The Sabbath Desecration (1910): “We may well ask whence this great
difference between our age and that of the preceding generation.”
The Light (1915): “In the life of man, [light] takes the form of the
knowledge of the truth which makes him free.”
The Yoke (1915): “...the command of Jesus to accept and wear His yoke
is often much more dreadful than there is reason that it should be.”
The Crowded Inn (1916): “[The story] has been the most tragic because
it has represented the most widespread condition.”
The Price of Liberty (1916): “The tragedy of Calvary opened up the way
to liberty....”
Paul’s Ideal Sufficient (1918): “Each social institution has one task
to perform, and it will be found to be unable to perform more than that
one task well.”
The Religion of the New Age (1919): “The facts of religion can not change,
but humanity can achieve progress in rightly interpreting them and in
rightly adapting itself to them.”
Christianity and Americanism (1920): “The perpetuity of the state
depends most largely upon the very things for which the Christian
religion stands.”
The Christian Program (1920): “[Realization of the Kingdom]
therefore depends upon the passing from one to another of its
master secret.”
Essay contributed to a symposium on “The Church and Young People” (1920):
“Unless [the church’s status in relation to youth] is improved,
the kingdom will become a victim of race suicide.”
The Message of an Empty Tomb (1920): “[Jesus’s] life had been a message of
life triumphant.”
The Laboratory Test (1921): “...the only way to appraise
[the Christian faith’s] real merits…”
The Nearness of Destiny (1921): “‛What you are to be you are
now becoming.’”
Children and the Church (1922): “...we should assume that every child
is...to be reared in its ways and teachings...until he wilfully
forsakes it.”
The Church’s Fourfold Program (1922): Evangelism, education,
social welfare, and finance
Newer Conceptions of Religion (1922): “We cannot alter the divine plan
of life and redemption, but we can make progress in our understanding
and use of it.”
The International Religion (1923): “As to whether God proposes to save
the many or the few, it would seem to favor the first answer.”
The Great Teacher (1925): Vital things, simple and plain,
and position clear
What Can We Believe? (1928): “One is made or unmade by his beliefs.”
The Christ of the Sea (1929): “He began at once promoting the kind of
thing the practical world calls impossible because it is right.”
The Comrade Perfect: An Appreciation (1929): “...life is not all that it
ought to be without the presence of the Personality which completes us.”
Four Addresses to Young People (1929): Christian service, communion
with God, spiritual and practical leaders, and the church’s purposes
What Is Happening to Religion? (1929): “Eminent scientists announcing
their faith in and support of religion are a growing company.”