Related poems and essays cited in the notes are attributed to Flynn unless
specified otherwise.
The Ambassador. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_.
Sep 1929. pp. 1338–39. Note: Story of the golden calf (Exodus 32).
The Association of Mind and Muscle. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine_. Vol. 31 No. 1. Manistee, MI:
Sep 1918. pp. 14–15. Notes: 1) “be doers of the word and not hearers only”
(James 1:22), 2) “The sending of such young people into the arena of
action;” poems: “The Teacher v1923,” “Domsie,” 3) “Knowledge has the
largest of all potentialities;” poem, “Iron.”
Building a World Brotherhood. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_American Messenger_. Vol. 76 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society,
Jul 1918. p. 103. Note: “Jesus recognized no artificial and arbitrary
barriers;” examples: Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29–37), eating
with sinners and tax collectors (Mark 2:13–17).
Capitalizing War for the Tobacco Trade. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 51 No. 5. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book
Concern, May 1919. pp. 271–72.
Children and the Church. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 80 No. 6. New York: The American Tract Society, Jun 1922.
p. 89. Notes: 1) Church as “leavening force” (Luke 13:20–21), 2) Roman
Catholic worship using “a strange tongue” is likely referring to Latin,
which replaced Greek in the 2nd century CE; Latin was replaced by
vernacular languages after the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s,
3) Responsibility for children’s religious training; essay, “The Three
Agencies in Child Training.”
Christianity and Americanism. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 78 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society,
Nov 1920. p. 173. Note: National life flows from the people; essay,
“What Makes a City?”
The Christian Program. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern
Christian Advocate_. Vol. 68 No. 26. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern,
Jun 16, 1920. p. 664. Note: Parables of mustard seed (Matthew 13:31–32)
and leaven (13:33).
The Christian Standard of Greatness. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn.
Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 80 No. 8. New York: The American Tract
Society, Aug 1922. p. 117. Notes: 1) Jesus discusses greatness with his
disciples (Mark 9:33–35), 2) Jesus speaks of losing and finding one’s life
(Matthew 10:39, 16:25), 3) Jesus doing good (Acts 10:38).
The Christ of the Sea. Byline: Dr. Clarence E. Flynn, Pastor of Trinity
M. E. Church. Source: _Berkeley Daily Gazette_. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley
Gazette Publishing Company, Dec 25, 1929. p. 8. Notes: 1) Jacob uses a
stone as a pillow (Genesis 28:11), 2) Angels sing at birth of Jesus
(Luke 2:14), 3) Jesus speaks about being born again (John 3:3), 4) Saving
one’s life by losing it (e.g., John 12:25), 5) Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12),
6) Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39), 7) Jesus speaks to
rich, young man (Matthew 19:16–22).
Contributed essay to a symposium on “The Church and Young People”. Byline:
Rev. Clarence E. Flynn, Pastor, First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Princeton, IN. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 52 No. 4.
Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Apr 1920. pp. 203–04. Notes:
1) Tobacco propaganda; essay, “Capitalizing War for the Tobacco Trade,”
2) Training children’s mind, body, religious instinct, and social
relationships; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training.”
The Church’s Fourfold Program. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Living Church_. Vol. 67 No. 1. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co.,
May 6, 1922. p. 16. Notes: 1) Evangelism as the thing the Church has
been set to do (Matthew 28:16–20), 2) “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3),
3) Christian education in the home and school; essay, “The Three Agencies
in Child Training.”
Civilization. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Social Science_. Vol. 5
No. 1. Winfield, KS: Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social
Sciences; Nov 1929–Jan 1930. pp. 92–93. Notes: 1) The source listed this
story as an editorial piece, 2) From the source’s “Contributors” section
(p. 130): “CLARENCE E. FLYNN is pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, the university church, Berkeley, California. He is a graduate of
De Pauw University and holds the D. D. degree from that institution. His
work in the past consists of pastorates of several churches,
superintendency of the Bloomington, Indiana, district of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, magazine articles, poems and edited works in connection
with Methodist denominational work.” [DePauw conferred the Doctor of
Divinity degree honorarily.]
