All Day We Miss Thee, Everywhere May 26, 1968
Never too far from our thoughts are questions concerning the length of life, the purpose of life-life, death, loss of loved ones, the whereabouts of those who leave us, and our own time of leaving...
And That Has Made All the Difference August 4, 1968
In looking back we often see where we took one way instead of another⎯and what we might have done differently. This, in one sense, is what happened to Scrooge in Dicken’s Christmas Carol. He...
Any Who Love You… January 21, 1968
“We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.” These words suggest something of the searching of soul that comes when we ask...
Breaking the Law "Just a Little"… July 7, 1968
A thoughtful listener has sent these words from an inscription in a school auditorium: “Obedience to law, respect for others, mastery of self, joy in service⎯these constitute life.”1...
Cooling Tempers… October 27, 1968
“The height of human wisdom,” said Daniel Defoe, “is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm...
Discouragement Comes to All of Us… March 24, 1968
Discouragement is said to be one of the most effective tools of the devil. And “Despondency,” said De Witt Talmage, “is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in.”...
Don't Ever Take a Fence Down…until… October 6, 1968
“Don’t ever take a fence down,” said G. K. Chesterton, “until you know the reason it was put up.” Too many people in too many places tend to remove time-honored...
Emphatic Trifles… July 28, 1968
The swift passing of a season is always sobering⎯for “Time,” said Benjamin Franklin, “is the stuff life is made of.”1 And while time in the eternal sense is limitless, what...
Everything Counts in the Long Run… December 1, 1968
There is a phrase form somewhere that says: “Everything counts in the long run.” This applies to all that goes into making of a life, all the influences, decisions, example from earliest...
For Life…for Law…for Loved Ones November 24, 1968
We have so much to be thankful for, that almost it overwhelms us, almost before we begin. And among the greatest blessings are life, and law, and loved ones. Without law, there would be no assurance...
For the Down and Discouraging Days… September 29, 1968
Among the realities of life is this: that all people have problems, that all have disappointments, that all have need to be understood, to be encouraged, and at times to be looked upon with...
From Which a Man Can Be Made… April 28, 1968
Phillips Brooks once portrayed what he called “the double parentage of every child born into the world⎯the heavenly and earthly parentage. Many fathers and mothers who are eager to advance the...
Hurting Ourselves…and Others… August 25, 1968
There are two acceptable assumptions that we can hurt ourselves without hurting others; and the assumption that we can hurt others without hurting ourselves. The words of John Muir come to...
If I Am Not Happy With Me April 21, 1968
From a thoughtful observer of human behavior, this sentence seems significant: “If I am not happy with me, other people suffer.” Our attitude and actions toward others often depend more...
Life Without Law January 28, 1968
Among those things for which we should be most thankful are commandments, standards, discipline and law. Without these there would be little that we could count on. Suppose there were no standards....
Marriage Is More Than a Wedding… July 21, 1968
“One of my students wrote… me… announcing his engagement,” said Wm. Lyon Phelps, “‘This is not going to be much of a wedding,’ he said, ‘but it is...
More Things Than This World Dreams of (Replaces "Equality" Lost by Ksl) December 8, 1968
In some ways, it ought to be easier for this generation to have faith than any generation of the past⎯for many reasons⎯for we have seen so many seeming miracles⎯miracles that man, by using...
Not Responsible to Anybody? August 18, 1968
To repeat a self-evident sentence: “There is no such thing in human existence as being so high you’re not responsible to anybody.”1 This applies to all people in all positions. It...
Of Doing Not Enough September 1, 1968
Whenever there is over-emphasis on avoiding work, and over-emphasis on idleness, there is also need to remember the blessing of work, the privilege of work, the pleasure of work—and of the...
On Being Bored May 5, 1968
Young or old, one of the most down-pulling attitudes in life is being bored. Sometimes we become bored with routine, with what we feel are repetitious and unchallenging tasks. But there is...