Music & the Spoken Word Library

…from Lincoln’s Life – Sunday, February 10, 1952

In the days and years before and immediately following the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, many earnest and eminent men expressed themselves concerning his qualifications and...

From Here On… – Sunday, February 3, 1952

It seems that there are always some regrets in the living of life.  No matter what decisions we make or fail to make, we are...

Errors of Understanding – Sunday, January 27, 1952

Often, we presume to know other men's hearts and minds and motives, and to condemn and to condone.  And no doubt we are often right...

Faith—where understanding falters – Sunday, January 20, 1952

Frequently we speak of things we don't understand—and they are infinitely innumerable: for life is a process of searching and seeking, with a little finding...

Unto Each Generation – Sunday, January 13, 1952

There is an impressive plea by Thomas Paine expressed in 1776 in this sentence: "If there must be trouble let it be in my day,...

Do We Know What We Want? – Sunday, January 6, 1952

Almost all of us could come closer to having what we want, if we were sure, we knew what we wanted.  Of course, we know...

The Shifting Beneath Our Feet – Sunday, December 30, 1951

The coming of another New Year recalls once more to mind these words of a New Testament text: ". . . And [Jesus] made as...

The Greatest News—and the Greatest Gift – Sunday, December 23, 1951

Some wise and well-informed men concluded, on questioning, that the greatest news story in the world would be for someone who had died to return...

On Edge – Sunday, December 16, 1951

Altogether too many of us are living on edge.  The symptoms of the pressure and impatience are all around us.  And as parents perhaps we...