Why Not Now? January 5, 1964
“Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll!” This is more than a line of finely phrased poetry. It suggests we must not be indifferent, or resigned, or...
Why Carry the Load Longer? November 15, 1964
“The great thing is this world,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes, “is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.” This suggests the importance of doing, of...
Whom Can They Follow? May 3, 1964
There is always the question of the influence of our example on others: the example of parents on children, of teachers on youth; the example and influence of all whom young people look to for...
Who Knows How Long He Has? October 4, 1964
Repentance is one of the most important principles that God has given, and the fact that He gave it is evidence that He knew we would need it, and that He will accept it—when it is sincere. He will...
When Can We "Let Down" In Life? March 8, 1964
Sometimes after long effort, long work, we may ask ourselves when can we relax? When can we let down in life? There must be some diversions. We cannot drive ourselves all the time, nor be on tension...
Whatever Work Is… September 6, 1964
“Without some goal and some effort to reach it,” said Dostoevsky, “no man can live.” “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he...
Ventilation February 9, 1964
In “the pounding life inflicts upon us,” said an eminent physician, “Ventilation is deeply important…” referring, of course, to the opening up and airing out of our burdens,...
To Younger Fathers June 21, 1964
This perhaps is a time when fathers who are older may say some things to fathers who are younger. Besides, all the differences that age can account for, fathers and sons sometimes feel far apart,...
This Matter of Money… January 26, 1964
There is always before us this matter of money _ and it seems that almost no one ever thought he had enough. In a letter to a noble lord, Edmund Burke wrote: “We spend our incomes…for a...
There Are No Little Things… December 13, 1964
“The first step, my son…” said Voltaire, “is the one on which depends the rest of our days.” “The power of little things…should be the first lesson...
The Wonder of Work September 13, 1964
“People need work almost as much as they need food,” said an unknown author. “Lack of work causes drudgery and discontent. To enjoy working is part of growing up,… If you...
The Waiting Mothers May 10, 1964
In The Blue Bird, By Maurice Maeterlinck, there is a heart-searching scene, as the children leave their home in heaven to be born on earth. As they depart from their pre-mortal life, there is both...
The Value of Routine January 12, 1964
We may hold things tightly for a limited time, but sometimes must relax to get a new hold. A new look at things, a new hold, is sometimes essential. But despite all this, there is value in routine...
The Song I Came to Sing… December 27, 1964
Two lines from Tagore suggest a subject: “The song that I came to sing remains unsung…I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.” Stringing and unstringing our...
The Resolve Not to Be Useless… November 8, 1964
Among the most discouraging facts anyone faces is the feeling that he doesn’t have the promise, the possibilities for significant usefulness, or success, no real promise for the future. But...
The Need for Standards April 12, 1964
We are in some measure acted upon by others and by outside influences, but also, in large measure, we are shaping ourselves. And in all our choosing and selecting and deciding, there is need for...
The Need and Nature of Privacy August 2, 1964
From far back it has been said that a man’s home is his castle⎯a place entitled to peace, protection, and privacy. “How can you make plain to a new generation that privacy was no mere...
The Meaning of Discipline February 23, 1964
One of the greatest blessings that can come into the life of any child or youth, or anyone else, is intelligent and constructive discipline⎯first the discipline of self, and second, as necessary,...
The High Privilege of Parents… March 22, 1964
With all the influences there are outside the home, among the most important questions we should consider is the teaching of children within the home⎯not necessarily technical teaching, but...
The Friends of the Young… March 1, 1964
One of the most effective ways of conditioning the character and conduct of children, of youth, as well as of others, is to be ourselves what we would have them to be—to be convincing in the counsel...