Music & the Spoken Word Library

Hidden In Their Hearts – Sunday, July 27, 1952

Most of the men and women who move about us from day to day are carrying hidden within their hearts their share of trouble and...

The Triumph of Principles – Sunday, July 20, 1952

In thinking upon the accomplishments of the pioneers and patriots of the past, we cannot help pausing in humble acknowledgment of what they did with...

On Being At Our Best – Sunday, July 13, 1952

Perhaps most of us give way at times to actions and attitudes and utterances which we would not ordinarily approve in ourselves or in others. 

Sins of Omission – Sunday, July 6, 1952

Sometimes we hear someone defensively say, "I haven't done anything" which suggests a subject:  Innocence isn't always merely a matter of not doing anything.  The...

Equality – Sunday, June 29, 1952

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that...

People—in a Personal Way – Sunday, June 22, 1952

We are sometimes disposed to look upon people and their problems impersonally.  In the many complexities of living life, in a world of so many...

Waiting in the Wings – Sunday, June 8, 1952

It sometimes seems that we are waiting for some better time to begin, for some tranquil time that doesn't come, for some starting point that...

Closing Curtains and Commencements – Sunday, June 1, 1952

As each season closes to be followed by each successive season, we become aware that life is a series of scenes separated by closing curtains...

On feeling sorry for ourselves – Sunday, June 15, 1952

A little less than a century ago Emerson offered this observation: "These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are...