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HAMILTON, JAMES WALLACE, 1900-1968.
Sermons, 1938-1983.

MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 082

 


EXTENT: 5.9 cubic ft. (2 record center cartons, 15 cassette tape boxes)

 

ACCESS: Unrestricted.  [Series I Stored off site.  Forty eight hours advance notice required to access Series I.]  Series II available at library.

 

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CITATION:  [Title or Description of Item], James Wallace Hamilton Sermons, MSS 082, Archives and Manuscripts Department, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.


Biographical Note

 

The son of John Wallace and Elizabeth M. (Warren) Hamilton, James Wallace Hamilton, was born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada on May 4, 1900. A Methodist minister, he was ordained a deacon in 1929 and received full connections as elder in 1932. From 1927 to 1929, he served as minister at Trinity Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. He also ministered to the Pasadena Community Church in St. Petersburg, from 1929 until 1968, the year of his death.


Scope and Content Note

 

About 400 manuscript versions of sermons delivered at the Pasadena Community Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. Spanning from 1938 to 1968, the sermons are arranged chronologically. Sound recordings were made for many of Dr. Hamilton's sermons. An index of those sermons on cassette tape is recorded in the Container Listing under Series II: Audio Sermons.  The audio recording dates do not reflect when the sermon was given, but rather when the copy was produced.


CONTAINER LISTING

 

Series I: Sermon Transcripts

Box/Folder #

1/1    The temple of human mothers, May 8, 1938 (see also The hall of
       human mothers, May 8, 1955
       The trowell and the sword, 1939
       Is it sin to sin, March 10, 1940
       The church in the wilderness, January 18, 1942
       For whom the bell tolls, March 22, 1942

1/2    Shall we permit America to be Hitlerized, December 9, 1946
       Earth might be fair, February 16, 1947
       The voice of America, November 23, 1947
       Wanted--great gamblers, March 21, 1948
       Slipping feet, November 7, 1948 (see also What a man learned
         in church, January 6, 1957)

1/3    Do you want to be healthy, January 23, 1949
       Living above our heads, January 30, 1949 (see also The
         making of a disciple, March 3, 1957
       Christianity and psychology, February 13, 1949 (see also
         Where religion and psychology meet, February 9, 1964)
       The world is not enough, March 27, 1949
       The Protestant assignment, October 29, 1950
       The greatest Christian opportunity in 500 years,
         May 21, 1950

1/4    Undermining our heritage, November 19, 1950
       Drum major instincts, March 6, 1949
       Riders for wild horses, February 27, 1949
       Fruitful frustrations, March 20, 1949

1/5    Turning tyrants into servants, April 10, 1949
       The man of the centuries, January 1, 1950
       The church under the sky, January 22, 1950
       The sovereignty of God, February 26, 1950 (see also The
       Question of sovereignty, February 5, 1956)
       The words of God, March 5, 1950 (see also The God who speaks
         his mind, December 9, 1956)
       Does Christianity have a chance?  December 24, 1950

1/6    Interruptions, December 3, 1950
       Make a friend of your fear, January 7, 1951
       How free is freedom, January 21, 1951
       No short-cuts, February 25, 1951

1/7    The power of anger, March 11, 1951
       Lost islands, May 6, 1951
       The communion of saints, October 28, 1951
       What is the big idea?  November 18, 1951

1/8    Hold what you have, April 20, 1952
       Getting the first thing right, February 3, 1952
       Overcoming emotional depression, June 1, 1952
       Three men on a mountain, November 2, 1952
       The gods that fail, November 16, 1952
       Be thankful for the now, November 23, 1952

1/9    Thine is the kingdom, December 21, 1952
       Shattered dreams, January 25, 1953
       Remember who you are, February 8, 1953
       Horns and halos in human nature, February 15, 1953

1/10   What the dickens is sin?  February 22, 1953
       The magic of forgiveness, March 1, 1953
       Waste, want and worthiness, March 8, 1953
       Salvation--magical or moral, March 15, 1953

1/11   The miracle in the heart, March 22, 1953
       That fellow who stayed at home, April 12, 1953
       The church that is in thy house, May 10, 1953
       How to make religion vital, October 18, 1953