The Comrade Perfect: An Appreciation. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Youth_. Vol. 3 No. 11. Kansas City: Unity School of Christianity, Nov
1929. p. 6. Notes: 1) “Him who was called Immanuel, or God with us”
(Matthew 1:23), 2) “the coming of the spirit divine” (Acts 2:1–4),
3) God seeks a place in human hearts; poems: “The King,” “No Room in the
Inn,” 4) God as immanent; poems: “The Creator,” “God’s Manners,” “The
Voices of God,” 5) Providence; poems: “The God of the Beginning,” “What
Does It Matter?”
The Corner Stones of Life. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Expositor_. Vol. 27 No. 1. Cleveland: F. M. Barton Co., Oct 1925.
p. 61. Notes: 1) Quoted Longfellow from poem, “The Builders,” 2) Paul
mentions people as God’s building in the subtitle’s biblical reference
and 1 Corinthians 3:9–17, 3) Ideals; essay, “The Christ of the Sea.”
Correspondence. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Office Economist_.
Vol. 11 No. 10. Jamestown, NY: Art Metal Construction Company, Dec 1929.
p. 12. Note: Poem, “The Heart of a Child is a Scroll.”
Creating a Demand. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Dodge Idea_.
Vol. 35 No. 9. Mishawaka, IN: Kenyon W. Mix, Sep 1919. pp. 929, 941.
Note: Byline had misspelling, “Clarenc E. Flynn.”
The Crowded Inn. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Miami Daily
Metropolis_. Vol. 20 No. 9. Miami: Metropolis Publishing Co., Dec 23,
1916. p. 6. Notes: 1) Inconsistent capitalization of “his/him,” as it
refers to Jesus Christ, has been made more consistent, 2) Persecution
as counterproductive against Christianity and Christians (Acts 5:38–42),
3) The sentence “He never will flee persecution” was followed by the
sentence fragment “The brightest intellect, and the most earnest seekers
after the truth of His dominion.” The fragment seems erroneous and was
removed for readability, 4) “Let us find whether the doors of the throne
rooms of our own hearts are open;” poems: “Heart Gates,” “The King,” and
“No Room in the Inn.”
Determinants. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Special Crops_. Vol. 20
No. 232. Skaneateles, NY: C. M. Goodspeed, Dec 1921. p. 309. Note: Poems:
“Have You Tried?,” “Iron,” and “A Trouble Making World.”
Do It Right. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’ World_. Vol. 16
No. 21. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, May 26, 1917. p. 5.
Note: Poems: “Almost,” “Doing It Well,” “The Engineer,” and
“The Section Foreman.”
Dollars Versus Sense. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source:
_The School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 9. Taylorville, IL:
Parker Publishing Company, May 1921. pp. 572–75. Notes: 1) Poem, “I Want,”
2) “Where wealth accumulates, and men decay;” from Oliver Goldsmith’s
poem, “The Deserted Village” (1770).
Education and Production. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The School
Arts Magazine_. Vol. 20 No. 6. Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, Inc., Feb
1921. pp. 332–34. Notes: 1) If “the notion that gentlemen do not labor
with their hands” sounds haughty, consider the poem, “In Conference,”
2) “whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well;” poem, “Doing It
Well,” 3) “perform...with a minimum of friction and waste;” essay, “The
Yoke,” 4) “The life of society is co-operative;” poems: “Along the Road,”
“Team-work.”
Efficient Spending. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Cookery_.
Vol. 25 No. 7. Boston: Boston Cooking-School Magazine Company, Feb 1921.
pp. 504–06. Note: “The poor we always have with us” (cf. Matthew 26:11).
