Sins of Omission July 6, 1952
Sometimes we hear someone defensively say, “I haven’t done anything”⎯which suggests a subject: Innocence isn’t always merely a matter of not doing anything. The privilege of...
On Being at Our Best July 13, 1952
The Triumph of Principles July 20, 1952
Hidden in Their Hearts July 27, 1952
Most of the men and women who move about us from day to day are carrying their share of trouble and disappointment and sorrow hidden within their hearts; and we, with unseeing eyes, often walk...
Young People--and Independence August 3, 1952
There are periods perhaps in the lives of most young people when they are impatient with counsel and precautions, when they wonder why they have to be responsible to parents, why they cannot have...
On Being Where We Ought to Be August 10, 1952
When we are supposed to be doing something we don’t do, often we have to argue with ourselves inside. A man has to give himself a reasonable reason for what he does or fails to do, and if the...
When a Mouse Falls Into a Meal Sack… August 17, 1952
There is an old Dutch proverb that reads, “When a mouse falls into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself.”which suggests something of the sincere humility that all of us should...
If Men Be Good August 24, 1952
Harboring Our Hurts August 31, 1952
No doubt the course of history has many times been altered because someone has had his feelings hurt. There are some classic examples that suggest themselves, one such at the siege of Troy with...
The Importance of Principles September 7, 1952
Be Wary How Ye Judge September 21, 1952
The Worst That Could Happen September 28, 1952
The Long Look October 5, 1952
There seems to be little evidence that the Creator of the universe was ever in a hurry. Everywhere, on this bounteous and beautiful earth, and to the farthest reaches of the firmament, there is...
Excuses October 19, 1952
One of the obvious evidences of man’s ingenuity is the excuses he contrives to make. The variety and plausibility of our explanations to ourselves and others for our failures to perform...
Impatience With Imperfection October 26, 1952
Telling the Truth November 9, 1952
There is a sentence from one of the writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge that suggests a deeply significant subject: “Veracity,” he said, “does not consist in saying, but in the...
The Agony of Indecision November 16, 1952
As we look back upon the plight of Hamlet with all his troubles and sorrows, one of the things for which he was much to be pitied was his agony of indecision his hanging between “to be or not...
Suppose We Lost Everything… November 23, 1952
It has sometimes been suggested that to make us fully thankful, everything we have should be taken from us, and then one time, each cherished and essential thing should be given back to us again. It...
Faith Is Not to Have a Perfect Knowledge November 30, 1952
We hear much concerning the need for faith – faith is the future, faith in God, faith in the unknown – but what is this faith that is so freely talked off Faith is that quality that enables men to...
The Problem of Disciplining People… December 7, 1952
There is an always urgent field for thought in the problem of disciplining people. Parents, and others, frequently find themselves searching and praying and pleading for wisdom and guidance in the...