Music & the Spoken Word Library

Verbal Barrage – Sunday, October 19, 1941

We ofttimes hear people complain of the inadequacy of words.  The stammering student is often heard to say that he knows the answer but can’t...

Things Beyond Understanding – Sunday, October 12, 1941

There is one characteristic that many of us have in common, and that is our unwillingness to believe that which we do not understand.  It...

The Spirit of Escape – Sunday, October 05, 1941

There seems to have come to dwell among us the spirit of escape.  Perhaps it has always been present, but the tenseness of our times...

Old Errors and Worthless Changes – Sunday, September 28, 1941

There are prevalent among us two extremes of thought, neither of which must be allowed to dominate our thinking.  One faction supposes that age itself...

Wishful Thinking – Sunday, September 21, 1941

There is a phrase that has become currently common, in the use of which we often over-indulge, and from which few men are immune, and...

The Absolute Standard – Sunday, September 14, 1941

In considering last week the question of moral standards we arrived at the obvious conclusion that there must be some basic moral law beyond the...

Self-Adopted Codes – Sunday, September 07, 1941

An eminent contemporary figure of science is accredited with the statement that “Moral sense is more important than intelligence.”  Of course, all such statements resolve...

Loud Voices and Hollow Echoes – Sunday, August 31, 1941

There is something about the clamor of the day in which we live which reminds us that a quietly spoken truth is much more convincing...

The Responsibility for Acts of Ignorance – Sunday, August 24, 1941

During past weeks we have spoken somewhat at this hour concerning leadership, a subject always vital to the conduct of men, because everyone must follow...