{"id":304,"date":"2021-08-19T12:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:34:58","slug":"the-church-as-a-social-institution-1901","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/the-church-as-a-social-institution-1901\/","title":{"rendered":"First Sermon Preached: The Church as a Social Institution, 1901"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earl Clement Davis enrolled in the Harvard Divinity School in 1902. He gave at least one sermon prior to enrolling, \u201cThe Church as a Social Institution\u201d (Congregational church, Freeport, Maine, July 21, 1901), which his note on the sermon identifies as his \u201cfirst sermon preached.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote-442x300.jpg 442w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/FirstSermonPreachedNote.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666-831x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666-768x946.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666-1247x1536.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2021\/08\/FirstCongregationalChurchFreeportME1901-e1629465289666.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First Congregational church, Freeport, Maine, service handout, July, 1901<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/01SermonTheChurchAsASocialInstitution21July1901.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">01SermonTheChurchAsASocialInstitution21July1901<\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/701\/2024\/09\/01SermonTheChurchAsASocialInstitution21July1901Transcribed.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">01SermonTheChurchAsASocialInstitution21July1901Transcribed<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earl Clement Davis enrolled in the Harvard Divinity School in 1902. He gave at least one sermon prior to enrolling, \u201cThe Church as a Social Institution\u201d (Congregational church, Freeport, Maine, July 21, 1901), which his note on the sermon identifies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/the-church-as-a-social-institution-1901\/\">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-304","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","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=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/dbaird\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/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=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}