The Search for Mysteries October 29, 1944
One reason why progress is possible is that there are always among us those who are never content with what they know or with what other men know⎯those wholesomely restless spirits who are always...
On Foretelling Things to Come November 5, 1944
Men, it would seem, have in common an urgent desire to know more about the future⎯a desire which demonstrates itself in many ways, and for many reasons. In some respects and to some extent the...
On Knowing the Future November 12, 1944
People sometimes ask impatiently: “Why can’t we know more about the future?” “Why shouldn’t we know the future?” One part of a possible answer to this problem, so...
A Idea Whose Time Has Arrived, November 26, 1944
A much-quoted thought from Victor Hugo is presented for our pondering: “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world,” he said, “and that is an idea whose time has...
To Those Who Fail to Conform December 3, 1944
Using the term in its broadest meaning, history has produced many non-conformists. Every generation produces many non-conformists. And, indeed, every community, and perhaps almost every family,...
Yesterday's Tomorrow January 21, 1945
To Those Who Think They Were Born Too Late or Too Soon January 28, 1945
We are most likely, of course, to see the problems of our own particular time—and there are always those who wonder why if fell to their lot to live in this particular time—those who feel that they...
The Critical Years February 11, 1945
We hear many opinions concerning the most critical period of life. Of course any answer to this question would depend upon what particular kind of crisis we have in mind. For some things, especially...
The Fallacy of "Waiting Till They Grow Up" February 25, 1945
We sometimes hear of parents and others who are responsible for the guidance of youth, who postpone the spiritual and moral instruction of children. This attitude is sometimes defended as being...
He Shall Not Be Afraid of Evil Tidings March 4, 1945
This Passing Time March 11, 1945
Testimony in Print March 18, 1945
Concerning Differences in Men March 25, 1945
There is a commonplace but ever-startling observation to be made concerning men, and that is: how very much alike they are, and yet how very different. Those reared in the same home at the same time...
Concerning Varieties of Ignorance April 8, 1945
As children we are excused from many mistakes because of our ignorance. And often later in life we would like to claim the same immunity—which brings us again before this question: When is ignorance...
Questions Beyond Answers April 22, 1945
The questions asked by children are seemingly in terminable, as those who have attempted to answer them know: “Why this?” “Why that?” “Why everything?”—and every...
Peace and People April 29, 1945
When men have peace, they often use it carelessly and esteem it lightly. But when it has gone from us we come to know how blessed we were when we had it, and we yearn for it, in anguish and in...
Between Man and His Maker May 13, 1945
To pray does not mean the same thing to all men. There are those to whom prayer is but a formality—an established custom, and accepted pattern to speak and to hear on set occasions. There are those...
As Men Pray May 20, 1945
The Needs of our lives are many—but they are perhaps not so many as we sometimes permit ourselves to suppose. Like the children we are, we are often inclined to pray for things think are essential...
Of Remembrance May 27, 1945
There are many kinds of remembrance, some of which are superficial and some of which are very real. There is a kind of remembrance that confines itself to formal occasions, that is ceremoniously...