Eulogy for Joseph E. Henley [excerpt]. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn,
First Methodist Church, Bloomington [IN]. Source: _Indiana University
Alumni Quarterly_. Vol. 11 No. 3. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University
Association of Alumni and Former Students, Jul 1924. p. 458. Note:
Contrasting behavior and religious trappings: contributed essay to a
symposium on “The Church and Young People.”
Eulogy for Sanford F. Teter [excerpt]. Byline: Dr. Clarence E. Flynn,
pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bloomington [IN]. Source:
_Indiana University Alumni Quarterly_. Vol. 15 No. 2. Bloomington, IN:
Indiana University Association of Alumni and Former Students, Apr 1928.
pp. 255–56. Note: DePauw University conferred the Doctor of Divinity
degree honorarily to Flynn.
Facing the Future. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 3. New York: The American Tract Society, Mar 1919.
p. 40. Notes: 1) Approaching truth by fair and honest habits of thought;
essay, “The Laboratory Test,” 2) More adequate and satisfying
interpretation of religion; essay, “Newer Conceptions of Religion,”
3) Ovid writing about humanity’s backward movement (_Metamorphoses_),
4) Tennyson writing about humanity moving forward to a divine event
(_In Memoriam A.H.H._), 5) “the seer of Patmos” (cf. Revelation 1:9–11),
6) “new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1).
The Fountain of Youth. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 75 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society,
Nov 1917. p. 164. Notes: 1) “One is as old as the spirit within him;”
poem, “The Age of a Heart,” 2) Episode involving Hezekiah (2 Kings 20).
Four Addresses to Young People. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Expositor_. Mar 1929. pp. 669–71. Notes: 1) “It is the great
compulsion;” essay, “The Great Compulsion,” 2) The presence of “not” in
“The person who does not find it in his soul” seems inconsistent with the
message, 3) “world builder for God;” poems: “The Builder v1924,” “The
Builders,” 4) Call of Isaiah in temple (Isaiah 6), 5) Jesus reads from
Isaiah (Luke 4:16–21), 6) John’s vision (Book of Revelation), 7) “Moses
said he was not eloquent;” poem, “I am not eloquent,” 8) “mistake for a
minister to forsake the altar to serve tables” (Acts 6:2–4).
Free Verse. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 54
No. 5. Highland Falls, NY: Jun 25, 1921. pp. 65–66. Notes: 1) Mary’s
Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), 2) Nunc Dimittis of Simeon (Luke 2:29–32).
The Great Compulsion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_.
Cleveland: F. M. Barton Company, Oct 1928. p. 33. Notes: 1) Moses seeing
his people’s burdens (Exodus 2:11), 2) John eats a book (Revelation 10:9),
3) Jesus wept for Jerusalem (Luke 19:41), 4) Usage of _bondslave_
(e.g., Colossians 4:12).
The Great Teacher. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Expositor_. Vol. 26 No. 9. Cleveland: F. M. Barton and Co., Jun 1925.
pp. 1276–77. Note: Jesus taught with authority and not as the scribes
(Matthew 7:28–29).
Has the Day of Great Preachers Passed. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn,
Princeton, IN. Source: _The Homiletic Review_. Vol. 81 No. 2. New York:
Funk & Wagnalls Company, Feb 1921. pp.117–19. Notes: 1) “competing against
God for...thought and attention;” essay, “The Crowded Inn,” 2) Moses met
God on the mountain (Exodus 3:1–14), 3) Elkanah, Hannah, and son, Samuel
(1 Samuel), 4) Partnership of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 4:10–17).
The Heart Interest in Preaching. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN.
Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 24 No. 2. Cleveland: Nov 1922. p. 192. Note:
Poem, “Patchwork.”
The Holy Spirit and Social Viewpoint. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 70 No. 27. Chicago: The Methodist
Book Concern, Jun 21, 1922. pp. 684–85. Note: Day of Pentecost (Acts 2).
The Home Budget. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Cookery_.