1/12   A gentleman's gratitude, November 22, 1953
       Wisdom from above, December 13, 1953
       The pearl of great price, January 10, 1954
       Coming out of the wilderness, January 17, 1954

1/13   Make room for the children, January 24, 1954
       Beachheads to brotherhood, February 21, 1954
         (see also Sit-ins among the shut-outs, February 2, 1964)
       The contagion of attractive religion, March 14, 1954
       Home is the heart, May 9, 1954
       Twenty-five years at Pasadena Church, May 30, 1954

1/14   The sound of a gentle stillness, October 17, 1954
       A colony of heaven, November 14, 1954
       How much do yu owe?  November 21, 1954
       Are Christian people behind the times?  December 5, 1954
       The Christian in an unchristian world, December 24, 1954

1/15   Going home another way, December 26, 1954
       What kind of religion must we return to?  January 9, 1955
       The gospel needs the world, January 23, 1955
       What is a Christian, January 30, 1955
       The great compulsion, February 20, 1955

1/16   Shopping for a revolution, February 27, 1955
       Standing up to life (Stand up to life), March 6, 1955
       The Earth is the center, April 10, 1955
       Keeping up with the mind of Christ, April 24, 1955
       Four roads to home, May 1, 1955 (see also Little journeys
         our homes must make, May 12, 1963)

1/17   The hall of human mothers, May 8, 1956
         (see also The temple of human mothers, May 8, 1938)
       Swallow your must!  May 15, 1955
       The altar and the pulpit, October 30, 1955
       Principles and peccadillos, December 11, 1955
       Finding the word, December 18, 1955

1/18   Like light shining in the dark, December 25, 1955
       They who would change the world, January 8, 1956
       The question of sovereignty, February 5, 1956 (see also The
         sovereignty of God, February 26, 1950)
       Providence (of God), February 12, 1956
       Jesus said "Father," February 19, 1956

1/19   The other words of God, March 4, 1956
       The image of God, March 11, 1956
       The significance of his silence (also known as The silence
         of God, March 18, 1956
       Power and patience (also known as The power of God),
         March 25, 1956

1/20   The God of the living, April 1, 1956
       Good news in bad times, April 8, 1956
       What are you in tune with?  April 22, 1956
       Isn't it fun to be fooled?  April 29, 1956

1/21   The aims of education, May 6, 1956
       Missing the highest, November 4, 1956
       The strength that comes through faith, November 11, 1956
       The faithfulness of God, November 18, 1956

1/22   When the halo spoils the picture, December 2, 1956
       The god who speaks his mind, December 9, 1956 (see also The
         words of God, March 5, 1950)
       No room in the inn, December 23, 1956
       When God shakes the world, December 30, 1956

1/23   What a man learned in church, January 6, 1957 (see also
         Slipping feet, November 7, 1948)
       How can we keep the song?  January 13, 1957
       The importance of talk, January 27, 1957
       Keeping up with the horses, February 10, 1957

1/24   The making of a disciple, March 3, 1957 (see also Living
         above our heads, January 30, 1949)
       How much can you take, March 10, 1957
       What does it mean to believe?  March 31, 1957

1/25   The mystery of God, April 7, 1957
       The love of God, April 14, 1957
       Christ is risen--why?  April 21, 1957

1/26   Get your calendar up-to-date, April 28, 1957
       Make it personal, May 26, 1957
       What can the righteous do?  October 20, 1957
       The difficulty of not being Christian, November 3, 1957

1/27   A will, a wall and a bit of red tape, November 10, 1957
       The ministry of the encouragers, November 17, 1957
       Lest we forget, November 24, 1957
       Other little ships, December 1, 1957

1/28   Antidote for discouragement, December 8, 1957
       The laughter of the skies, December 15, 1957
       If you get where you're going, where wil you be,
         January 5, 1958
       The best things in the worst times, January 19, 1958
       Now is the time, January 26, 1958
       The misery of being bored, February 2, 1958

