Music & the Spoken Word Library

What ‘Everyone’ Is Doing – Sunday, May 25, 1952

One of the persistent practices of children—and of others also—is to justify what they want to do by saying that "everyone" is doing it.  Parents...

On Profanity – Sunday, May 18, 1952

Somehow or other it seems that the use of language which profanes the name of Deity, has become a most flagrantly casual custom, until one...

As We Remember Mothers – Sunday, May 11, 1952

There come before us this day the memories of mothers.  Many mothers blessedly are with us, to whom we may turn our grateful attention, but...

Answer to Confusion – Sunday, May 4, 1952

Upon the lips and to the hearts and minds of many there sometimes comes the question: Why would an omnipotent and all-wise and just and...

As We Want To Be Remembered – Sunday, April 27, 1952

As we remember our impressions of other people, we may well ask how we would want to be remembered.  If we were posing for a...

Opposing Forces – Sunday, April 20, 1952

The forces that are at work in the physical world have a close counterpart in the forces that are at work in the lives of...

The Question of Everlasting Life – Sunday, April 13, 1952

There are many thoughts that come to us at Easter concerning the eternally vital events that this season suggests.  It brings always before us the...

“…let there be Reverence” – Sunday, April 6, 1952

"All real joy and power of progress . . . depend on finding something to reverence, and all the baseness and misery of humanity begin...

“Prescriptions…for our Friends” – Sunday, March 30, 1952

It seems that there are many important principles on which most of us can agree.  And there are many standards of conduct that most of...