A Favor for Ourselves April 4, 1954
We often see the familiar picture of parents and teachers pleading with young people to improve themselves, to learn their lessons, to make the most of their lives. And because of this sincere...
A Matter of Semantics… April 25, 1954
Perhaps it has always been so; certainly during our day it seems increasingly to have been so: that custom and connotation have changed the meaning of words, and that men have found new ways for...
A Straight Line… October 31, 1954
We recall once more the mathematical maxim that “a straight line is the shortest distance between two points.” In a day when so many people find themselves paying a price for forgetting...
A Woman Set Apart… May 9, 1954
In one account of the courtship of Elizabeth Barrett she replied to the poet Robert Browning, that she should not marry because of her physical frailty; that if she should, as she poignantly put it,...
And They Shall Teach Their Children… October 3, 1954
One of the most moving scenes of sacred writ is the one wherein the Saviour said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for such is the kingdom of heaven.” This,...
Beginning Together June 6, 1954
Often young married people who are beginning together become discouraged because they can’t begin where their parents “left off.” There are many things they want, and working and...
Between Regret and Gratitude December 26, 1954
Christmas has come and gone again, and its closeness leads us to a question: Could we not somehow keep the spirit that made Christmas so different a day? For different it was, as we well know. Could...
Beyond the Barrier… January 17, 1954
We read of speeds that move men beyond the so-called “sonic barrier,” and of the forces and feelings encountered when super-powered planes physically fight their way through the...
Concerning Simple Solutions October 24, 1954
Many centuries ago, Isaiah implied that there would be certain ways marked out for men—marked out so plainly that “wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” There are many...
Divorce--a Tradition for Failure November 14, 1954
There are no two people, however close and compatible, but who could find some occasions of misunderstanding and some causes for annoyance with each other—especially if they become careless and...
Do We Have Our Freedom? September 5, 1954
Perhaps all of us at times have questions concerning freedom—especially you people who feel too closely tied, too closely tethered, and who sometimes seem to feel that freedom should mean the right...
Facing Life on Our Feet October 10, 1954
From all observable evidence, it would appear that man was made for movement—that he was made to face life on his feet, moving working, thinking, growing, solving his problems, and meeting his...
For Fathers… June 20, 1954
Much of life is made up of things we think we will one day do: of things we postpone, of things we set aside, of things we leave too late. And one of the things we could best determine to do would...
From Where We Are January 31, 1954
Winter and another year is with us. But sooner than we suppose it will be spring. More suddenly and sooner than we suppose, it will be summer. And soon again the summer will have passed, and soon...
If Thou Knowest It All December 5, 1954
If Washington Were Here… February 21, 1954
On the surface it might seem that we today have few of the problems of Valley Forge, and that they had few, if any, of ours. But the principles and the problems that pertain to people basically are...
Mark the End… May 2, 1954
There are times and moments in life when people seem to have arrived at what they want—when the plans and purposes they have pursued seem to have been successful. But this we learn, sooner or later:...
Not From Fear… August 15, 1954
There are many factors that go into the making of men; and some, such as fear and love, are as different as light and darkness. There is a question as to just how much fear can do in the making of a...
On Becoming Bored With Work August 29, 1954
“I thank God each morning, that I can get on the bus and go to work.” Thus a recent thoughtful visitor, explained his blessings with this simple sentence. Simple as it is, or at least...
On Beginning to Believe… November 28, 1954
We hear much concerning the subject of faith: that it will move mountains, that it is the “evidence of things not seen,” that with it all things are possible. And altogether we learn of...