1/29   Time to move, February 16, 1958
       How can we transmit our faith to our children,
         February 23, 1958
       The most useful pain in the world, March 16, 1958
       The gospel of another chance, March 23, 1958
       Out of this world, April 6, 1958
       A lingering Easter, April 13, 1958

1/30   Finding fault faultlessly, April 20, 1958
       How to become a Christian, April 27, 1958
       Beyond a passing grade, May 4, 1958
       The rights of a child, May 11, 1958
       How fast are you growing up, May 18, 1958

1/31   The dignity of self respect, May 25, 1958
       The motive power of hope, October 12, 1958
       Christ and human failure, October 19, 1958
       The deeper response, October 26, 1958
       Now concerning the collection, November 9, 1958

1/32   The church among the unemployed, November 16, 1958
       How was green was my valley, November 23, 1958
       Sleeping well on windy nights, November 30, 1958
       The most valuable letters in the world, December 7, 1958

1/33   Change your mind and accept the new age, December 28, 1958
       Beyond the half-way place, January 4, 1959
       What communism is doing for us, January 11, 1959
       The Christian revelation and revolution, January 18, 1959
       What does a boy want, February 8, 1959
       The land of beginning again, February 15, 1959

1/34   Our deeper resources, March 15, 1959
       The central thing in discipleship, April 5, 1959
       How big is your gospel, April 19, 1959
       Three chairs, May 3, 1959
       Baptized for the dead, May 10, 1959

1/35   Indirect evangelism, May 17, 1959
       A sense of what is vital, May 24, 1959
       Moment of truth, October 18, 1959
       What is right with the church, October 25, 1959

1/36   Three high mountains to climb, November 1, 1959
       The necessities of life, November 8, 1959
       The cost of things, November 22, 1959
       The sign and secret of growth, November 29, 1959
       The gods of our enemies, December 6, 1959

1/37   The pitfalls of philosophy, December 13, 1959
       Ideas in search of an author, December 14, 1959
       The mind of Christ, December 20, 1959
       The disturbing Christ, December 27, 1959
       What is there in it for me, January 17, 1960

1/38   The trumpet of urgency, January 24, 1960
       Make yourself unanimous, January 31, 1960
       Between an atom and a star, February 7, 1960
       The man under the sun, February 14, 1960
       The gospel for an age of anxiety, February 21, 1960

1/39   Would you feel at home there?  March 6, 1960
       What makes the church, March 13, 1960

1/40   Three answers to evil (We are the wrestlers), March 27, 1960
       The ageless choice, April 10, 1960
       Good morning, April 17, 1960

1/41   Pessimism and perspective, April 24, 1960
       How are things at home, May 15, 1960
       The sin of the third tongue, May 22, 1960

1/42   Remember now, May 29, 1960
       Where now is thy God, October 9, 1960, February 11, 1968
       Getting out the marginal vote, October 16, 1960
       Three prepositions, October 23, 1960

1/43   We need a twentieth century reformation, October 30, 1960
       Can the church keep out of politics, November 6, 1960
       What can we get along without, November 13, 1960

1/44   Thanksgiving in three dimensions, November 20, 1960
       The problem of the surplus, November 27, 1960
       What you don't know will hurt you, December 4, 1960
       The lure of learning, December 11, 1960

1/45   The uniqueness of Christ, December 18, 1960
       Glory and glamour, December 25, 1960
       Keep moving, January 1, 1961
       What is the church for, January 8, 1961

1/46   The demand for maturity, January 15, 1961
       The romance of religion (The most thrilling thing in the
         world), January 22, 1961
       Is respectability enough?  January 29, 1961

1/47   The Christian understanding of happiness, February 5, 1961
       The meaning of forgiveness, February 12, 1961
       The power of the purpose, February 19, 1961

1/48   The man of the watchtower, March 5, 1961
       March 12, 1961
       Questions of the day and the question of the day,
         March 19, 1961
       A grain of wheat, March 26, 1961

1/49   Things that cannot die, April 2, 1961
       When power comes, April 9, 1961
       Why Jesus spoke in parables, April 23, 1961
       Where do we stop listening, April 30, 1961

1/50   The world is yours, May 7, 1961
       Fifty candle power, May 14, 1961
       What is that in thy hand, May 21, 1961
       The importance of one person, May 28, 1961

