When to Repent and Improve… January 3, 1960
We are disposed to attach particular significance to certain times and seasons. We look to special days and anniversaries and events. We speak of special hours the eleventh hour, the midnight hour....
The First Mistake--and the Second January 10, 1960
Sometimes, if we have made one mistake, we may think it will not matter much if we make one more of the same kind. We may fall into the fallacy of supposing that multiplying mistakes is...
Debt: A Real and Actual Obligation January 17, 1960
Debt is a burden, a worry (or should be) – that is, it should be if it is a debt past due. Debt is a real and actual obligation. It represents the use of something that actually wasn’t ours,...
The Warning Signs and Symptoms January 24, 1960
Speaking again of the power of prevention: Often we become so busy that we ignore the symptoms and the warning signs in many matters. Under the pressures of the lives we live, we sometimes become so...
Not Beyond Our Reach… January 31, 1960
We often think what we are going to do tomorrow, next week , next time, next season. We often plan; we often postpone. And sometimes, after postponing, we suddenly push ourselves at a fevered pace,...
Belief, Faith, Courage… February 7, 1960
There is a sentence accredited to William James, which says, “Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the successful outcome of our venture.”...
The Quality of Courage… February 14, 1960
“Whatever you do,” said Emerson, “you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which...
Integrity--Without Side Considerations February 21, 1960
The subject of integrity suggests itself for consideration. The words associated with it are themselves reassuring: “… the quality of being complete, … unbroken—unimpaired—moral soundness,...
A Still and Quiet Conscience February 28, 1960
We would turn for a moment or two to the question of a quiet conscience, which is in a sense, simply self-respect, the real respect that comes with being free from the inward accusation that surely...
The Quality of Kindness March 6, 1960
In the observations of an eminent industrialist we find some comments on the quality of kindliness: “Next I think I would choose kindness in its widest sense. Not, please not, either the...
The Quality of Sincerity March 13, 1960
In considering some essential qualities of character, an industrialist had this to say of sincerity: “I am as certain as one can be, . . . that a great deal of any absence of industrial...
The Quality of Loyalty March 20, 1960
One quality of character that must not be overlooked is the quality of loyalty. It is essential in every worthy relationship of life: in families; among friends; between teammates; between employer...
A Summation: Qualities of Character March 27, 1960
These qualities of character⎯faith, courage, kindness, sincerity, loyalty⎯all seem in a sense to add up to a simple word⎯a word which doesn’t include them all, but without which all else would...
Goodness and Greatness April 3, 1960
“Goodness is richer than greatness,” said Edwin Hubbel Chapin. “It lifts us nearer to God…. It is… manifested according to our abilities, within our sphere,… and...
Truth, Half-Truth, and Subtle Suggestion April 10, 1960
Words are often overworked to exaggerate or overemphasize, and often also to deceive by half-truth or by subtle suggestion. A half-truth can in fact obscure the whole truth. A half-truth can...
This Same Jesus… April 17, 1960
Of such a time as this, a Scottish poet said “The holy spirit of the Spring is working silently.” And, to this Tennyson added: “Once more the Heavenly Power makes all things new, ....
Our Debt to Those We Never Knew… April 24, 1960
Life as we live it, is made possible by the services of many people. Whether we think so or not, we are none of us self-made, self-sustaining, or self-sufficient. We are dependent upon all the Lord...
Sound in Body, Mind, and Morals May 1, 1960
It is, of course, possible to work, to serve, to accomplish many things without being well balanced, without peace and health and happiness, without the full and well-rounded living of life. Even a...
Mothers--and Their Love and Loyalty May 8, 1960
Often it takes perspective to know ho much something means. This would be true of mothers, in our awareness of how much they mean. In our years of youth, we hardly have occasion to appraise the part...
Obeying, Honoring, and Sustaining the Law May 15, 1960
In considering the importance of law in our lives, we would preface what follows with this simple yet profound fact: that obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law is basic to all peace, all...