What Will It Matter a Hundred Years From Now! March 26, 1944
Sometimes we hear someone shrug off a puzzling or disappointing situation with the comment, “What will it matter a hundred years from now?” This may be just a causal way of by-passing...
To Those Who Fail to Conform December 3, 1944
Using the term in its broadest meaning, history has produced many non-conformists. Every generation produces many non-conformists. And, indeed, every community, and perhaps almost every family,...
Times Have Changed February 13, 1944
Whenever anyone speaks of the social precautions which were formerly observed, one is likely to be accused of being Victorian⎯which is another way of saying that the idea is thought to be...
The Sights We See April 16, 1944
Perhaps most of us had the experience of looking down form great heights, or of peering into deep chasms, to find that we seem somehow to be drawn towards the abyss—in our thoughts and feelings, if...
The Search for Mysteries October 29, 1944
One reason why progress is possible is that there are always among us those who are never content with what they know or with what other men know⎯those wholesomely restless spirits who are always...
The Question of Forgiveness April 30, 1944
If we make a mistake and sincerely repent we expect to be forgiven. But there are some who seem to expect to be forgiven an unlimited number of times and to have all manner of errors corrected and...
The End From the Beginning January 16, 1944
At this season we recall again one of the pleasant pastimes of our childhood, when we paused with other wide-eyed youngsters to watch the billposter, forerunner of circuses and shows a and other...
Retreat From Clamor August 13, 1944
Not infrequently one sees the spectacle of a bewildered dog running loose in a crowd, harassed by calls and whistles coming from all directions, in response to which the animal dodges her and there...
Repetition February 27, 1944
Perplexed parents frequently become weary with the number of times they have to remind their children of even the simplest precepts and precautions⎯and children sometimes impatiently reply:...
Repentance and Progress April 23, 1944
Repentance is a subject that is sometimes shunned. But repentance is a very practical principle and plays a very important part in human progress. This is so because, in a sense, no man moves...
On Sparing the Children and Others August 27, 1944
One of the most difficult tasks that confronts parents is to pass on to their children an appreciation of what has gone into the making of the home they enjoy. Driven by necessity, and through the...
On Setting the World in Order August 6, 1944
On Knowing the Future November 12, 1944
People sometimes ask impatiently: “Why can’t we know more about the future?” “Why shouldn’t we know the future?” One part of a possible answer to this problem, so...
On Foretelling Things to Come November 5, 1944
Men, it would seem, have in common an urgent desire to know more about the future⎯a desire which demonstrates itself in many ways, and for many reasons. In some respects and to some extent the...
On Acquiring a Reputation July 9, 1944
Reputations are built on many factors − some of them seemingly unpredictable. Many men have become known for things for which they would never have chosen to be known. Men of many talents sometimes...
Labels May 7, 1944
Every generation has its foibles and its practices of self-deception, one of which, certainly, is the mislabeling of things⎯calling them something other than what they are, and hoping that somehow...
Kingdom for a Horse! August 20, 1944
A line from Shakespeare had Richard III say, “My kingdom for a horse.” This has far-reaching implications in the pattern of human behavior. When a man needs something, or thinks he does,...
How Forcible Are Right Words! September 17, 1944
If we may judge the future by the past, when important issues are being aired, we may expect heat to be generated and rumors to be started. We may expect to hear much calling of names and much...
Glorifying the Mediocre May 21, 1944
There comes to mind a three-word phrase—Glorifying the Mediocre—which is indicative of a practice whereby young and old are schooled in a world of unreality. In its mildest forms, in casual...
Freedom to Work September 3, 1944
“What is there illustrious that is not attended by labor?” Thus spoke an ancient philosopher. History does not record, nor does scripture, that the Lord God excepted anyone when He...