Music & the Spoken Word Library

Problems—and Repentance – Sunday, December 10, 1950

It has seldom been popular to appeal for repentance.  The prophets of the past have been persecuted and imprisoned, banished and burned for calling people...

Uninvited Events – Sunday, December 3, 1950

No man ever lived his life exactly as he planned it.  There are things all of us want that we don't get.  There are plans...

‘Opinionated’ People – Sunday, November 26, 1950

When a man drives a stake down deep without being sure he is putting it in the right place, be may have to pull it...

“Fourscore and Seven Years Ago…” – Sunday, November 19, 1950

Fourscore and seven years ago, an immortal American uttered an immortal message.  On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg address.  We are thankful...

But Men and Women Aren’t Statistics – Sunday, November 12, 1950

In the many complexities of our way of life, there sometimes seems to be a tendency to look upon the problems of other people as...

Dangerous Indifference – Sunday, November 5, 1950

If we were called upon to make a list of the dangers of our day, the danger of indifference would be well toward the top. ...

‘They’ Say So – Sunday, October 29, 1950

In three lines of flawless poetry, Alexander Pope portrays how gossip is passed from person to person: And all who told it added something new,...

Faith Against Fear – Sunday, October 22, 1950

We have long since learned that among the chief weapons of the war of nerves are fear and falsehood and confusion.  But fear, it seems,...

Beginning Together – Sunday, October 15, 1950

Often young people who are beginning life together become discouraged because they can't begin where their parents "left off." There are many things they want. ...