A Man on His Knees February 7, 1965
We turn today to a sentence which says: “There is no limit to the reach and power of prayer.” Not only is there no limit, but in some situations there is no substitute—as many have come...
The Reach and Power of Prayer February 14, 1965
“There is no limit to the reach and power of prayer.”1 Everyone needs help, no one is self-made, no one is self-sufficient, no one, in a sense, is safe, for all are subject to accident,...
Washington and the Genius of Character February 21, 1965
As young people face problems, the qualities of character that have shaped the leaders of the past become urgently important in the present. And this increasingly becomes clear: that without...
The Use of Profanity February 28, 1965
On the prevalent practice of profanity, we cite these words from George Washington: “The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and los, that every...
We Can Be All There… March 7, 1965
One of the most gracious and considerate men of our acquaintance, and one of the busiest also, puts at ease those who come to call by giving them his complete attention. Many people seem preoccupied...
The Courtesy of Giving Attention March 14, 1965
“If there be anything that can be called genius,” said Thomas Reid, “it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind . ....
Seeing People a Second Time March 21, 1965
This provocatively was expressed by a successful executive, who said: “You always meet people a second time.”1 Sometimes in thoughtlessness we behave towards others as if we would never...
What Cometh Out of a Man March 28, 1965
What a man laughs at, may be the measure of his mind.1 The words he uses may also be the measure of his mind, or even more than his mind⎯his character, his soul, what he is inside. Said the Master...
What Two Married People Owe Each Other April 4, 1965
John Ruskin said, “Do not think you can make a girl lovely, if you do not make her happy.”1 This moves us to the question of marriage, of parents, of children, and of all that happens at...
Marriage Is More Than Two People… April 11, 1965
“It is commonly though that the number of marriages which are more disappointing is greater than of those which give more blessedness,” observed one author. “But the enlargement...
To Know That Life Never Ends… April 18, 1965
With deeply moving insight a poet left us these words: Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before? There is much earnest...
Where Else but Home? April 25, 1965
“Every home is perforce a good or bad educational center,” wrote Ida Tarbell. “It does its work in spite of every effort to shrink or supplement it. No teacher can entirely undo...
Acting in Anger May 2, 1965
Uncontrolled anger is an outcropping of character. “Men must not turn into bees (that put their lives into their sting) . . .” said Sir Francis Bacon. “To contain anger from...
Everything Touches Everything… May 16, 1965
About a century ago, John Muir in looking at the great expanse of Nature, wrote a book called My First Summer in the Sierra, in which he said: “No Sierra landscape that I have seen holds...
The Doctrine of Completed Work May 23, 1965
We have seen sometime, somewhere, a title⎯”The doctrine of completed work.” There is a limit to what we can pursue effectively at any one time; and one way to keep from ineffective...
Nor Is the Extinction of Life Logical… May 30, 1965
There are some wonderfully satisfying assurances as to those who have left this life. Often we cite scripture as to the reality of resurrection, the certainty of eternal life but would turn now to...
The Personal Contribution June 6, 1965
Rudyard Kipling, said an eminent observer, took a piece of paper, which certainly would have cost less than a penny, and wrote on it the “Recessional,” with all the stirring, moving...
Never Treat Any Person as a Thing June 13, 1965
A commencement speaker asked a question that all should ask themselves: “What have you go to sell?” Perhaps more properly it could be put: What have you got to offer? What have you got...
What Has Happened to Virtue? June 27, 1965
“We are too inclined to think of law as something merely restrictive,” said Cecil B. DeMille, “⎯something hemming us in. We sometimes think of law as the opposite of liberty. But...
A Quota of Mistakes July 11, 1965
In explaining an obvious error, an observant person replied: “If I make one mistake again, then I should be seriously concerned.” This would seem to be good counsel, except as it may too...