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...

Fearful Voyager – Sunday, March 19, 1944

If we were to allow ourselves to be unnerved by the daily impact of all we see and all we hear, and by all the...