1/51   The inner defenses, October 15, 1961
       The temptations of a troubled time, October 22, 1961

1/52   The continuing influence of Luther, October 29, 1961
       The open window, November 5, 1961
       Beyond an attitude, November 12, 1961

1/53   Stand up for American freedom (The battle for the free
         mind), November 19, 1961
       Getting ourselves right, November 26, 1961

1/54   Beyond the reach of trouble, December 3, 1961
       The Bible, a timeless book, December 10, 1961

1/55   Move away that mountain, December 17, 1961
       What chance has Christianity to survive, December 24, 1961
       Stairways to the sky, December 31, 1961

1/56   Rebuilding a lost faith, January 7, 1962
       The pitfalls of tolerance, January 14, 1962
       Certainty in confusion, January 21, 1962

1/57   Realism and reality, January 28, 1962
       The fragmentation of life, February 4, 1962

1/58   Between Jordan and Jericho, February 11, 1962
       Conformity, February 18, 1962

1/59   How to be a rebel, February 25, 1962
       The big house on the hill, March 4, 1962
       Bare feet in the palace, March 11, 1962
       One small handle to hold, March 18, 1962

1/60   The bewildered laymam, March 25, 1962
       The shadow of rejection, April 8, 1962
       More divine than any miracle, April 15, 1962
       For those who can't believe, April 22, 1962

1/61   The church which is his body, April 29, 1962
       Her majesty, the queen, May 13, 1962
       The message of Christ, May 20, 1962

1/62   What do we expect of worship, October 21, 1962
       What do you expect of your ministers, October 28, 1962
       When Jesus went to church, November 4, 1962
       What does the church expect of laymen, November 11, 1962

1/63   The subersive nature of ingratitude, November 18, 1962
       Our dangerous virtues, November 25, 1962
       Lengthen the cords!  Strengthen the stakes! 
         December 2, 1962
       Once there was a slave, December 9, 1962

1/64   Once when the time was right, December 16, 1962 (no copy
         available)
       Christ, the golden milestone of the ages, December 23, 1962
       Time does something more than pass, December 30, 1962
       The power is in the yes, January 6, 1963

1/65   The last straw, the even measure, and the second mile,
         January 13, 1963
       A faith for the nuclear age, January 27, 1963

1/66   Just what is a Christian, February 3, 1963
       Renewal begins within, February 10, 1963
       Hidden treasures, February 24, 1963

1/67   The deep roots of peace, March 3, 1963
       When the zest goes out of life, March 10, 1963

1/68   Reluctant missionaries, March 17, 1963
       The God who waits, March 31, 1963
       The Upper Room, April 7, 1963

1/69   Can civilization rise again, April 14, 1963
       To be continued, April 21, 1963
       Are you wasting your emotions, April 28, 1963

1/70   How is your bank account?  May 5, 1963
       Little journeys our homes must make, May 12, 1963 (see also
         Four roads to home, May 1, 1955)
       To keep life tasting good, May 19, 1963

1/71   Are people getting bored with religion (Religious dropouts),
         October 20, 1963
       Something of which we need not be ashamed, October 27, 1963
       You can take it with you, November 3, 1963

1/72   His majesty, the repairman!  November 10, 1963
       The heresy of the heart, November 17, 1963

1/73   What are we doing well?  November 24, 1963
       What are we leaving out, December 1, 1963
       Your own private chapel, December 8, 1963

1/74   The wisdom of the incarnation, December 15, 1963
       The mind of one in the many, December 22, 1963
       A wholesome resolution, December 29, 1963

1/75   Unfinished business, January 5, 1964
       Giants in the land, January 12, 1964

1/76   The art of the alibi, January 19, 1964
       Built-in limitations, January 26, 1964
       Sit-ins among the shut-outs, February 2, 1964  (see also
       Beachheads to brotherhood, February 21, 1954)

1/77   Where religion and psychology meet, February 9, 1964 (see
         also Christianity and psychology, February 13, 1949)
       The laws of community life (One great hour), February 16, 1964
       Serendipity, February 23, 1964

