Your Face   June 7, 1970

“God has given you one face,” said Shakespeare, “and you make yourselves another.”1 A face isn’t just features and skin⎯it’s a soul, a mind, a heart put into...

You Can Go On   October 25, 1970

There are many in this world who live heroically in simple, daily, faithful service⎯people often unknown; often unnoticed; often discouraged; sometimes tried and tempted; sometimes feeling they must...

Where Are Your Children?   May 3, 1970

What might be our thoughts and feelings if we should find ourselves face to face with the Lord and Master of mankind? Suppose His steady eyes were upon us at this moment⎯and that we would know that...

When Your Heart Tells You Things Your Mind Does Not Know   January 18, 1970

There is this phrase, cited by a thoughtful friend: “…when your heart tells you things your mind does not know.”1 All of us have impressions, promptings, sometimes a sense of warning; an...

When Is Youth? Who Is Youth?   June 28, 1970

So much is said concerning the problems of youth; the education, the attitudes, and actions; the rights and responsibilities; the privileges and possibilities of youth—from all of which come these...

What We Don't Use Wastes Away   November 22, 1970

From Hippocrates there is a sentence which says, “What we use flourishes. What w don’t use wastes away.”1 One way of expressing gratitude would be to use well what we have—material...

We Tell Them Better Than We Show Them   March 15, 1970

There is concern, of course, for young people, for their problem, and for the permissive way in which some of them sometimes live their lives. But, as one cause of such concern, must we not admit...

Until It Was Tested…   March 8, 1970

There is an interesting observation from a person who bought some equipment, which looked good until he tried to use it – and then it wouldn’t work. “The failure,” he said,...

Unless They Practice What They Preach   September 27, 1970

To quote a very simple couplet from a current source: “Parents can tell, but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.”1 This doesn’t apply only to parents, but is true...

Twixt Will and Will Not   November 1, 1970

Trust Him to Run All Things Well   May 31, 1970

The swift passing of the seasons brings all of us times to think upon the length of life, as friends and loved ones come and leave, and as we ourselves face always such uncertainties. Not one of us...

Too Many Days at a Time   December 6, 1970

I heard a beloved associate say this to someone who was deep in sorrow from the loss of a loved one: “Don’t try to live too many days at a time,” 1 This counsel could well carry...

Those Who Keep Things Going   July 5, 1970

A letter from a friend has turned our thoughts to a citation from a current source: “To me there is an aura of grandeur about the dull routine of maintenance…. It is easier to build than...

This New Morality…   August 9, 1970

With some satire but more of soberness one observer had this to say: “It looks like this new morality is about the same as the old immorality.”1 We hear both loose and thoughtful talk...

There Is No Unimportant Person   December 13, 1970

As we remember the words of the Master of mankind, the poor in spirit come to mind at this moment. Whatever else it may mean, there are many who are downhearted and discouraged, who feel little...

There Is Much Said That Isn't So   October 11, 1970

We live in a time of much talk, with opinions often expressed, sometimes without much substance, and rumors that swiftly circulate, because someone heard that someone said that something is so⎯and...

The Sum of Our Decisions   October 18, 1970

“No one can ask honestly or hope fully to be delivered from temptation,” said John Ruskin, “unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out...

The Strength of Being Calm   April 19, 1970

It has been long since William George Jordan wrote his essay on The Majesty of Calmness – but perhaps more than then, it is needed now. He did not have in mind the calmness of inertia, or of...

The Hurts of the Heart   November 29, 1970

There are physical hurts in life, accidents, illness, financial misfortunes, which men often manage to survive. But there are hurts of the heart that pull people down in deep discouragement,...

The Character of Our Country   February 8, 1970

Some historians say there have been some nineteen civilizations rise and fall in human history, and the principal cause for downfall was moral decay. Civilization and survival, are, besides all...