A Still and Quiet Conscience February 28, 1960
We would turn for a moment or two to the question of a quiet conscience, which is in a sense, simply self-respect, the real respect that comes with being free from the inward accusation that surely...
A Summation: Qualities of Character March 27, 1960
These qualities of character⎯faith, courage, kindness, sincerity, loyalty⎯all seem in a sense to add up to a simple word⎯a word which doesn’t include them all, but without which all else would...
Autumn Leaves Its Lesson… October 2, 1960
Somewhere we have read a sentence which says “God is in the . . . march of the seasons . . .” At the season of harvest it seems to be so. The changing of seasons is an always awesome...
Belief, Faith, Courage… February 7, 1960
There is a sentence accredited to William James, which says, “Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that insures the successful outcome of our venture.”...
Causes That Can Be Counted On… November 20, 1960
Emerson gave us this sentence to consider: “Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed;” he said, “for the effect already blooms in the cause,…the fruit...
Children… and the Effect of What They Feel… June 26, 1960
“What gift,” asked Cicero, “has Providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?” The answer suggests itself, and, since it is so, one thing of which we...
Conscience and Habits Away From Home September 4, 1960
“There is nothing that a man can less afford to leave at home than his conscience or his good habits.” While this applies to all travel, to all activity, to all social situations, more...
Control… of Thought, of Action, of Utterance… November 6, 1960
Controlling thought is essential to controlling all we are ever likely to become, everything we are about to be. And he who persists in saying that he cannot help what he thinks, is in effect saying...
Debt: A Real and Actual Obligation January 17, 1960
Debt is a burden, a worry (or should be) – that is, it should be if it is a debt past due. Debt is a real and actual obligation. It represents the use of something that actually wasn’t ours,...
Fathers Are to Talk To June 19, 1960
There are some wonderful words in our language, words that are inseparably associated: home, mother, father, family⎯and in our thoughts they are linked in fondest and most meaningful remembrance....
Fretfulness… and Thoughtfulness July 31, 1960
There is a song written around these thoughtful words: “The harvest now is over, the summer days are gone.” 1 There are times when all of us become aware of the swift passing of the...
Gentleness With Firmness… July 10, 1960
“” young man before he leaves the shelter of his father’s house,” said John Locke, “should be fortified with resolution, . . . to secure his virtues, lest he should be...
Goodness and Greatness April 3, 1960
“Goodness is richer than greatness,” said Edwin Hubbel Chapin. “It lifts us nearer to God…. It is… manifested according to our abilities, within our sphere,… and...
Home--and Christmas December 18, 1960
What can one say for a season where so much is intermixed? There is thoughtfulness for others, but a thoughtfulness preoccupied with much bustling and busyness. Nor could one deny that sentiment is...
How Much Is All This Worth? July 3, 1960
Many years ago Daniel Webster recalled a question: “How much is all this worth?” he asked.1 As to liberty, or the lack of it, whatever the price, it is priceless, and the difference...
How We Work October 16, 1960
This we have said: that work should be more than merely motions; more than for money; it should also be moral⎯and since it is the expenditure of life itself, it should provide not only essential...
Inseparable From Ourselves… August 21, 1960
Constantly, ceaselessly, we are keeping company with ourselves. Inseparably we live with ourselves, with our own thoughts, whether they are deep or shallow, clean or unclean, happy or unhappy⎯which...
Integrity--Without Side Considerations February 21, 1960
The subject of integrity suggests itself for consideration. The words associated with it are themselves reassuring: “… the quality of being complete, … unbroken—unimpaired—moral soundness,...
It All Adds Up… June 12, 1960
We have become increasingly aware of the so-called exact sciences⎯of mathematical formulas, for example from which can be forecast the forces of the inner atom and the orbiting of outer areas. Order...
Life Without Liberty September 25, 1960
As we approach Washington’s birthday, we recall some sobering facts cited by a distinguished judge as he listed things that were lacking in the lives of those who live without liberty. It...