Setting Aside the Seed   September 16, 1951

The question of saving and conserving is always a matter for serious consideration. The basic virtue of thrift for the future has been taught from time immemorial, and the wisdom of it has been...

A False Type of Tolerance   September 30, 1951

Continually there comes before us the question of tolerance. Men, after all, are individuals, and we should find ourselves in hopeless friction without sincere tolerance to allow the give and take...

How Fine the Line   October 7, 1951

It is a dramatic and terrifying fact that a man can do a thing right a thousand times, and then when he does it wrong just once, tragedy comes. Except for some very narrow escapes, perhaps any of us...

Decisions   October 14, 1951

Every hour, every day, each of us is called upon to make many decisions. Some of them may involve nothing more than a choice between two neckties. But some of them are far-reaching and fundamental,...

The Evils Have Their Life, Their Li   October 21, 1951

There is an almost limitless list of things to worry about⎯a list that may seem to have grown longer lately. Our problems sometimes seem to have multiplied, and also our perplexities. But perhaps...

Self-Justification   October 28, 1951

It seems that there is almost nothing in which men cannot justify themselves in their own eyes, if they set about to do so. The embezzler, for example, seldom steals money in his own mind or...

It Isn't My Turn   November 4, 1951

In almost any circle or society, in almost any group or gathering, or among families or friends, there are almost always some who do their share or more, and some who seem to be afraid that they...

On Another Armistice   November 11, 1951

As we face the future from here, we are aware of some of the disappointments of the past. We are aware, for example, that repeated declarations of peace have not as yet proved to be permanent. We...

The Point of Departure   November 25, 1951

When we find ourselves on a wrong road, our first reaction is to look back and think at what point we departed from the right road. But sometimes we may have gone a long way before we are fully...

Why Don't They Do Something?   December 2, 1951

Sometimes we seem to look at life as if we were watching the progress of a play in which we have no part. Sometimes we see to be detached and to act as if we had no responsibility toward anything...

Do as I Say!   December 9, 1951

On Edge   December 16, 1951

Altogether too many of us our living on edge. The symptoms of the pressure and impatience are all around us. And as parents perhaps we often lose our tempers and jump at our children and say things...

The Greatest News--and the Greatest Gift   December 23, 1951

Some wise and well-informed men concluded, on questioning, that the greatest news story in the world would be for someone who had died to return from the realm of death, someone who could testify of...

The Shifting Beneath Our Feet   December 30, 1951

“And Jesus made as though he would have gone further…But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” There comes a time in the life...

Do We Know What We Want?   January 6, 1952

Almost all of us could come closer to having what we want, if we were sure we knew what we wanted. Of course we know we want “happiness” and “peace” and...

That My Child May Have Peace   January 13, 1952

There is an impressive plea by Thomas Paine expressed in this sentence in 1776: “If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” Perhaps we could be...

Faith--Where Understanding Falters   January 20, 1952

Frequently we speak of things we don’t understand⎯and they are infinitely innumerable: for life is a process of searching and seeking, with a little finding here and there and with much need...

Errors of Understanding   January 27, 1952

Often we presume to know other men’s hearts and minds and motives, and to condemn and to condone. And no doubt we are often right in our appraisal of other people. But we cannot be certainly...

From Here On…   February 3, 1952

It seems that there are always some regrets in the living of life. No matter what decisions we make or fail to make, we are likely to wonder what would have happened if we had done differently; and...

From Lincoln's Life   February 10, 1952

In the days and years before and immediately following the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, many earnest and eminent men expressed themselves concerning his qualifications and contributions to his...