We Are Not Alone… April 8, 1951
Some men live blessedly long, and richly round out a fullness of years. Some are taken sooner. But no matter how long we are allowed to live in this life, we are all faced with some uncertainties,...
The Purpose and Power of Prayer April 15, 1951
The fact that we pray doesn’t mean that everything we pray for will immediately be ours or that everything we pray against will immediately be wiped away. Fathers, however fond and...
Seeing Ourselves--and Others April 22, 1951
Literally, no man ever sees himself as others see him. No photograph or reflection ever gives us the same slant on ourselves that others see. It has often been proved on the witness stand that no...
Stand Up and Be Counted April 29, 1951
Count Tolstoy once wrote: “…if we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out at once that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of men just as we are,...
Individual Integrity May 6, 1951
We are deeply grateful for all our material blessings and for the personal freedom which is so essential to human happiness. But in all that we are or have or hope to be, there is one essential...
How Much Do We Expect of Mothers? May 13, 1951
It is amazing how much we expect of mothers, and how much they are of all that we expect. There is no career so demanding, no profession so filled with diverse duties. First of all they offer...
A Bad Act and a Worse Excuse May 20, 1951
As one of the ancient philosophers observed: “where we wish to judge of weights, we do not judge at haphazard; where we wish to judge what is straight and what is crooked, we do not judge at...
While the Earth Remaineth May 27, 1951
Going Places June 3, 1951
Sometimes people who are working their way up through the various processes of preparation and apprenticeship become discouraged by the long look ahead. They see those who have...
Settlement Before Sundown June 10, 1951
Have you ever walked out of your way to avoid speaking to someone? If you have, no doubt you remember that you weren’t quite comfortable. The more people you feel you have to avoid, the more...
Trials of Our Teens June 17, 1951
We well remember those years—the years when we had definitely “arrived” as adults. Our problems, which often seemed deeply serious to us, were not always considered so by others. More...
The Spirit and the Letter of the Law June 24, 1951
The spirit and the letter of the law have long come in for comment. Certainly we cannot get along without either the spirit or the letter of the law. There must be both. The law is dead without the...
Our Legacy of Liberty July 1, 1951
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six American signed what has since become a symbol of our legacy of liberty: the Declaration of Independence. Now, because these men of liberty have become legend, we may...
I Won't Count This Time… July 8, 1951
Rip Van Winkle, in Jefferson’s Play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, ‘I won’t count this time!’ Well, he may not count it; and a kind heaven may not...
The Real Thing July 22, 1951
Occasionally we see pictures of stars with their stand-ins. To the camera they may look remarkably alike, and no doubt they have many qualities in common. But the one is the “real thing”...
The Way "Home" July 29, 1951
The Question of Divorce August 5, 1951
And We Shall Understand August 19, 1951
Perhaps we are all aware, and somewhat troubled at times, at the seeming injustices and unexplained adversities and unanswered questions of life. Our questioning may be caused by someone who has...
And the Scales Will Be Balanced August 26, 1951
On this question again of people who seem to receive more or less from life than they deserve: We sometimes see honest and able men who seem unsuccessful, and we see unscrupulous and unethical men...
The Question of Quitting… September 9, 1951
Besides the more or less “normal” reasons for restlessness, we are all well aware that there come at times additional causes of uncertainty and indecision that confront young people. Of...