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...
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...
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...
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...
The Future January 7, 1951
Always we are faced with the fact that it is only given to men to see so far, and that the future is cloaked and closed. As Emerson observed, the Creator “with grand politeness…draws...
Fifteen Minutes a Day January 14, 1951
One of the most important differences in men is the difference in what they do when they don’t have to do anything. Of course, much of the time of all of us is taken by things that must be...
Self-Searching January 21, 1951
There is a seventeenth-century proverb that reads: “Believe no tales from an enemy’s tongue.” But perhaps we can believe our own examination of ourselves. And so, for a moment,...
Our Own Time January 28, 1951
“It is the nature of man,” wrote Macaulay, “to overrate present evil and to underrate present good; to long for what he has not, and to be dissatisfied with what he has.” It...
You Don't Know What You're Missing! February 4, 1951
Lincoln--and Peace and Repentance February 11, 1951
No matter what perplexing problems we face, it is somewhat reassuring, and also somewhat sobering, to look back to the counsel, to the principles and purpose with which others have faced crisis and...
There Are No New Plots or Principles February 18, 1951
In facing the present and the future we must always draw upon the experiences and the principles of the past. Of course we pass through the limits of this life only once, but other men have been...
The Certainty of Uncertainty March 4, 1951
In those days when there seemed to be more mottoes and philosophical sentences found framed and hanging on our walls, we remember seeing one which read: “Today is the tomorrow you worried...
Too Quick to Quit…? March 11, 1951
One of the most pressing problems concerns the perplexities of young people. The picture and the pattern change so fast for them that they must constantly wonder what they can count on. And so we...
The Faith of Our Fathers March 18, 1951
The Unfulfilled Future March 25, 1951
Final Findings April 1, 1951
In the revisions of a certain encyclopedia the statement was made that scientific and other subjects must frequently be reviewed and modified to keep abreast of the newest and latest knowledge⎯which...