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That Man May Live, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

The second of two December 1909 sermons ("Good Will Among Men" is the first) on the "real meaning of Christmas. Davis says to honor Jesus -- to really honor him -- is to recognize that he really believed in creating heaven on earth. We have to do the work now to strive for that ideal and not worship some past hero -- such as Jesus -- and hope that said past hero will save us today. Such focus on the past distracts from the hard work needed today to create the better future for tomorrow.

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Good Will Among Men, Is It A Fact Or A Theory? (Incomplete), Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is the first of two 1909 sermons (the second being on the 'That Man May Live') David gave about the "real meaning" of Christmas. Davis is concerned that the real meaning of Christ is submerged in a bunch of sentimental pseudo-history, "pure and unadulterated rot." He discusses the Roman god Saturnus and the annual Saturnalia festival and holiday. He discusses Jesus' early life and initially becoming aware of his faith. He also talks about his early disciples. This sermon is incomplete.

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Is Your God Dead?, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26,

Everyone, everywhere all the time is balancing the world that is with the world to be. We make the world--with the world's help--through our aspirations and ideals. Our living God is the God that lies behind your ideals. Davis writes, "What is your God? Your God is your image of your true and secret aspiration for the things that shall be, for the human life that shall be attained."

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Carrizozo News, 12-03-1909, J.A. Haley

Carrizozo News, 1908-1919

No abstract provided.

Las Vegas Optic, 12-02-1909, The Optic Publishing Co.

Las Vegas Daily Optic, 1896-1907

No abstract provided.

John Brown And The Passion For Justice, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

Nearly 50 years after John Brown's execution for his role in the taking of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, this sermon celebrates Brown's commitments to end slavery, and more broadly to justice. The sermon draws a connection between Brown and the Pilgrims -- evidently Brown was a direct descendant of a Mayflower passenger -- and with the 19th century Unitarians and transcendentalists. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Victor Hugo are quoted on their opinions of Brown.

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Roswell Daily Record, 11-19-1909, H. E. M. Bear

Roswell Daily Record, 1903-1910

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (November 17, 1909), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

The Individual And Society, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

In this sermon Davis considers, and rejects, two extreme views: complete determinism and complete personal responsibility.

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Transcription by Davis Baird. Item description based off writing and context provided by Davis Baird.

The Colby Echo (November 10, 1909), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

The Spirit Of The Times, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection — “bundle #4” — that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

This sermon explores two principles of the modern world: (1) Democracy -- every person counts, and (2) Labor -- one should only achieve by one's labor. Davis traces the long germination of these ideas back as far as the Peasant's revolt of 1381 with quotes from John Ball (1338-1381) and William Langland's poem "Piers the Plowman." He then ties the second principle of labor to Christian ethics (with support from George Burman Foster's 1909 book The Function of Religion …

The Independent, V. 35, Thursday, October 21, 1909, [Whole Number: 1789], The Independent

The Independent Newspaper, 1898-1952

[8] p. "Accept and Defend the Truth Wherever Found." Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, agricultural reading matter, fiction, public sales and advertisements.

Ex-President Eliot As A Religious Thinker, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909; this included the period of time when Earl Davis was a student in the Harvard Divinity School. This sermon was inspired by a conference held at the opening of the 1909 Harvard Divinity School summer session. Roughly half of the sermon focuses on the address by Charles Eliot — then having just stepped down from the Harvard Presidency — which closed the conference. This address ultimately was published — Charles …

Santa Fe New Mexican, 10-06-1909, New Mexican Printing Company

Santa Fe New Mexican, 1883-1913

No abstract provided.

Confidence In The Amateur Thinker, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

This sermon advances the idea that "amateur thinkers" are more important to the progress of the world than professional thinkers. Multiple examples are provided, starting with Jesus (as opposed to the priests and scribes of his day), and Amos from the Old Testament. He speaks about the early unrest leading up to the Reformation, specifically the "Thirty Weavers of Worcester" from 1165. More recently, he addresses the cooperative movement of the 19th century. In all these cases it was amateur thinkers that moved …

The Gavelyte, October 1909, Cedarville College

The Gavelyte

No abstract provided.

Roswell Daily Record, 09-28-1909, H. E. M. Bear

Roswell Daily Record, 1903-1910

No abstract provided.

What To Do, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

After reviewing the two principles of the modern world -- integrity of the universe and growth -- this sermon focuses on specific "plodding but necessary" things to do to improve Pittsfield. This includes topics such as housing, intellectual life, and class divisions.

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Albuquerque Morning Journal, 09-21-1909, Journal Publishing Company

Albuquerque Morning Journal 1908-1921

No abstract provided.

Two Great Principles Of The Modern World, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

The sermon presents two principles of the modern world. The first is the integrity of the universe. The second principle is growth. The sermon closes with a passage from William James' A Pluralistic Universe, emphasizing the power of the will to believe. Davis ends the following week's sermon, "What To Do", with the paraphrasing of this same quote as well as discussion regarding these two great principles.

What Go Ye Out To Seek?, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

This sermon is a generous encouragement to be bold and seek the truth, seek righteousness, seek beauty, and seek justice. Davis states "Worship is not at all the attempt to pay tribute to some Deity, or to purchase favor from him. Rather, it is the essential impulse, which is [in] our very nature itself, the impulse to think the structural thoughts of the universe, to measure its ideal achieving capacity, to enter into its inner secrets, to penetrate its deepest and purest purposes, …

Albuquerque Morning Journal, 07-05-1909, Journal Publishing Company

Albuquerque Morning Journal 1908-1921

No abstract provided.

Christianity As The Pleroma. (Concluded.), Paul Carus

The Open Court

No abstract provided.

Our Debt To Thomas Paine, Patriot And Freethinker, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection—“bundle #4”—that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909. Davis discusses Thomas Paine (1737-1809) in one of his history lessons provided in support of congregational education and written in the years before this sermon. See “Lecture IX: Thomas Paine and Theology Without the Church,”

Discusses the important contributions of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) to political thought -- including contributions to both the American and French revolutions -- and religious thought (with his book, The Age of Reason) for which he was harshly judged by the ecclesiastical authorities of the times. Earl …

The Upland Enterprise: June 16, 1909, Upland

The Upland Enterprise (1909-1910)

The June 16, 1909 edition of The Upland Enterprise.

The Making Of Reality, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

This is from the bound collection —“bundle #4”— that includes sermons from February 14, 1909 to December 26, 1909.

The sermon focuses on the fact that humans make their realities -- at least partially -- and at least occasionally by design, following our ideals. Davis uses a play -- Herod: A Tragedy, by Stephen Phillips -- to illustrate his point.

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Transcription by Davis Baird. Item description …

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Thomas J. O'Brien, June 11, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Thomas O'Brien introducing Dr. Clay MacCauley.

Albuquerque Citizen, 06-10-1909, Hughes & Mccreight

Albuquerque Citizen, 1891-1906

No abstract provided.

Albuquerque Morning Journal, 05-31-1909, Journal Publishing Company

Albuquerque Morning Journal 1908-1921

No abstract provided.

Albuquerque Morning Journal, 05-26-1909, Journal Publishing Company

Albuquerque Morning Journal 1908-1921

No abstract provided.