Vol. 25 No. 4. Boston: Boston Cooking-School Magazine Company, Nov 1920.
pp. 285–87.
The International Religion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Congregationalist_. Vol. 108 No. 52. Boston: The Pilgrim Press, Dec 27,
1923. p. 884. Notes: 1) Liberty was taken in completing illegible text in
the source’s right-hand margin, 2) If the reader does not find the text in
Revelation 9 of their bible translation, try Revelation 7:4–9, 3) “King of
kings and Lord of lords” (e.g., Revelation 19:16, 1 Timothy 6:15),
4) Jesus in people’s hearts; poems: “Finding God,” “The King,” and
“No Room in the Inn.”
Is It Nothing to You. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Expositor_. Aug 1929. p. 1261.
Is Prohibition Paternalistic? Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Living Church_. Vol. 60 No. 11. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co.,
Jan 11, 1919. p. 354. Notes: 1) Control the conduct of other people;
essay, “Is It Nothing to You,” 2) “as it will soon do;” Congress passed
the 18th Amendment to the Constitution on Dec 22, 1917, and the necessary
three-fourths of states ratified it by Jan 16, 1919. [Then, the necessary
three-fourths of states ratified the 21st Amendment by Dec 5, 1933,
thereby repealing the 18th Amendment.] (https://www.fjc.gov/history/
exhibits/prohibition-in-federal-courts-timeline)
“It was an innocent-faced maid”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Richmond Daily Palladium_. Richmond, IN: Palladium Printing Co.,
Mar 5, 1906. p. 4.
The Laboratory Test. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1921.
p. 36. Note: Ancient singer’s challenge (Psalm 34:8–9).
The Laughing Man. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_.
Vol. 77 No. 5. New York: The American Tract Society, May 1919. p. 72.
Notes: 1) Jean Valjean; essay, “The Redemption of Jean Valjean,”
2) “[God] has never hesitated to go to any length for the sake of people.
Such is also the spirit of those who enter into the secrets of His plans.”
(cf. John 15:12–13).
Let the Minister Know Life. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Expositor_. Sep 1929. p. 1338. Note: Poem, “Patchwork.”
Life’s Backgrounds. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 10. New York: The American Tract Society,
Oct 1919. p. 148. Notes: 1) “life is like a picture;” multiple poems in
poetry book’s index under “Life,” 2) Life’s determining factors; essay,
“Determinants,” 3) Whitewashing hidden faults (cf. Matthew 23:27–28),
4) Hard work hidden behind the success; poem, “The Lucky Man,”
5) Influencing another person’s life; poem, “Domsie.”
Life’s Handicaps. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_.
Vol. 76 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1918. p. 24.
Notes: 1) Jesus heals paralytic let down through roof (Mark 2:1–12),
2) Jesus teaches about ensuring costs can be covered before starting to
build (Luke 14:28–30).
The Light. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: _The
Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 30. New York: Methodist Book Concern,
Jul 29, 1915. pp. 1009–10. Notes: 1) Description of God as light
(1 John 1:5), 2) Creation of light (Genesis 1:3), 3) A determinant created
different outcomes between plants of the same family; essay,
“Determinants,” 4) What will and will not stand the light (John 3:19–21,
Ephesians 5:8).
The Line of Necessity. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 76 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society,
Jul 1918. p. 100. Notes: 1) Friendship; essay, “The Necessary
Asset—Friends,” and poems: “Fade-Outs” and “Whatever he may wish or plan,”
2) Points from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38–48).
Love’s Burdens. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_.
Vol. 79 No. 1. New York: The American Tract Society, Jan 1921. p. 4.
Notes: 1) The sick need a physician (Matthew 9:12), 2) Jesus prays in
garden (Matthew 26:36).
“A man entered a downtown street car”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Richmond Daily Palladium_. Richmond, IN: Palladium Printing Co., Mar 5,
1906. p. 4.
