From Smoke to Pen [String-Bound Sermons]

Authors

Earl Clement Davis

Document Type

Sermon

Files

Date

1906

Summary

This is one of nine sermons Earl Davis kept together in a string-bound collection. All but one are undated. The dated one comes with an envelope marked April 1, 1906. The other eight sermons were gathered together and hand-written on similar paper. Therefore, it is reasonable to date all of them from 1906, probably Spring 1906.

In this sermon, Davis takes the elusiveness in trying to turn smoke (thought) to pen (writing) and uses it as an exercise. He tells his audience to "excuse personal idiosyncrasies as they present themselves, in the name of good fellowship. By the aid of my pen, I try to bring you some of the thoughts which I delight in when the strange hour of the pipe and the fire are upon me". The result is a sermon that starts out almost cosmic in tone. Davis gradually segues into considering and discussing the scientific method as a "clarifying reagent to all the problems which confront us".

The primary downloadable document contains the original document followed by the transcription. The bottom of each item page also features the primary document as an embedded pdf for browsing.

Transcription by Davis Baird. Item description based off writing and context provided by Davis Baird.

Keywords

Earl Clement Davis, sermons, minister, Unitarianism, religion, philosophy

Recommended Citation

Davis, Earl Clement, "From Smoke to Pen [String-Bound Sermons]" (1906). Sermons, 1905-1919. 23.
https://commons.clarku.edu/pittsfield_sermons/23

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