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...
Surviving the First Shock… December 14, 1952
In any loss or injury or illness or accident, the first sharpness of pain, the first fear, the first disappointment, the first sense of sorrow, may seem almost unbearable. But mercifully, in the...
The Closing of the Calendar December 28, 1952
So soon the cycle has once more swiftly turned itself, and suddenly we come again to the closing of the calendar. It seems only a few short weeks since we were watching another calendar close, since...
What's Past Is Prologue January 4, 1953
There is a comforting line from Shakespeare which in one short sentence has much to suggest: “What’s past is prologue.” It is a plea for hope, for new beginnings, for not brooding...
Why Should We Work? January 11, 1953
There is in most of us at times a tendency not to do anything that is difficult to do, not to perform any unpleasant service or engage in any inconvenient activity. The tendency is often more...
The Liability of Loose Threats January 18, 1953
Sometimes someone is heard to say what he will do to someone else if! And in that “if” a threat is uttered or implied. Threats may seem necessary under some circumstances, but all of us...
The Pursuit of Pleasant Pastimes January 25, 1953
Often we complain about being busy, and certainly at times we are too busy sometimes at essential things and sometimes at nonessential things. And because we are so busy, we may sometimes wish for...