Friend--a Word of Much Meaning   April 27, 1958

“Friend” is a word of much meaning. Sometimes it is applied loosely to mean simply someone we know, someone with whom we have become acquainted. But a friend is much more than merely...

Freedom--So Rare, So Precious, So Perishable   June 29, 1958

May we turn a moment or two to freedom — that freedom which relatively so few in all this world have had, yet which is so essential to the full and effective living of life; that freedom for which...

Coming to Ourselves   February 2, 1958

Choosing the Parents of Our Children   June 22, 1958

All of us make choices every day — choices as to what we do with every hour and every opportunity. And we are constantly faced with contrasts: We turn down or yield to temptations. We keep or we...

Character, Confidence, and Consistency   February 9, 1958

From a forecast of ten things, which can be counted on this one sentence we take from the ten: “Reputations will continue to be made by many acts, and to be lost by one.” This calls to...

Beginning to Be…   April 13, 1958

We often speak of things we would like to do—or like to be. But so often, it seems, there is some distance between where we are and where we wish we were, and it takes effort to cover any distance...

Are We Good for Each Other?   September 21, 1958

To an audience of young people, a wise counselor recently proposed a question concerning those with whom they keep company — a question which all of us could well ask concerning ourselves and all...

All We Could Ask of Heaven…   May 25, 1958

Some thoughtful words of Addison suggest a subject: “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” In other words we...

Against Every Irritation   March 23, 1958

In all the relationships of life, in all relationships with people, there are times that are rich and rewarding, and times that are tense and trying. This is true at home; it is true where we work;...

A Soul in Right Health…   December 14, 1958

“The preservation of health is a duty.”1 In other words, there is — on all of us — an obligation to keep free from contaminating and injurious substances and habits and influences that...

A Mother's Love Outlives Them All   May 11, 1958

Blessedly, in the lives of most of us, there are saving and safeguarding influences moving in the background, molding and mellowing and maturing us—influences of which we are often unaware. And one...