{"id":138,"date":"2021-08-04T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2024-08-29T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:47:04","slug":"sermons-1905-1919","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/sermons-1905-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"1905-1907 Sermons &amp; Manuscripts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is a selection of sermons the sermons and history manuscripts Earl Clement Davis delivered at the Unity Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In at least one case, the sermon was printed and published, &#8220;The Place of the Church in the Life of the Individual and in Society&#8221; (Unity Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, June 21, 1908). But most were delivered from manuscripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1907 Earl Davis wrote a short paragraph on the purpose of the church&#8211;&#8220;a fellowship of those who are trying to live clean, noble, spiritual lives.&#8221; This, called a &#8220;Paragraph Pulpit&#8221; was aimed for publication in the local newspaper, The Berkshire Eagle. Here is that paragraph and its transcription:<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/08\/07ParagraphPulpitStatementOfPurpose1907.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">07ParagraphPulpitStatementOfPurpose1907<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/08\/07ParagraphPulpit1907Transcribed.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">07ParagraphPulpit1907Transcribed<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a selection of sermons the sermons and history manuscripts Earl Clement Davis delivered at the Unity Church, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In at least one case, the sermon was printed and published, &#8220;The Place of the Church in the Life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/sermons-1905-1919\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":54,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}