The Fears of the Guilty – Sunday, June 11, 1944
These are anxious days for all of us—days in which the most cherished things in our lives are at stake. Seemingly, there is scarcely a...
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To a Generation Leaving School – Sunday, June 04, 1944
We have come again to that time in a school year when we grade and accredit, promote and graduate, and otherwise appraise the academic accomplishments...
Another Day Will Begin Next Morning – Sunday, May 28, 1944
As the years were added upon his head, Victor Hugo wrote: "I feel immortality in myself. Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is...
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...
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...