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...
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...
O Thus Be It Ever… July 2, 1950
We have come to another day of national remembrance⎯a day to remind us what this nation meant to those who offered their lives to bring it into being and to remind us what it now means to us, and to...
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...
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...
Fearful Voyager August 6, 1950
If we were to allow ourselves to be frightened by the daily impact of all we see and all we hear and by all the disappointing circumstances of life, we should soon be so upset that we would lose...
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....
Of Human Jealousy August 27, 1950
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...
Teaching for the Future September 10, 1950
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...
Let a Man Examine Himself September 24, 1950
For many purposes, people are constantly being classified. But quite apart from the classifications into which other people place us, we also constantly classify ourselves. It is a common human...
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...
Children in Understanding October 8, 1950
In times of trouble and of tragedy, there are always those who would question the Creator, and there are also those who would rule Him out of existence. There are those who, in their resentment...
Beginning Together October 15, 1950
Often young people who are beginning life together become discouraged because they can’t begin where their parents “left off.” There are many things they want, and working and...
Faith Against Fear October 22, 1950
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...
But Men and Women Aren't Statistics! November 12, 1950
There is sometimes a tendency to look upon the problems of other people as statistical rather than personal. Unless we guard ourselves against it, we are inclined to think of men in numbers and in...
Fourscore and Seven Years Ago… November 19, 1950
On November 19, 1863 an immortal American uttered an immortal message. Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. We are thankful that America has had such men; we are thankful for the faith and...
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...