Music & the Spoken Word Library

If men be good… – Sunday, August 24, 1952

William Penn is credited with the statement that "If men be good, government cannot be bad."' On first hearing, one may be inclined to challenge...

“When a mouse falls into a meal sack…” – Sunday, August 17, 1952

There is an old proverb that reads, "When a mouse falls into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself"1—which suggests something of...

Inside Argument – Sunday, August 10, 1952

When we are supposed to be doing something we don't do, often we have to argue with ourselves inside.  A man has to give himself...

Young people—and Independence – Sunday, August 3, 1952

There are periods perhaps in the lives of most young people when they are impatient with counsel and precautions, when they wonder why they have...

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...