Our Sincere Resolves January 7, 1962
“There are times when we have a … feeling of turning over a new leaf, of getting a fresh start,…[with] a more or less definite determination [to be better]…Later [we may] repent of our...
Debt--a Sort of Slavery January 21, 1962
“My father taught me,” said Anne Morrow Lindbergh, “that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.” To a conscientious person, unpaid obligations are...
Those Whom God Has Given Us January 28, 1962
There is much –quoted phrase from Scripture about being our brother’s keeper. But if it is important to be our brother’s keeper, which we cannot doubt, how very important it must be to...
Domestic Diplomacy February 4, 1962
Public relations, so-called, have come to be important to both individuals and organizations- that is, the impression ⎯ the “image” ⎯ with which we are, in other minds, inseparably...
Thus Spoke Lincoln February 11, 1962
There is much said concerning Lincoln—yet not too much for so great a subject. He is one of the great, even on the list of now immortal men. As to some of his qualities of character, these were...
Marriage--Love--and Solid Substance February 18, 1962
Marriage is a subject for all seasons, and we should like to suggest some sentences that apply to marriages in the making as well as to those already made, and would introduce the subject with a...
Some Requirements of Marriage February 25, 1962
Love, as often indicated, is not likely to live unless it is sustained by solid substance, by some essential qualities of character, qualities that include courage to face facts, to meet problems,...
A Gentle, Kindly Communication March 4, 1962
A gentle, kindly, open communication is one of the essential qualities for the day-to-day understanding of each other and for explaining many moods and avoiding many hurts. There is sometimes need...
Speech--It Hurts or Heals March 11, 1962
In every successful relationship in life, three things are of particular importance: what we say, how we say it, and what we leave unsaid. And along with what we sometimes wish we had said there is...
Be What Thou Seemest March 18, 1962
Sincerity has two essential sides: the sincerity we expect from others, and the sincerity within ourselves. Sincerity is the assurance that things are as they seem to be. A misleading label is a...
The Quest for Unearned Happiness March 25, 1962
It is more than half a century since David Starr Jordan made some searching remarks on a pressingly important subject⎯”The Quest for Unearned Happiness [italics ours].” “So long as...
Unearned Pleasures April 1, 1962
“The motive of most forms of sin is the desire to make a short cut to happiness. Temptation promises pleasure without the effort of earning it.” With this observation, previously cited,...
What Have We Got to Lose? April 8, 1962
Often we hear people discuss the odds on certain prospects or proposals—the chances of winning or losing, of success or failure in various matters. And sometimes we hear quite casually the...
If You Do Not Overcome Little Things… April 15, 1962
“If you but consider what peace a good life will bring to yourself,” said Thomas a Kempis, “and what joy it will give to others, I think you will be more concerned about your...
A Calm, Unshakable Faith April 22, 1962
Many years ago these two statements on the immortality of man appeared in print. First: “If we neglect the divine… and give ourselves over wholly to the human…we may certainly count upon...
On Justifying Our Faults April 29, 1962
The frequent human failing of pointing to the faults and defects of others in justifying our own is sharply questioned by Thomas a Kempis. “What is it to you if a man is such and such,”...
The Fallacy of the Collective Cloak May 6, 1962
Too often we seem to try to hide under a collective cloak, to assume that an act or utterance in the name of a crowd or a group or an organization or institution is something for which no one is...
Mothers--and Their Need to Be Needed May 13, 1962
There comes to mind a gentle mingling of many thoughts on mothers, and it would be difficult to consider this subject without an intermixing of tender emotion. As William Goldsmith Brown reminds...
A Mother, A Father--Waiting May 20, 1962
“The memory of a mother waiting is a safeguard against temptation.” A mother, a father⎯a parent⎯who cares enough to wait and worry, who cares enough to counsel and be concerned⎯is among...
Have Faith in the Future June 3, 1962
With so many opportunities and so many uncertainties, it seems appropriate to say to those who are searching and seeking—to those who are learning and preparing for life: Have faith in the future....