Have Faith! Go Forward!   February 9, 1969

On this George Washington week end, thankfully we think upon what is made possible by patriots and honest, hardworking people, past and present − and by Divine Providence. Nowhere in history have so...

Reason to Respect Ourselves…   February 16, 1969

“The best way to study human nature,” said Tom Masson, “is when nobody else is present.”1 We often ask why other men don’t do better than they do; why others...

For Lessons We Refuse to Learn…   February 23, 1969

Life is good—if we leave to let it be. It is also difficult at times. No one ever said it wouldn’t be. Certainly the Creator did not say so—but has given us counsel and precautions. In a...

On Becoming Qualified   March 2, 1969

There is something George Eliot said that has overtones for all of us: “What is opportunity to the man who can’t use it?” 1 These words have special meaning for those who are...

The Humor That Hurts   March 9, 1969

A sense of humor would seem to be one of life’s absolute essentials _ that is, a wholesome sense of humor. But there is a humor that heals, a humor that helps, and a humor that harms and...

The Humor That Makes Us Ashamed   March 16, 1969

There is a searching, meaningful sentence from Emerson: “Beware of jokes…(from which) we go away hollow and ashamed.” 1 We have talked before of the humor that hurts, the humor that...

On Being a Good Sport   March 23, 1969

Frequently we hear the phrase, “Come on, be a good sport” _ or something else that means the same. It is sometimes used as an inducement to persuade people to participate in wholesome...

And What of Death...?   April 6, 1969

Some of the loneliest of loneliness in life comes with loss of loved ones, and some of the most sobering concern comes with wondering where they are and when again shall we see them. Moved by such...

Tomorrow Morning…   April 13, 1969

“Though we sometimes speak of a primrose path,” said John Erskine, “we all know that a bad life is just as difficult, just as full of obstacles and hardships, as a good one…The...

When You Make a Mistake…   April 20, 1969

“When you make a mistake,” said Hugh White, “take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The...

How to Cure a Bad Conscience…   April 27, 1969

“The voice of conscience,” said Madame de Stael, “is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.” 1...

A Word Called Compassion…   May 4, 1969

There is a word in our language that is called compassion _ a sense of sympathy, a sense of fellowship in feeling, a sense of others’ suffering _ and it puts us in mind of some lines from...

The Parents of Your Children   May 11, 1969

On Making Memories…   May 18, 1969

In this marvelous mind, this marvelous memory God has given, are stored away the impressions of life: what we have done and seen and thought and heard and said⎯all that makes the total experience of...

Does Anyone Know of a Better Bet?   June 1, 1969

Quarreling--and Happiness at Home   June 8, 1969

The best of living comes with harmony and happiness at home. And this depends, after all, upon character and courtesy _ and just plain common sense. And why, oh why would people who live in this...

My Departed Hours--Where Are They?   June 15, 1969

The weeks seem only hours, they go so swiftly. “My departed hours _ where are they?” 1 _ the poet asked in anguish. And when we look at what we do with passing days, the lost times, the...

For Directions on How to Live Life   June 22, 1969

Where should we⎯or can we go for directions on how to live life? Perhaps we can draw a parallel. Where would we go for directions on how to use a machine, a car, or a complex piece of equipment? Who...

You…grown Older…   June 29, 1969

“There is an old man up there ahead of you that ought to know. He looks somewhat like you, talks like you, walks like you. He has your nose, your eyes, your chin: and whether he loves you or...

A New Crop of Fools Comes On…   July 6, 1969

This message was sent to a president of the United States by a group of concerned young people: “We stand for preservation of our heritage through obedience to law.”1 Without law, we...