Keeping Alive a Great Spirit
Editorial urging Americans to make 1920 a year of prayer to rekindle the selfless wartime spirit in church and society. Calls for practical Christian devotion and wisdom from God.
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Keeping Alive a Great Spirit
Keeping the Sunday School a Spiritual Force
Calls for a nation-wide revival to renew business, labor, politics and rouse sleepy churches. Urges Sunday schools to stay spiritually focused, using small groups and truth-centered teaching to foster conversion.
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Psalms of the Social Life
Devotional commentary on the Psalms exploring personal and social moods—praise, despair, hope—and how Scripture shapes social life and Christian fellowship. Contains daily readings.
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Persistent Thanksgiving
Editorial urging steadfast, habitual thanksgiving—like Daniel's prayer—traces America's Thanksgiving history and calls for deep gratitude and national service amid war.
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“The Brook Kerith” — Fiction, Not History
Editorial arguing the church is the most potent educational force, chiefly through Sunday schools and Christian colleges. It urges improved instruction without losing evangelistic fervor.
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The Kind of Young Men the Church Wants
Urges college students to cultivate quiet, sincere influence. Advises ministers to possess spiritual concern, intellectual ability, loyalty and courage for church leadership.
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The Tangle of Life: A Bit of Philosophy for Every-Day Living
Issue of The Christian Century (Dec 18, 1913) with essays on Christ's call, missionary work in China, reflections on life's aspirations and social interdependence, plus book reviews.
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Is Christian Unity a Dream?
Two editorials: marriage is a social duty—honor vows and preserve the home for children rather than seek private happiness; church unity comes from shared life and service, not organization or ritual.
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The Five Points of Calvinism Historically Considered
Outlook items: defends an editor's right to criticize police and reports on strike-related trials; surveys the Five Points of Calvinism; and profiles visiting-teacher school cases.
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The Old and the New in Theology: An Address
McAfee advocates a middle way: hold Scripture as authoritative while remaining open to new insights from science, philosophy, and the Spirit, bringing forth 'things new and old.'
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The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Present Task of the Church
Inaugural address urging a reverent, spiritual, and confessional approach to teaching theology—engage science and culture wisely, but remain grounded in Scripture and Westminster standards.
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“His Peace”
Devotional essay urging believers to find Christ's peace amid anxiety, daily friction, and suffering; draws on John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3 and Philippians 4:7.
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The Greatest English Classic: A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and Its Influence on Life and Literature
History of the English Bible leading to the King James Version: surveys the Septuagint, Vulgate, medieval and reformers' translations (Wyclif, Tyndale) and the KJV's literary influence.
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A Shepherd or a Ranchman?
Warns pastors against becoming managers ('ranchmen') rather than shepherds, urging retention of personal pastoral care and priority of souls amid growing social demands.
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Estimating One’s Self Fairly
Argues for balanced self-estimate between pride and false humility. Encourages honest humility that credits God and enables faithful service, seen rightly in Christ.
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Hammering Away
Urges believers to pair prayer with steady effort—"pray and keep hammering away." Also reports the Home Missions Council's cooperative surveys and a proposed home-mission week.
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The Sunday Evening Service Problem
Articles on the Men & Religion movement's fusion of evangelism and social service, its effect on boys' work, J. H. Jowett on thankfulness as a central virtue, and the Sunday evening service problem.
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The Minister and His Laymen
Affirms the Bible's endurance despite higher criticism and describes the minister's role as a spiritual specialist and exemplar who guides, restrains, and inspires laymen.
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The Elastic Minister — But How Elastic?
Two essays urging the church to imitate Christ's compassion—saving, not judging sinners—and advising ministers to balance adaptability to the times with steadfast doctrinal conviction.
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Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
Introduction to Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. Examines Jesus’ conversational style of preaching, the Sermon’s continuity and relation to Luke, and homiletical lessons for pastors.
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