A Man and His Price March 2, 1947
It is sometimes cynically said that every man has his price which is to say that there is no honor or honesty, no virtue or verity, no patriotism or principle that will not be violated or...
A Persuasion, Authority, and Fo May 18, 1947
We have heard much of such words as arbitration, negotiation, conciliation. They are technical terms, with many shades of meaning. But their over-all sense, in public procedure, implies the settling...
A Time for Remembering May 11, 1947
Looking forward from our youth and looking back after youth has passed present two vastly different pictures. As parents we see the future in our children. But as children we see the future in...
As Men Pray April 13, 1947
Concerning Our Right to Live Life as We Please August 3, 1947
Quite commonly we hear the person who proclaims his right to live his life as he pleases, regardless of what anyone else thinks about it. He says that his life is his own and, bluntly, what he does...
Concerning Varieties of Ignorance June 22, 1947
Conversation With Conscience November 16, 1947
Every man should have a frequent conversation with his conscience. Conscience is an excellent counselor if it hasn’t been tampered with too much. Of course it is to be admitted that an active...
Counsel at School's End June 8, 1947
Many of you students come forth from your years in the classroom wondering what you can expect of your education and what the world expects of you. As you leave your days of schooling, in general it...
Curiosity January 12, 1947
A CHARACTERISTIC common to humankind is a compelling curiosity, for which we may well be grateful. Of course, like all other attributes, curiosity may become excessive or perverted. But a wholesome...
Efficiency March 23, 1947
Sometimes we permit ourselves to assume that everything we call by the same name has the same qualities of character. It is almost as if knowing one man whose name is John, we conclude that all men...
Facts Are Stubborn Things December 28, 1947
It isn’t always easy to face facts. Often there are things we wish were true which aren’t, and things we wish weren’t true which are. Even the simplest truths can be distasteful if...
Faith--and the Future September 7, 1947
The pessimism of the failure of faith is a discouraging kind of pessimism. It is deeply damaging to lose faith in other men. But it is yet more damaging to lose faith in ourselves. The will to live...
God and Unanswered Questions January 19, 1947
THERE are those who disavow belief in God, because the world in which He is omnipotent does not always seem to us to be managed as well as it might be, and because the children of whom He is the...
He Giveth Twice That Giveth Quickly December 14, 1947
There is an old proverb which reads: “He giveth twice that giveth quickly.” This is another way of saying that the best time to give is when the gift is needed. Urgent and acute needs do...
If Thou Knowest It All April 27, 1947
Despite all adverse elements, the past century or so has been one of profound unfoldment of truth. The mind of man has been permitted by the Almighty to penetrate what to us have heretofore been...
In Moderation October 5, 1947
There is an idea that has grown up among us, perhaps best expressed by the phrase: “Moderation in all things.” “Moderation” is a very good word and is associated with many...
Inheriting and Perpetuating June 29, 1947
From the Book of Genesis we recall the account of Abraham pleading with the Lord to spare the city of Sodom if there were but fifty righteous to be found therein. “And the Lord said, If I find...
Just This Once July 13, 1947
There is in our language a dangerously disarming phrase by which people often persuade other people to compromise principles. It is the phrase “just this once.” “Just this...
Let Fast Runners Run Fast March 9, 1947
It might sometimes seem that it would be easier or more efficient or more convenient for some purposes if we could push men all into the same pattern. But no matter whose plan or purpose it would...
Men and Words September 28, 1947
It sometimes seems that we live in an endless war of words in which people, for their own purposes, try to make other people think that certain things are so simply by saying that they are so. It is...