A Mother's Love Outlives Them All May 11, 1958
Blessedly, in the lives of most of us, there are saving and safeguarding influences moving in the background, molding and mellowing and maturing us—influences of which we are often unaware. And one...
A Soul in Right Health… December 14, 1958
“The preservation of health is a duty.”1 In other words, there is — on all of us — an obligation to keep free from contaminating and injurious substances and habits and influences that...
Against Every Irritation March 23, 1958
In all the relationships of life, in all relationships with people, there are times that are rich and rewarding, and times that are tense and trying. This is true at home; it is true where we work;...
All We Could Ask of Heaven… May 25, 1958
Some thoughtful words of Addison suggest a subject: “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” In other words we...
Are We Good for Each Other? September 21, 1958
To an audience of young people, a wise counselor recently proposed a question concerning those with whom they keep company — a question which all of us could well ask concerning ourselves and all...
Beginning to Be… April 13, 1958
We often speak of things we would like to do—or like to be. But so often, it seems, there is some distance between where we are and where we wish we were, and it takes effort to cover any distance...
Character, Confidence, and Consistency February 9, 1958
From a forecast of ten things, which can be counted on this one sentence we take from the ten: “Reputations will continue to be made by many acts, and to be lost by one.” This calls to...
Choosing the Parents of Our Children June 22, 1958
All of us make choices every day — choices as to what we do with every hour and every opportunity. And we are constantly faced with contrasts: We turn down or yield to temptations. We keep or we...
Coming to Ourselves February 2, 1958
Freedom--So Rare, So Precious, So Perishable June 29, 1958
May we turn a moment or two to freedom — that freedom which relatively so few in all this world have had, yet which is so essential to the full and effective living of life; that freedom for which...
Friend--a Word of Much Meaning April 27, 1958
“Friend” is a word of much meaning. Sometimes it is applied loosely to mean simply someone we know, someone with whom we have become acquainted. But a friend is much more than merely...
Good Men Ye Should Observe to Uphold March 16, 1958
As to the great need for matching talent and training with intelligence and integrity, we should like to say something of these and other attributes that would surely be essential in filling any...
He Gave Me a Good Mother… June 15, 1958
A grateful daughter had this to say concerning her once famous father: “He transmitted to me a sound heredity on his own side, and he gave me a good mother.”1 And then she added:...
Home Is Those Who Are There February 23, 1958
There has been much written, sometimes realistically, and sometimes sentimentally, about what makes a home. There are of course the comforts and conveniences, and a sense of belonging in a familiar...
If We Miss the Spring… November 23, 1958
“The course of life is… run but in one way, and only once.”1 This was said of youth as it moves into old age, but it has its application in other ways also. People sometimes punish...
Intent--a Sure Test of Friendship… May 4, 1958
We have talked of friends and friendship and of the fact that no true friend would ever lead us into temptation, or to the making of memories that we would later be less than thankful for. With...
Let the Years Unfold With Faith January 5, 1958
Often we wonder what unseen events are in the offing: Who of us will be here after a year from now? Who will leave this life; who will see sorrow and who will see success? How often we wish we could...
Marriage--a Momentous Investment February 16, 1958
Marriage is among life’s most momentous investments, if not the most momentous—the investment of ourselves, of all that we are, of all the future, and the future of our families. And since...
Marriage--and the Simple Doing of Duty June 8, 1958
Duty isn’t a word that is always quite comfortable or convenient. But the free and easy making of marriages, and the free and easy undoing of them by divorce, suggest, for the sake of all...
Not Into Temptation… April 20, 1958
In a talk to young men and boys, a well-known athlete made this comment on a compelling question: What would we thank other people for later in life? We wouldn’t thank them for tempting us to...