Glorifying the Mediocre – Sunday, May 21, 1944
There comes to mind a phrase of three words—Glorifying the Mediocre—which is indicative of a practice whereby young and old are schooled in a world...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
To Mothers, Present and Yet to Come – Sunday, May 14, 1944
It would be difficult on Mother's Day to say anything new concerning mothers, or even to say anything old in a new way, so numerous...
Labels – Sunday, May 07, 1944
Every generation has its foibles and its practices of self-deception, one of which, certainly, is the mislabeling of things—calling them something other than what they...
The Question of Forgiveness – Sunday, April 30, 1944
If we make a mistake, no doubt upon sincere repentance we may reasonably expect forgiveness. The principle of forgiveness is closely associated with the principle...
Repentance and Progress – Sunday, April 23, 1944
In considering great moral and religious principles, we are sometimes inclined to assume that they are idealistic rather than practical—that the benefits and penalties associated...
Pigment to Our Thoughts – Sunday, April 16, 1944
Perhaps most of us have had the experience of looking down from great heights, or of peering into deep chasms, to find that we seem...
Remember How Short My Time Is – Sunday, April 9, 1944
To see death gently pronounce its benediction upon a fullness of years, to see its merciful hand remove the infirmities of one who has traveled...
You Don’t Know What You’re Missing – Sunday, April 02, 1944
We have all had the experience of being urged to do something against our inclinations, and sometimes against our better judgment, by those who persuasively...
What Will it Matter a Hundred Years From Now! – Sunday, March 26, 1944
Not infrequently we hear someone who shrugs off a puzzling situation with the comment: "A hundred years from now what will it matter!" This, of...