The Message of an Empty Tomb. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 68 No. 15. Chicago: The Methodist
Book Concern, Mar 31, 1920. pp. 368–69. Notes: 1) Joseph of Arimathea
buried Jesus (Matthew 27:57–60), 2) “the valley and the shadow of death”
(cf. Psalm 23:4), 3) Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1–44),
4) The gospel as truth; essay, “The Light,” 5) Jesus’s ideal; essay,
“The Christ of the Sea.”
The Message of the Washington Monument. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society,
Feb 1919. p. 31. Note: Pretense and unreality; poem, “The Close-Up.”
The Minister and His Reading. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Expositor_. Apr 1928. pp. 764–66. Notes: 1) “speaks with authority and not
as the Scribes” (Mark 1:22), 2) “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:12),
3) Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1–11), 4) Jesus states he has overcome
the world (John 16:33), 5) Disciples’ encounter with Jesus on the road to
Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35).
The Modern Grandmother. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Woman’s Home
Companion_. Vol. 42 No. 3. Springfield, OH: Crowell Publishing Company,
Mar 1915. p. 78.
Music and History. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The
School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 6. Taylorville, IL:
Parker Publishing Company, Feb 1921. pp. 370–72.
The Nearness of Destiny. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1921.
p. 29. Notes: 1) Procrastination; poem, “The Umbrella Mender,” 2) Kingdom
of God; poem, “The Gateway of the Kingdom,” 3) Jesus stating “the Kingdom
is at hand” (Matthew 10:7); poem, “Imminence,” 4) Daily events marked by
eternal significance as well as cause and effect; poem, “Charge Account,”
5) “The Christ of revelation” is at least based on the reference in the
essay’s first sentence [Revelation 1:1, “The revelation of Jesus
Christ...” (New American Bible)], 6) The Hebrew prophet (Amos 4:12),
7) “shortly come to pass” (Revelation 1:1), 8) Life events mentioned in
last paragraph; several poems in poetry book’s index under “Life.”
The Necessary Asset—Friends. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’
World_. Vol. 16 No. 48. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company,
Dec 1, 1917. p. 4.
Newer Conceptions of Religion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN.
Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 107 No. 26. Boston: The Pilgrim
Press, Jun 29, 1922. p. 821. Note: Refrain from living in the past;
essay, “The Sword that Keeps the Past.”
The New Philosophy. Byline: Clarence Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 52
No. 2. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, Jan 25, 1920. pp. 116–18.
The Objective of Service. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern
Christian Advocate_. Vol. 70 No. 26. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern,
Jun 14, 1922. p. 657. Notes: 1) “Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay;” from Oliver Goldsmith’s poem, “The Deserted Village” (1770),
2) “new heaven and a new earth” (cf. Isaiah 65:17–25).
The Obligation of Good Cheer. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 74 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society,
Nov 1916. p. 195. Notes: 1) Essay, “The Laughing Man,” 2) “...that One in
whose presence is fulness of joy and at whose right hand there are
pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11). [Jesus and joy (e.g., John 15:11).]
The Opportunity and Peril of the Writer. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn.
Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 48 No. 12. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company,
Jun 25, 1918. pp. 409–11. Notes: 1) Peace and brotherhood making war
impossible; poems: “The New Day,” “Brotherhood,” 2) Stowe’s first
installment appeared June 5, 1851 (page 1, column 1), 3) Unlike his
mentioning of Stowe’s work, Flynn doesn’t mention the first installment of
Sinclair’s work; it appeared in socialist Julius Wayland’s paper, _Appeal
to Reason_, February 25, 1905 (entire cover page), 4) “A derisive
term...once elected a man president.” In Flynn’s later essay, “Words,” he
associates the term “Log Cabin Harrison” with William Henry Harrison.
Our Blessings of Deliverance. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 80 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society,
Nov 1922. p. 166. Note: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11).
Paul’s Ideal Sufficient. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN.
Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 93 No. 24. New York: Methodist
Book Concern, Jun 13, 1918. pp. 734–35. Note: “a pillar and ground of the
truth” may refer to the church of the living God (1 Timothy 3:15).
The Post-War Outlook for Literature. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Editor_. Vol. 50 No. 10. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, May 25,
1919. pp. 74–76. Note: “various subjects down from the ethereal heights
of mystical theory to the solid levels of plain thinking and everyday
living;” essay, “The New Philosophy.”
Preaching to College Students. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Expositor_. Jun 1928. p. 983–84. Note: Poems: “The Builder v1924,”
“The Builders.”
The Price of Liberty. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Western
Christian Advocate_. Vol. 82 No. 6. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern,
Feb 9, 1916. p. 130. Notes: 1) “the love which lays down its life for its
friends” (cf. John 15:13), 2) temple’s veil was split (Matthew 27:51).
The Redemption of Jean Valjean. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Montreal Witness and Canadian Homestead_. Vol. 77 No. 34. Montreal: John
Dougall & Son, Aug 23, 1922. p. 10. Notes: 1) Frenchman Victor Hugo
published _Les Miserables_ in 1862, 2) Isaiah’s redemption (Isaiah 6:1–7),
3) Noah and the flood (Genesis 6–8), 4) Noah as drunkard (Genesis
9:20–21), 5) Silas Marner and Eppie are characters in _Silas Marner: The
Weaver of Raveloe_, an 1861 novel by Englishwoman Mary Ann Evans (pen name
is George Eliot), 6) Self; poem, “The Trouble Making World,” 7) This essay
is physically available at Flynn’s alma mater, DePauw University, in their
Archives and Special Collections (https://depauw.libraryhost.com/
repositories/2/resources/1887); although the essay is undated, Flynn
graduated from DePauw in 1911, 8) This essay is used as a positive example
of certain elements of literary writing (Webb, Mary Griffin and Edna
Lenore Webb, eds. _Famous Living Americans_. Greencastle, IN:
Charles Webb & Company, 1915. pp. 8, 10–11).
The Religion of the New Age. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Bloomington, IN.
Source: _The Homiletic Review_. Vol. 77 No. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls
Company, Mar 1919. pp. 192–94. Notes: 1) Essay, “Newer Conceptions of
Religion,” 2) Prophecy of a new heaven and earth (Isaiah 65:17–25),
3) “It is with religion just as with science or philosophy;” essay,
“The New Philosophy.”
The Riverside. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Our Paper_. Vol. 35
No. 1. Concord Junction, MA: Massachusetts Reformatory, Jan 6, 1918.
p. 630. Note: ‛We rise by the things that are under our feet’ is from a
poem (Holland, Josiah Gilbert. “Gradatim.” _Christian Science Journal_.
Vol. 13 No. 5. Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, Aug 1895.
p. 210).
The Road Uphill. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Youth_. Vol. 3 No. 9.
Kansas City: Unity School of Christianity, Sep 1929. p. 26. Notes:
1) Zechariah speaks about avoiding the sins of their fathers
(Zechariah 1:4), 2) Jesus reads His commission (Luke 4:16–21).
The Sabbath Desecration. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN.
Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 76 No. 18. Cincinnati:
Jennings & Graham, May 4, 1910. pp. 14–15. Notes: 1) Some Old Testament
background on the sabbath (Exodus 16:16–30; 31:12–17), 2) “the apparent
attitude of Jesus toward [the Sabbath]” (Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28,
3:1–5; Luke 6:1–11), 3) “Our lonely Sinais must precede our deeds of
leadership,” may refer to the commission of Moses (Exodus 3 thru 4:17),
4) Quoted lesson (Isaiah 30:15).
The Safe Foundations for a League of Nations. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn.
Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 7. New York: The American Tract
Society, Jul 1919. p. 100. Notes: 1) WWI ended Nov 11, 1918. The League
of Nations officially came into existence on Jan 10, 1920, 2) Tower of
Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), 3) Poems: “Brotherhood;” selfish ways and
purposes: “The Measure of Life,” “A Trouble Making World.”
The Same Face. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source:
_The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 18. New York: Methodist Book
Concern, May 6, 1915. p. 604.
The School as a Reform Agency. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN.
Source: _The School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 5.
Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, Jan 1921. pp. 316–18. Notes:
1) “his first impulse to try;” poem, “The Secret,” 2) Just as a teacher’s
“possession of great power is at once an opportunity and a peril,” so it
is for a writer; essay, “The Opportunity and Peril of the Writer,”
3) “Most evils remain only because people do not realize that there is a
better way;” essay, “The Yoke”, 4) Not all subscribe to “the natural
position of authority occupied by the teacher;” poem, “The Modern Pupil,”
5) “the person who builds manhood and womanhood...is building the future;”
poem, “The Teacher v1921.”
The School Teacher and the Republic. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 33 No. 10. Taylorville, IL:
Parker Publishing Company, Jun–Jul 1920. pp. 588–89. Note: Many poems in
poetry book’s index under “teaching.”
The Sense of the Human. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 78 No. 9. New York: The American Tract Society, Sep 1920.
p. 136. Notes: 1) “realize the presence of people about us,” and later,
“the kingliness of service;” poem, “Along the Road,” 2) “When we learn to
be like Him, we shall possess the same viewpoint;”
poem, “The Measure of Life.”
Should Prices Be Standardized? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_The Dodge Idea_. Vol. 35 No. 8. Mishawaka, IN: Kenyon W. Mix, Aug 1919.
p. 900.
Some New Facts About Alcohol. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Living Church_. Vol. 60 No. 9. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co.,
Dec 28, 1918. p. 289.
Some Overlooked Compensations in Teaching. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn.
Source: _Popular Educator_. Vol. 38 No. 1. Boston: Popular Educator
Company, Sep 1920. pp. 6–7. Notes: 1) Many poems in poetry book’s index
under “teaching,” 2) “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of
the things he possesses.” (cf. Luke 12:16–21); also, many poems in poetry
book’s index under “values,” 3) “One cannot long conceal a lack of mind
and soul with clothes and paint” (cf. Matthew 23:27–28).
Some Principles of Efficiency. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Boys’ World_. Vol. 16 No. 38. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing
Company, Sep 22, 1917. p. 6. Notes: 1) Selfishness; poems: “A Trouble
Making World” and “I Want,” 2) Thinking and right judgments; poem,
“Prayer for Normal Men,” 3) Acknowledging others’ minds; poem, “Minds,”
4) Striving to be right; poem, “Let Us Be Right,” 5) Talents as a
resource; poems: “I am not eloquent” and “Iron,” 6) “the man who hides
his single coin in a napkin” (Luke 19:11–26), 7) Purpose in life; poem,
“Why We Are Here,” 8) Getting at a task; poems: “Have You Tried?” and
“The Umbrella Mender,” 9) Staying on a task; poems: “Almost” and “A Second
Wind,” 10) Doing things well; poems: “Doing It Well,” “The Engineer,” and
“The Section Foreman,” 11) Getting at a task, staying on it, and making
progress; poem, “The Secret.”
Some Problems of the Preacher. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Expositor_. Sep 1928. p. 1306. Note: Episode involving Nadab and Abihu
(Leviticus 10:1–5).
Some Stories About Beethoven. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Uplift_. Vol. 7 No. 7. Concord, NC: The Board of Trustees of the Stonewall
Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, Sep 1915. p. 14.
The Sound-Reproducing Machine as a Music Teacher. Byline: Clarence E.
Flynn. Source: _The Etude_. Vol. 37 No. 12. Philadelphia: Theodore
Presser Co., Dec 1919. p. 789.
