Music & the Spoken Word Library

On Beginning Where We Are* – Sunday, November 14, 1948

Often when we wish we might be something other than what we are, we don't seem to know where to begin or how. We fix...

This Passing Time* – Sunday, November 07, 1948

As we go about living our lives from day to day and from year to year, the passing of time is mechanically marked off by...

Dangerous Differences – Sunday, October 31, 1948

When someone sets out to deceive someone else he is more likely to be successful if he deceives with similarities rather than with obvious differences....

The Power of Moral Force* – Sunday, October 24, 1948

We hear much in the affairs of men of the use of moral force. It is a force to be reckoned with now, as it...

You Can’t Go Back* – Sunday, October 17, 1948

Perhaps most of us at times cherish the thought that we would like to go back—back to try over—or back to enjoy once more the...

How Much May We Expect of Men – Sunday, October 10, 1948

In our efforts, to find a solution for our perplexing problems, we sometimes appoint people to various positions, give them credentials, and send them off...

Exit Lines – Sunday, October 03, 1948

People who write plays often pull themselves out of predicaments by the use of "exit lines." With a good exit line an actor can extricate...

On Setting the World in Order* – Sunday, September 29, 1948

Frequently when we become aware of conditions that need correction, we wonder why the people who are responsible don't correct them. In a home or...

The Constitution* – Sunday, September 19, 1948

Within the week we of America have seen another anniversary of great significance in our history come and go, the anniversary of the Constitution of...