We Are Sowing… January 1, 1967
Remembered from the years of youth are these words from an old song. “We are sowing, daily sowing Countless seeds of good and ill, Scattered on the level lowland, Cast upon the windy hill;...
Come Now! January 8, 1967
This is the summons that all of us will sometime receive from the Great Judge and Father of us all: “Come as you are . . . but come now!”1 It is a profound thought to ponder⎯the...
Old Age: The Harvest of the Years of Youth January 15, 1967
Always Something to Decide January 22, 1967
“Each of us has to render a decision,” said David Starr Jordan, “to say yes or no a hundred times when our grandfathers were called upon a single time.” There are more...
Why and Wherefore in All Things January 29, 1967
“How certain the future is,” Walt Whitman said. And he said it not as a question, but as a fact. Often we fear the future, as we consider uncertainty. But basically there are many...
The Process of Preparing February 5, 1967
“Art is long, and Time is fleeting”1 as Longfellow long ago said. And now, more than ever, preparation is long⎯and life is fleeting⎯as those who are young soon become aware. And in...
And So He Succeeded… February 12, 1967
At a time when some seem overprivileged and some feel underprivileged, and many rebel, and many drop out and don’t prepare themselves, we are reminded that “Abraham Lincoln knew...
The Humor That Offends February 19, 1967
We have all known people who didn’t seem able to pass up a bad joke or a cutting comment, no matter who was hurt. “Anything for a laugh,” as the saying says it — but often a laugh...
Uninvited Events February 26, 1967
Courtesy and Character March 5, 1967
Where people live and move so crowded, so close, of much importance are courtesy and character. “Manners are not so frivolous or unimportant as some may think…” said Samuel...
The Dotted Line… March 12, 1967
Signing on “the dotted line” has come to be a symbol of getting into things that are not easy to get our of. Many have discovered that it is much easier to get into things than it is to...
On the Fringe March 19, 1967
In thumbing through some commonplace words we find the word “fringe” – and we find it in part defined as “an ornamental border…” or “as the outer fringe of a...
I Won't Count This Time… April 2, 1967
Before Marriage--and After April 9, 1967
“. . . If there is still one . . . girl who hopes to reform [a] man after she has married him,” said a wise observer, the “advice is: Don’t. If the person . . . doesn’t...
The Power of Prevention April 16, 1967
It seems that we spend too much of our lives putting out fires – too much tie running to meet emergencies – too much time attempting to fix things that shouldn’t have happened – and that we...
No Birds in Last Year's Nest April 23, 1967
These lines from Longfellow suggest some self-searching: “For Time will teach thee soon the truth, There are no birds in last year’s nest!” Often we regret and brood about past...
The Quality of Courage… April 30, 1967
“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...
Manners From Models… May 7, 1967
In commenting on the character, the courtesy of young people, of all people – or the lack of it – Frederick Stamm asked: “Are the young to blame for their discourteous actions …? There are...
Some Very Simple Things… May 14, 1967
We often hear complex explanations for very simple things, and often fail to find the real essence of what it is that makes men, of what it is that matters most. And often it seems we start at the...