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  • Earl Clement Davis
    • Before, -1902
      • Early Genealogy of the Davis Family
      • Sermons, -1904
        • The Church as a Social Institution, 1901
    • Harvard, 1902-1904
      • Sermons, 1902-1904
        • The Motive Power of Vision, 1903
        • Feed the Whole Man, 1903
        • The Renewal of the Spirit, No Date, probably 1903
        • Labor and Brotherly Love, 1903
        • Education the Means; Religion the Dynamic, 1904
        • Sympathy, 1904
        • The Roots of Victory, 1904
        • The Modern Pioneer, 1904
        • Man’s Responsibility, 1904
        • Simple Religion, No Date
        • Authority in Religious Life, No Date
        • Some Helps by the Way, No Date
        • The World of Fancy, No Date
      • Manuscripts, 1902-04
        • Cotton Mather, No Date
        • John Wise, No Date
        • Charles Chauncy, No Date
        • Charles Chauncy, Continued, No Date
        • Jonathan Edwards, No Date
        • Samuel Hopkins, No Date
    • Pittsfield, Unity Church, 1905-1919
      • Sermons, 1905-1919
        • A Plea for the Principle of a Creedless Church, 1905
        • Abraham Lincoln and the Needs of the Times, 1906
        • The Missionary Spirit, 1906
        • The Place of the Church in the Life of the Individual and in Society, 1908
        • Robert Louis Stevenson, The Man of an Understanding Heart, 1909
        • The New Era, 1914
        • The Great Tradition Becomes The Great Faith, 1918
        • Peace Service Sermon: A Dynamic Peace, 1918
        • Channing, The Apostle of Liberty, 1919
        • Behold: A Man, No Date
        • What Think Ye of Man? No Date
        • The Democratization of Industry, No Date
      • Publications, 1905-1919
        • Socialism: A Reply, 1910
        • The Influence of Democracy on Religious Thought and Practice, 1913
      • Manuscripts, 1905-1919
        • Religion in a Democracy, 1906
        • Address at the Lincoln Celebration Held Under the Auspices of the Colored M.E. Church, 1908
        • Address Given at the Presentation of Diplomas to Members of the Graduating Classes of Grammar Schools in Pittsfield, 1911
        • Robert Burns: The Poet of Common Life, 1912
        • Count Leo Tolstoy: A Tragedy of the Times, undated
        • The Court Jester to King Bourgeois, 1913
        • Review of “The Introduction of Androcles and the Lion” by G. B. Shaw, No Date
        • The Other End of a Shad Dinner, 1916
        • Five Months at Camp Devens, 1919
        • The Strike of the General Electric Company Employees, 1919
        • The Ethical Aspect of Socialism, No Date
        • Industrial Cooperation, No Date
        • Permanent Characteristics of Liberal Religion, No Date
        • Lecture Two, [Late Medieval Period, Frederick II, John Wyclif]
    • Lancaster, Church of Our Father, 1919-1924
      • Sermons, 1919-1924
        • Thanksgiving, Then and Now, 1920
        • An American Sunday, 1921
        • The Power of Understanding: Not Illusion but Truth is Divinity, 1922
        • The Well Fed Mind, 1922
        • The Essential Christ, 1922
        • The Need For A Spirit of Broad Fellowship. What shall we do with the Heretics? 1923
        • Did Christ Have the Power of God, 1923
        • The Land of Promise, 1923
        • Will a Belief in Immortality Survive? No Date
        • The Fact of God in Human Experience, No Date
      • Publications, 1919-1924
        • True Meaning of “the Coming Crisis,” 1920
      • Manuscripts, 1919-1924
        • Letter Exchange between C. E. Haupt and E. C. Davis, January, 1920
        • Letter to the Editor of the Lancaster Public Ledger, 1920
        • The Dilemma Of the Minister, 1921
        • The Lost Stream of Frankness and Freedom, 1923
    • Concord, Unitarian Church, 1924-1933
      • Sermons, 1924-1933
        • Life Has Meaning, 1923
        • The Search for Life, 1923
        • The Great Experiment in Religion: A Church Without a Creed, 1925
        • Into the Great Silences, 1925
      • Publications, 1924-1933
      • Manuscripts, 1924-1933
        • Report to the Second Congregational Society, 1929
        • Abigail Adams Makes a Suggestion & Brooks Adams Asks a Question, 1932
        • Mutual Aid a Factor in Evolution, 1933
    • Petersham, First Congregational Parish Church, 1933-1953
      • Sermons, 1933-1953
        • Remarks at Tenth Anniversary, 1942
        • Service of Commemoration, 1946
        • Not Revelation but Discovery, Not Forms but the Holy Spirit, 1947
      • Publications, 1933-1953
        • A Pilgrimage to Senexet, 1934
        • Norman Hapgood, Editor, 1936
        • A Man in Search of New Saints, 1936
        • Memorial Remarks: Norman Hapgood in Petersham, 1937
        • The Village Church, 1944
        • Channing Day by Day, 1948
      • Manuscripts, 1933-1953
        • Democracy Versus Authority in Church (and State), 1936
    • Undated Materials
      • Sermons, undated
        • The Thirst for a Living God
        • Reformation Without Tarrying for Any
        • From Copernicus to Galileo
        • The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Government
        • The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Education
        • What is the Nature of Worship and Will it Have a Place in the Coming Age?
        • Sermon: Can the Christian Churches Adjust Themselves to the Coming Age?
        • Why Does One Go To Church?
        • What is Christianity? The Letter Killeth but the Spirit Giveth Power
        • The Compelling Power of the Christ Like Life, Sermon Notes
      • Manuscripts, undated
        • Outline of Points on English Bible, No Date
        • Grounds for Faith in Religious Liberty, No Date
    • Funeral, 1953, and After
      • Funeral Service for Earl Clement Davis, May 21, 1953
      • Obituary for Earl Clement Davis, American Unitarian Association Yearbook
      • Obituary for Earl Clement Davis, May 21, 1953

The Place of the Church in the Life of the Individual and in Society, 1908

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