Music & the Spoken Word Library

Inheriting and Perpetuating – Sunday, June 29, 1947

From the Book of Genesis, we recall the account of Abraham pleading with the Lord to spare the city of Sodom if there were but...

Concerning Varieties of Ignorance* – Sunday, June 22, 1947

As children we are excused for many mistakes because of our ignorance. And often later in life there are times when we would like to...

On Coming to Accountability – Sunday, June 15, 1947

There are times in the lives of all of us when someone has to see that we do what we should do, and that we...

Counsel at School’s End – Sunday, June 8, 1947

The month of June is traditionally a month of beginnings and endings. For many it is the end of school and the beginning of the...

Rules and Exceptions- Sunday, June 01, 1947

There is an old and well-worn proverb which says that "one man's meat is another's poison"1—thus giving recognition to the fact that men have many...

Reconciliation With Death – Sunday, May 25, 1947

There are few of us but who have been touched somehow by death. We may or not have been touched closely by it nor yet...

Persuasion, Authority, and Force – Sunday, May 18, 1947

We have heard much of such words as arbitration, negotiation, and conciliation. They have come to be technical terms, with many shades of meaning, but...

A Time for Remembering – Sunday, May 11, 1947

On excellent authority we may say that "there is ... a time to every purpose under . . . heaven."1 And we should like to...

People, Principles, and Perfection – Sunday, May 04, 1947

All of us at times are disappointed in the actions of others. Perhaps there is no one who doesn't disappoint someone some time by something...