The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Education

Authors

Earl Clement Davis

Document Type

Sermon

Files

Date

undated, circa 1905-1919

Summary

A sermon centered on the idea that education is fundamentally about learning how to live. It comes in informal ways over centuries -- eons -- the ten commandments were not "revealed" but were the result of "hundreds of thousands of years, and millions of human lives." He laments "some people seem to imagine that God is some kind of an expert head accountant, who spends all his time pouring over balance sheets of individuals and nations", reminding that "we talk and act as if we really imagined God were such a creature as that, but the rain falls upon the just and the unjust alike. God is no respecter of persons."

There is no date on this manuscript. However, the paper—size and type—are identical to sermons that can be dated to Earl Davis’ time at the Unity Church in Pittsfield (1905-1919). His early sermons (1905-07) there were hand-written. So this typed manuscript is later than 1907.

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, education

Recommended Citation

Davis, Earl Clement, "The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Education" (2022). Sermons, 1905-1919. 37.
https://commons.clarku.edu/pittsfield_sermons/37

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