This Anxious Load… April 29, 1956
There comes to mind a stanza of a hymn which has some special meaning for the discouraged and heavyhearted, part of which consists of these two short sentences: “Why should this anxious load...
To Be a Slave to Nothing April 15, 1956
The question of freedom is always before us: what it is—and how much men were meant to have—and how much freedom one can have within the limits of the law. To begin with, we can only conclude that...
Truly the Light Is Sweet… August 26, 1956
There is a short sentence in Ecclesiastes that suggests a subject: “Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is to behold the sun.” “Truly the light is sweet.” If...
We Turn to… "Happiness"… January 15, 1956
At this time of new beginnings, new purposes, new records, new resolve, we turn a moment to a new subject that is timeworn, yet always timely: the subject of “happiness”⎯which all people...
Where Is Mother? May 13, 1956
Two thoughts come sharply through two questions really, almost always asked by children, young or old, when they come home from anywhere at any hour: “Is mother home?” “Where is...
Who Does His "Fair Share"? May 6, 1956
There is a sentence from an unidentified author which says in substance: “There is no limit to the good a man can do, if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.” But sometimes the...