1/78   The mystery of growth, March 1, 1964
       How to find yourself (The way to life), March 8, 1964
       The inescapable way (The way to survive), March 15, 1964
       Mighty to grasp the idea, March 22, 1964

2/1    The grave and the garden, March 29, 1964
       Motives that lead to Christ, April 5, 1964

2/2    Making the most of what you are, April 12, 1964
       Right or wrong--how can I know?  April 19, 1964
       The growth of Christian ethics, April 26, 1964

2/3    We must have both, May 17, 1964
       Using the present moment, May 24, 1964
       The things that happen to you, July 19, 1964

2/4    The most convincing argument (The unanswerable answer),
         July 26, 1964
       Beyond the reach of trouble, August 23, 1964
       Are you tired?  October 18, 1964
       Can the churches be the church, October 25, 1964

2/5    Raising Cain!  November 1, 1964
       By way of the wilderness, November 8, 1964
       The charges against the church, November 15, 1964

2/6    The touch of influence, November 22, 1964
       The runner and the race, November 29, 1964
       The reach for greatness (A scramble for chief seats),
         December 6, 1964

2/7    How to recognize a Christian, December 13, 1964
       The silent years, December 20, 1964
       You can't go home again, December 27, 1964

2/8    The romance of an idea, January 3, 1965
       The idea of progress, January 10, 1965
       When the barbarian comes, January 17, 1965

2/9    New patches or new creations, January 24, 1965
       The core of Christianity, January 31, 1965

2/10   The story and the glory of the church, February 14, 1965
       The lure of the infinitive, February 21, 1965

2/11   Believe or be damned, February 28, 1965
       We that are strong ought, March 7, 1965
       This question of church and state, March 14, 1965

2/12   Take a look at yourself, March 21, 1965
       Not good if detached, March 28, 1965
       Christ the saviour, April 4 (5?), 1965
       The cross on main street, April 11, 1965

2/13   The fact and the force of the resurrection, April 18, 1965
       More beyond, April 25, 1965
       What are our mothers thinking, May 9, 1965

2/14   At home in God's world, May 16, 1965
       Take good care of your heart, May 23, 1965
       Making use of what we cannot understand, May 30, 1965

2/15   "Overwhelmed," October 24, 1965
       What goes on in there, October 31, 1965

2/16   Where is your church, November 7, 1987
       When worship is a pleasure, November, 14, 1965
       Grace and gratitude, November 21, 1965

2/17   The unclaimed heritage, November 28, 1965
       How to improve your hearing, December 5, 1965
       Why four Gospels?  December 12, 1965

2/18   What do you see?  December 19, 1965
       Four windows to life, December 26, 1965
       Can the church catch up with the times, January 2, 1966

2/19   The place of religion in a world of confusion,
         January 9, 1966
       That muddy old river, January 16, 1966
       The shine on the Black (The relevance of preaching),
         January 23, 1966

2/20   The seed, the soil, and the secret, January 30, 1966
       The creed, the code, and the cause, February 6, 1966
       The validity of the Christian experience, February 20, 1966

2/21   The grandeur and the misery of man, February 27, 1966
       On a clear day you can see forever, March 6, 1966

2/22   How good do we have to be, March 13, 1966
       The anatomy of courage, March 20, 1966
       Not enough of an answer, March 27, 1966

2/23   The cross in every tree, April 3, 1966
       Beginning to dawn, April 10, 1966
       Come closer in!  April 24, 1966
       How to be a saint, May 1, 1966

2/24   The clash between age and youth, May 8, 1966
       Forces that shape our lives, May 15, 1966
       Why Jesus was not a cynic, May 22, 1966
       What the world is waiting for, May 29, 1966

2/25   Simplifying religion, October 30, 1966
       "Signs in the sky," November 6, 1966
       "Live by appreciation, November 20, 1966
       Encouragements to prayer, November 27, 1966

2/26   Christ and the blue pencil, December 4, 1966
       What can we do on Sunday?  December 11, 1966
       The moment, December 18, 1966
       Don't move the angels!  December 25, 1966

2/27   If you had only one wish, January 1, 1967
       The church in the new generation, January 8, 1967
       The death of the gods, January 15, 1967

