The Privilege of Repentance – Sunday, January 05, 1947
We frequently hear people speak of making good resolutions, but not so frequently do we hear them speak of repenting. And yet, is not the...
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On Throwing Away Experience – Sunday, December 29, 1946
In the pungent phrasing of Benjamin Franklin: "Experience is a dear school, but a fool can learn in no other." These words suggest two ways...
Peace is a Personal Problem – Sunday, December 22, 1946
This is the second such season that we have enjoyed since war formally ceased. And the measure of peace that has since been ours, and...
Reconciliation with Life – Sunday, December 15, 1946
Attitudes toward life change with age and experience. As children there may have been times when we confidently believed that the world was ours, that...
Encroachment by Precedent – Sunday, December 08, 1946
There is a principle of common law to the effect that a privilege, freely and unrestrainedly continued, may come to be looked upon as a...
Teaching is more than Telling – Sunday, December 01, 1946
Sometimes we are puzzled by the apparent ineffectiveness of some of our teaching. Surely, we may think, we have told our youth often enough what...
On Taking Things for Granted – Sunday, November 24, 1946
There are times, no doubt, when all of us are moved by gratitude, and there are times when all of us become careless and indifferent...
Devotees of Defamation – Sunday, November 17, 1946
It would seem that there are always among us some who find pleasure or profit in defaming the character of others. And those who are...
Religion and Life – Sunday, November 10, 1946
Many definitions have been given of religion. There is little to be gained by adding to them, but we should like to quote again from...