Some Stories About Beethoven (1915): “He placed the claims of life, right,
and truth in a place of supremacy over all other claims.”
The Obligation of Good Cheer (1916): “Whoever has a cheerful disposition
has that much of a start toward positive and complete goodness.”
Worship and Service (1916): “He who would die in the spirit of the cross
must live there.”
Do It Right (1917): “...the maxim which pointed the way to their
mutual success.”
Life’s Handicaps (1918): “Along whatever way one’s path may happen to lie,
...his life would be utterly unnatural if it were devoid of difficulties.”
The Riverside (1918): “It is not what we would like to do in this life,
but what we really get done that counts.”
Determinants (1921): “The nature of a man can be altered or reversed.”
Love’s Burdens (1921): “In some unfeeling, intellectually ideal republic,
such a pitiful piece of human wreckage might have been cast upon the
junk heap.”
The Successors of Tantalus (1921): “Yet these unrealized hopes are among
the most valuable experiences we have.”
The Christian Standard of Greatness (1922): “‛If any man would be first,
he shall be last of all and the servant of all.’”
The Objective of Service (1922): “Humanity is, therefore, the most
important object to which our interest and service can be dedicated.
It represents both the divine problem and the human task.”
Our Blessings of Deliverance (1922): “No less important than the things
which we have been given are the things from which we have been saved.”
The Redemption of Jean Valjean (1922): “[Victor Hugo] furnishes us a
master picture of the upward struggle of a soul despite the influences
acting within and without to keep it down.”
Eulogy for Joseph E. Henley [excerpt] (1924): “we have none too much of
simple human kindness”
The Corner Stones of Life (1925): “Any product that has in it only the
very best of materials suggests just one thing—character.”
Eulogy for Sanford F. Teter [excerpt] (1928): “He passed through the fire,
but he did not let it burn away his courage...”