The Signs of the Times
A public address urging cooperation among reformers, encouraging perseverance by tracing global advances in education, morals, and government, and affirming God's sovereignty.
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The Signs of the Times
The Value of an Ideal
William J. Bryan argues that a high, enduring ideal shapes character, sustains service, and prevents despair—urging civic engagement, education, and selfless public service.
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The Price of a Soul
William J. Bryan argues the soul's value far outweighs worldly wealth, warning against the love of money and urging honest earning, wise spending, and service to society.
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“The Causeless War” and Its Lessons for Us
Argues war's unprecedented harm to neutrals, condemns 'might makes right' and preparedness, and advocates mediation and international arbitration for lasting peace.
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“The War in Europe” and Its Lessons for Us
Bryan denounces WWI's unprecedented slaughter and the 'might makes right' ethic, highlights harms to neutrals, and urges reform of international law toward permanent peace.
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The First Commandment
Bryan expounds the first commandment, denouncing modern false gods—money, fashion, fame, ease—and urging wholehearted love of God as the basis for moral and social life.
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Heart to Heart Appeals
A collection of William J. Bryan's speeches (1890–1916) addressing government, economic policy, imperialism, labor, suffrage, and Christianly grounded peace and religious ideals.
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The Bible and Its Enemies
William J. Bryan defends the Bible against agnostics, atheists, and "Higher Criticism." He upholds its divine authority and moral wisdom, challenging critics to produce a better book.
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In His Image
William J. Bryan defends belief in God and the Bible, offering cosmological, teleological, moral, historical and scriptural arguments for creation and applying faith to young lives.
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The Menace of Darwinism
William J. Bryan argues that Darwinism threatens belief in God, the Bible, and Christ, defends creation, and urges Christians to oppose evolutionary teaching in public education.
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The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan's memoirs recount his upbringing, conversion at 14, and political rise. He credits faith, American virtue, and fortunate opportunities for his success.
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The Church, Her Colleges and the Carnegie Foundation
Traces the Church's role in founding U.S. colleges, highlights chronic underfunding and low faculty/ministry pay, and endorses Carnegie's pension plan for retired professors.
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The Rainy Day
A Western-educated Chinese student faces family pressure, cultural conflict, and despair upon returning home. The piece calls churches and missionaries to understand and support returning students.
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The Good Earth
Opening of The Good Earth: farmer Wang Lung prepares for his marriage day—washing, shaving, buying wedding provisions—while caring for his ailing father and readying the household.
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The Laymen’s Mission Report
Pearl S. Buck praises the Laymen’s Foreign Mission Inquiry report as a transformative, constructive blueprint for reorganizing missions and reviving Christian witness.
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