2/28   Altars to the unknown (The unknown God), January 22, 1967
       The shadow of Caesar, January 29, 1967
       When disappointment is a door, February 5, 1967

2/29   Can we have good without God?  February 12, 1967
       How much is a refugee worth?  February 19, 1967
       Are we letting ourselves down?  February 26, 1967

2/30   Have dominion!  March 5, 1967
       The strength of a clean anger, March 12, 1967
       The meaning of the cross, March 19, 1967
       Why we believe in everlasting life, March 26, 1967
       How long is your shadow?  April 9, 1967
       The man who cast the longest shadow, April 16, 1967
       Is there reality in divine guidance?  April 23, 1967

2/31   Let's get on the offensive, June 4, 1967
       Make the room fit the picture, October 29, 1967
       What can one person do?  November 12, 1967
       What is business for?  November 19, 1967
       The pattern of protest, November 26, 1967
       How large is the earth?  December 3, 1967
       Getting wise to life, December 10, 1967

2/32   The irreducible word, December 17, 1967
       What do we celbrate at Christmas?  December 24, 1967
       Glory on the common ways, December 31, 1967
       This matter of inner poise, January 7, 1968

2/33   Blunders, bombers, and builders!  January 14, 1968
       The force and form of renewal, January 28, 1968
       Is secularism enemy or ally?  (God--outside the temple),
         February 11, 1968
       The is too short, the ceiling too low!  February 18, 1968
       The pattern of protest I-IV
       The pattern of protest II (How to be a rebel),
         February 25, 1968
       The pattern of protest III (The silent ones), March 3, 1968

2/34   The baffling silences of God, March 10, 1968
       The anatomy of courage, March 17, 1968
       The Hiddenness of God, March 24, 1968
       The seeking God, March 31, 1968

2/35   The city of the living God, April 7, 1968
       All the world's a stage!  April 14, 1968

2/36   A night of emptiness, April 28, 1968
       A struggle against a dream, May 5, 1968
       What are lifting up?  May 12, 1968

2/37   The pattern of protest IV (On the boundary), May 19, 1968
       How to build a house (The building and the storm),
         May 26, 1968

2/38   Index to recorded sermons housed in the Pitts Theology
         Library, 1938-1968.

 

Series II: Audio Sermons

Box: 3      Side 1: “The God Who Waits”

Side 2: ”The Way of the Wilderness”                   undated

            Side 1: “The Zest for Life”  

Side 2: ”The Mystery of Growth”                       undated

            Side 1: “The Clue to Happiness”

Side 2: ”The Beginning of a Word”                     undated

            “How to Become a Christian”                              1958

            “Change Your Mind and Accept the New Change”             1958

            “Beyond a Passing Grade”                                 1958

            “Most Valuable Letters in the World”                     1958

            “How Fast are You Growing Up?”                           1958

            “What Do You See?”                                       1958

            “Christ and Human Failure”                               1958

            “The Dignity of Faith”                                   1958

            “Ideas in Search of an Author”                           1958

            “Sleeping Well on Windy Nights”                          1958

            “Most Convincing Argument”                               1959

            “The Mind of Christ”                                     1959

            “Christian Revelation”                                   1959

            “We Must Vitalize Our Faith”                             1959

            “What Does a Boy Want?”                                  1959

            “Steward Ship of Trouble”                                1959

            “What Communion is Doing for Us                        1959

            “The Disturbing Christ”                                  1959

            “Beyond the Half-Way Point”                              1959

            “Land of Beginning Again”                                1959

            “Mighty Idea to Grasp”                                   1959

            “How Big is Your Gospel?”                                1959

            “Between an Atom and Star”                               1960

            “Where Now is Thy God?”                                  1960

            “Can the Church Catch up with Time?”                     1960

            Side 1: “Your Own Private Chapel”

Side 2: “Beyond the Reach of Trouble”                    1971

            Side 1: “All the World’s a Stage”

Side 2: “New Patches of New Creations”                   1971

            Side 1: “Horns and Halos in Human Nature”

Side 2: “How Free is Freedom?”                           1971

            Side 1: “The Deep Roots of Joy”

Side 2: “The Fellow Who Stayed at Home”                  1971

            Side 1: “Blunders, Bombers, & Builders”

Side 2: “Keep Moving”                                    1971

            Side 1: “The Miracle in the Heart”

Side 2: “The Sorrows of God”                             1971

            Side 1: “What the Dickens is Sin?”

