In the Service of the Country

Authors

Earl Clement Davis

Document Type

Sermon

Files

Date

5-22-1908

Summary

This is from the bound collection that includes sermons from May 22, 1908 to August 9, 1908. The date for this sermon may be incorrect as Sunday fell on the 24th of May in 1908.

Starts with a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson given on the anniversary of emancipation in the West Indies (August 1st, 1844) which (a) affirms that no human should ever be treated as property, and (b) that the arc of progress is toward justice, confirmed here. The bulk of the sermon is about problems in the relationship between employers and employees, of people not being treated as fully human. Davis believes the core of this issue to be moral, not economic.

Date refers to Date Given.

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, labor

Recommended Citation

Davis, Earl Clement, "In the Service of the Country" (1908). Sermons, 1905-1919. 55.
https://commons.clarku.edu/pittsfield_sermons/55

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