is in most of us a tendency at times not to do anything that is difficult to do, not to perform any unpleasant service...

What’s Past is Prologue – Sunday, January 04, 1053

There is a comforting line from Shakespeare, which, in one short sentence has much to suggest: "What's past is prologue."1 It is a plea, for...

The Closing of the Calendar – Sunday, December 28, 1952

So soon the cycle has once more swiftly turned itself, and suddenly we have come again to the closing of the calendar.  It seems only...

For ‘God saw that it was good’ – Sunday, December 21, 1952

In commenting on this Christmas, may we pass for a moment the usual texts that we might turn to, and take one from far back,...

The Edge of Anguish – Sunday, December 14, 1952

In any loss or injury or illness or accident, the first sharpness of pain, the first fear, the first disappointment, the first sense of sorrow,...

The Problem of Disciplining People – Sunday, December 7, 1952

There is an always urgent field for thought in the problem of disciplining people.  Parents, and others, may frequently find themselves searching and praying and...

If Ye have Found Faith – Sunday, November 30, 1952

We often hear of the quality of faith—faith in God, faith as an antidote to fear, faith for a future that cannot be foreseen, faith...

For What We Have… – Sunday, November 23, 1952

It has sometimes been suggested that to make us fully thankful, everything we have should be taken from us, and then one at a time,...