For the Fashion of This World … – Sunday, September 16, 1945
Slavery is of many kinds, and one prevalent variety is the slavery of those who are slaves to appearances. Our much-quoted Benjamin Franklin once wrote:...
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The Return – Sunday, September 09, 1945
We live these days in the long-awaited expectancy of the return of those we love. Some of them have already come back. Some of them,...
Opportunity for Peace – September 02, 1945
There comes to mind this day a comment of the chief captain of the Romans to Paul the Apostle: And the chief captain said: "With...
Face-saving – Sunday, August 26, 1945
Very much in our minds these days is the question of "face-saving." The commission of an act that is in any degree wrong or unworthy,...
Reflection at War’s End – Sunday, August 19, 1945
In the observance of war's end, feelings long pent-up have broken loose, with some relief, with some satisfaction, and with many varieties of expression, both...
On Using Authority – Sunday, August 12, 1945
It has long been quoted and acknowledged that a little learning is a dangerous thing, and human experience would more than justify the paraphrase that...
Discipline – Sunday, August 05, 1945
Delivering a well-earned spanking to a child, with the assurance, "This hurts me worse than it does you," is a bit of hackneyed humor that...
The Record – Sunday, July 29, 1945
There are times when we may be disposed to conduct our lives carelessly and indifferently, on the assumption that when it is opportune and necessary,...
The Opportunist – Sunday, July 22, 1945
We remember from childhood those who were forever changing the rules in the middle of the game, to their own advantage—and if they couldn't, they...