The Story of the Red Cross. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The
Sabbath Recorder_. Vol. 83 No. 25. Plainfield, NJ: The American Sabbath
Tract Society, Dec 17, 1917. pp. 779–81. Notes: 1) This historical article
is part of the collection because of the prose portraying the Red Cross as
a means for uplifting humanity, 2) The source follows the article with a
proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson—then President of the American
Red Cross as well—encouraging ten million Americans to join the Red Cross
“because it alone can carry the pledges of Christmas good will to those
who are bearing for us the real burdens of the world-war, both in our own
army and navy and in the nations upon whose territory the issues of the
world-war are being fought out.” [For context, the US population in 1920
was 106,021,568. (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/
dec/popchange-data-text.html).]
The Successors of Tantalus. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American
Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 8. New York: The American Tract Society, Sep 1921.
p. 153.
The Sword that Keeps the Past. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_ Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 82 No. 8. Cincinnati: Methodist Book
Concern, Feb 23, 1916. p. 175.
The Three Agencies in Child Training. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn.
Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 75 No. 24. Cincinnati:
Jennings & Graham, Jun 16, 1909. p. 10. Notes: 1) “the living and vital
religion, to which even the school owes its being;” essay, “The School
Teacher and the Republic,” 2) Ending quote (Luke 2:52).
Vibration as a Basis of Invention. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indiana.
Source: _The Wireless Age_. Vol. 6 No. 9. New York: Wireless Press Inc.,
Jun 1919. pp. 41–43. Notes: 1) Invention; poems: “How It Started,”
“Inventive Genius,” and “Starting Things,” 2) Phonograph; essay,
“The Sound-Reproducing Machine as a Music Teacher.”
What Can We Believe? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Southwestern
Christian Advocate_. Vol. 55 No. 42. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book
Concern, Oct 18, 1928. p. 819. Note: Poems: beliefs (“The Things That I
Believe”), God as Architect (“The Creator”), Jesus as Peasant of Galilee
(“The King”), consequences (“Charge Account”), spiritual/soul
(“The Divine Image”).
What Is Happening to Religion? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source:
_Southwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 56 No. 4. Cincinnati: The
Methodist Book Concern, Jan 24, 1929. p. 69. Notes: 1) “The technique
of the scientific laboratory forbids compromise;” essay, “The Laboratory
Test,” 2) Poem, “Imminence,” 3) Clarence E. Flynn was quoted on the topic
of writing about science, “In trying to make science read like a fairy
tale, one must not make a fairy tale of it.” (Leete, Frederick D.
_Christianity in Science_. New York: The Abingdon Press, 1928. p. 137)
What Makes a City? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Member, Kiwanis Club of
Bloomington, IN. Source: _The Kiwanis Magazine_. Vol. 14 No. 2. Chicago:
Kiwanis International, Feb 29, 1929. pp. 86, 108. Notes: 1) “a home life
so beautiful and adequate as to require no substitutes;” poems:
“Home v1921,” “The Making of Home,” 2) Responsibilities of home, school,
and church; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training,” 3) Sanctity of
the Lord’s Day; essay, “The Sabbath Desecration.”
The Will. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Western Christian Advocate_.
Vol. 81 No. 38. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Sep 22, 1915. p. 922.
Note: Poem, “The Tree.”
Words. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 75
No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1917. p. 104. Note:
“out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth is sure to speak”
(cf. Matthew 12:34).
Worship and Service. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Western Christian
Advocate_. Vol. 82 No. 7. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Feb 16,
1916. p. 154.
The Yielding of Aaron. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_.
Jul 1929. p. 1140. Notes: 1) Story of golden calf (Exodus 32),
2) Isaiah beholding God (Isaiah 6).
The Yoke. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source:
_The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 25. New York: Methodist Book
Concern, Jun 24, 1915. p. 853. Note: Jesus speaks of his yoke
(Matthew 11:29–30).