Uninvited Events December 3, 1950
No man ever lived his life exactly as he planned it. There are things all of us want that we don’t get. There are plans all of us make that never move beyond the hopes in our hearts. There are...
Ultimate Objectives July 9, 1950
It we want to know how far we can depend upon a person, we should know at least two things about him: We should know what basically he believes, and then we should know under what circumstances, if...
Twenty-Five Thousand Days January 1, 1950
In looking at the length of life, the Psalmist said: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten;… Thou carriest the away as with a flood;… So teach us to number our days, that we may...
Tonic for Our Times September 3, 1950
With false philosophies and unwelcome world events added to all our personal problems, it is apparent that we need a tonic for our times. And whatever else may go into the making of this much-needed...
Timing June 25, 1950
What we do may be all right, but when we do it may be all wrong. A dress that was a dream a few years ago has by now likely lost much of its allure⎯not that the dress has changed, but that the...
They Say So October 29, 1950
In three lines of flawless poetry, Alexander Pope portrays how gossip is passed from person to person: “And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too; In...
The Strategy of Truth August 20, 1950
The word “strategy” is often used to describe the means by which people pursue their purposes. We hear of the strategy of attaining all manner of objectives – sometimes by deception....
The Reality of the Resurrection April 9, 1950
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when . . . his disciples came unto him: . . . he . . . taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the...
The Problem of Pleasing People March 19, 1950
It was Montaigne who remarked that “a man had need of tough ears to hear himself freely judged.” Regardless of how careful and conscientious a man may be, someone is almost always sure...
The Power to Appreciate the Present October 1, 1950
Sometimes we become impatient with the present. We see its evils, it uncertainties, it imperfections, and earnestly we yearn for a day when things will be different. It is proper and expected that...
The Man Who Almost Made It June 11, 1950
Graduation has correctly come to be called commencement, for the completion of one objective should mean the commencement of another. And both those who have graduated and those who have not, still...
The Constitution of Our Country, The [Title Used A September 17, 1950
About a century after its acceptance the Constitution of the United States was described by Britain’s Gladstone as “the most wonderful work every struck off at a given time by the brain...
Tell Me,… When Does That Tomorrow of Yours Come… February 26, 1950
This week we are worried. This week we are crowded. This week we are frantically trying to do some things we have left too long. But next week—next week is going to be different! Next week things...
Teaching for the Future September 10, 1950
Saying "I'm Sorry" May 7, 1950
We sometimes assume that we have fully repented and made amends when we have said we are sorry. But there is a side to being sorry that is more serious than mere polite apology. And there are...
Reserve Resources December 17, 1950
In times of disappointment men react in many ways, depending upon their teaching and temperament, upon their outlook and understanding, and upon their faith and foundations. To sudden and shocking...
Rearview Living July 16, 1950
People are given to wondering what would have happened if they had done differently: what would have happened if they had turned the other corner; what would have happened if they had taken the...
Proximity to a Precipice June 18, 1950
May we quote a sensible sentence: “No one ever falls over a precipice who never goes near one.” Crowding things to the outer edge is always an invitation to disaster. And it is...
Problems--and Repentance December 10, 1950
It has seldom been popular to appeal for repentance. The prophets of past have been persecuted and imprisoned, banished and burned for calling people to repentance⎯perhaps because when a person...
Opinionated People November 26, 1950
When a man drives a stake down deep without being sure he is putting it in the right place, he may have to pull it up again with a good deal of difficulty. And when a person proclaims a positive...