What Is Man?   February 20, 1955

It has been many centuries since the Psalmist asked this ever-recurring question: “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” Both before and since then, many have asked it over and...

And Ye Shall Know the Truth…   February 27, 1955

Not too infrequently it would be well to turn attention to Pilate’s timeless question,”What is truth?”⎯for on the answer hangs all we are or ever hope to be. On the answer hangs...

On a Dark and Sleepless Night…   March 6, 1955

A sentence recently read offers these words of wise and comforting counsel: “Do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.” No doubt most...

All Present or Accounted For…   March 13, 1955

It is a wonderful, comforting, reassuring feeling when parents, mentally, can call the roll, and find all the family in⎯safe and secure. When families are young in years it is comparatively easy to...

And Never Cease to Search…   March 20, 1955

Dangerous though truth may be at times, it is not nearly so dangerous as ignorance is. Of course, ignorance, like all the other words we use, has various definitions and degrees. There is a great...

On Living in Tight Compartments…   April 17, 1955

Sometimes some people seem to pride themselves on being self-contained, on withholding their thoughts and experiences from others. Up to a point, this may be evidence of a strong and admirable...

On Keeping Confidences…   April 24, 1955

As already observed, there is strength and safety and sincere satisfaction in sharing thoughts and feelings and experiences with those we love and live with⎯husbands and wives, children with...

Someone to Be Safe With…   May 1, 1955

We have talked of sharing and of keeping confidences. Now, for a moment, we should like to talk of someone to trust⎯someone to be safe with. There are many exciting people, many talented and able...

In Turning Homeward…   May 8, 1955

There is something hallowed in turning homeward. Homeward turns the child tired from school or play. Homeward turns the man or woman weary from work, weary from the problems and the hard competitive...

On Relying on Laws and Locks   May 15, 1955

On the question of being safe with someone: After all other considerations are taken into account and given their proper appraisal, we had just as well, first and always, face this fact: that the...

On Outsmarting Other Men   May 22, 1955

There is another side to this subject of someone to trust, someone to be safe with, and that is this: The person who is foolish enough to suppose that he can outsmart other men, that he can outsmart...

The Designer… and the Design   May 29, 1955

In some ways, time heals and softens the sharpness of many sorrows, but the sharpness of separation from our loved ones can become acute at any time, as any moment may bring its own reminders of...

On Coming to Accountability   June 5, 1955

The Connotations of Cleanliness   June 12, 1955

There are many words whose sounds are sweet because of what they connote words such as warmth and love, home and friends, peace and quiet, comfort and kindness and so many more that have come to...

He Was Good to My Son   June 19, 1955

Have you ever heard a father say of someone: “He was good to my son”? If you have, you have no doubt sensed something that goes far deeper than any ordinary gratitude. It seems that a...

The Unanswered Questions   June 26, 1955

All of us are troubled at times by the unanswered questions of life. All of us wonder at times about the point and purpose of many things, and even wonder why we are here. Such thoughts may...

Thou Inquirest What Liberty Is…   July 3, 1955

We begin with a sentence with which we could well conclude a sentence taken from the New Testament”Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” and then add to it a question and an...

When Are We Going to Get There?   July 10, 1955

A frequent question from those who are going somewhere is this: “When are we going to get there?” It is a question typical of children headed for picnic places. It is a question typical...

To Enjoy the Journey   July 17, 1955

On this question again of wondering always when we are going to “get there”: When our children are young and very dependent upon us, sometimes perhaps we think what we would do if we...

To Live, to Work, to Worship…   July 24, 1955

“The beginning of things,” wrote an eminent American, “always causes emotions to arise.” The beginning of things: cities, countries—conveniences—we take them somewhat for...