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The Undercurrent Of The Times, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection — “bundle #6” — that is labeled “Sermons During the War.” While there is no explicit date on this sermon, evidence in the text itself places it on Sunday April 29, 1917. The text references the recent entry of the United States into World War I (April 4, 1917) and the start of the Russian Revolution (March 8, 1917) the next Tuesday, May Day, May 1, 1917.

This sermon was given just after the US entry into World War I. Davis sees the war as the final nail in the coffin of what he …

The Spirit Of '76, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection — “bundle #6” — that is labeled “Sermons During the War.” In this collection were two sermons that noted in their first paragraph a request to ministers to preach a patriotic sermon, this one, and “A Sermon on Patriotism.” Both appear to be incomplete given their abrupt endings. These were likely two different attempts to draft “a patriotic sermon.” Neither has an explicit date, but internal evidence in “A Sermon on Patriotism” clearly dates them to April 15, 1917, very shortly after the United States entered “the Great War” on April 6, …

A Sermon On Patriotism, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #6”—that is labeled “Sermons During the War.” In this collection were two sermons that noted in their first paragraph a request to ministers to preach a patriotic sermon, this one, and “The Spirit of ‘76.” Both appear to be incomplete given their abrupt endings. Thus, our best guess is that these are two different attempts to draft “a patriotic sermon.” Neither has an explicit date. But internal evidence in “A Sermon on Patriotism” clearly dates them to April 15, 1917, very shortly after the United States entered “the Great War,” April 6, 1917.

Davis' …

The Church As Fellowship For Common Purpose, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #6”—that is labeled “Sermons During the War.” There is no explicit date on this sermon, but from the text this clearly is an Easter sermon. Also in the text there is reference to the Good Friday of that year — April 6, 1917 — being the day the United States declared war and entered World War I. Davis provides comments on this as well.

An Easter Sunday sermon in which Davis provides some personal history -- growing up on a farm, loving nature, encountering a strike as a young college student -- all to …