Side 2: “Forgive Us Our Trespasses”                      1971

            Side 1: “The Great Lie”

Side 2: “Remember Who Your Are”                          1971

 

Box 4:      “Mystery and Reality”                                   1958

            “The Right of a Child”                                  1958

            “Out of the World”                                       1958

            “Finding Fault Faultlessly”                              1958

            “When Worship is a Pleasure”                             1958

            “Now Concerning the Collection”                          1958

            “Church Among the Unemployed”                            1958

            “How Green was my Valley”                                1958

            “If You Get Where You’re Going, Where Will You Be?”      1958

            “Wanted  Interpreters                                  1958

            “Deeper Response”                                        1958

            “A Lingering Easter”                                     1958

            “When God Does Not Come”                                 1959

            “What’s Right with the Church”                           1959

            “Baptized for the Dead”                                  1959

            The Necessity of Life”                                   1959

            “The Pitfalls of Philosophy”                             1959

            “The Central Thing in Discipleship”                      1959

            “Indirect Evangelism”                                    1959

            “The Anatomy of Goodness”                                1960

            “The Uniqueness of Christ”                               1960

            “Can the Church Keep Out of Politics?”                   1960

            “Remember Now!”                                          1960

            “The Ageless Choice”                                     1960

            “Would You Feel At Home There?”                          1960    

            “Is There Anything in it for Me?”                        1960

            “Good Morning”                                           1960

            “Glory and Glamour”                                      1960

            “We Need a 20th Century Reformation”                      1960

            “The Man of the Sun”                                     1960

            “The Problem of the Surplus”                             1960

            “Keep Moving”                                            1961

            “Questions of the Day and the Question of the Day”       1961

            “Is Respectability Enough?”                              1961

            “What is the Church For?”                                1961

            “The Christian Understanding of Happiness”               1961

 

Box 5:      “What are you in tune with?”                             1956

            “Making the most of a big disappointment.”               1956

            “The universal God.”                                     1956

            “The making of a disciple.”                              1957

“How can we transmit our faith to our children?”         1958

            “Three chairs.”                                          1959

            “A quiet heart.”                                         1959

            “Beginning to dawn (Easter).                             1959

            “The moment of truth.”                                   1959

            “The building and the storm”                             1959

            “A sense of what is vital”                               1959

            “Three high mountains to climb.”                         1959

            “The gods of our enemies”                                1959

            “Cross on main street.”                                  1959

            “Grandeur and misery of men.”                            1959

            “The sign and secret of growth.”                         1959

            “The cost of things.”                                    1959

            “The things that happen to you.”                         1959

            “Forces that make us.”                                   1960

            “Pessimism and perspective.”                             1960

            “Thanksgiving in 3 dimensions.”                          1960

            “The trumpet of urgency.”                                1960

            “The marks of greatness.”                                1960

            “Three answers to evil.”                                 1960

            “Make yourself unanimous.”                               1960

            “Getting out the marginal vote.”                         1960

            “What can we get along without.                         1960

“The grandeur and misery of man.”                        1960

            “The sin of the third tongue.”                           1960

            “Man on the watchtower.”                                 1961

            “The big house on the hill.”                             1962

            “Bare feet in the palace.”                               1962

            “How to be a rebel.”                                     1962

            “Conformity”                                             1962

            “Certainty in confusion.”                                1962

            “Three prepositions.”                                    1986

 

Box 6:      “Lost islands”                                           1951

“Let’s not waste our emotions.”                          1955

“Is it fun to be fooled.                                1956

“Her Magesty, the modern woman.”                         1956

“Missing the highest”                                    1956

“The strength that comes through Faith.”                 1956

“The faithfulness of God.”                              1956

“When the halo spoils the picture”                       1956

“The God who speaks his mind.”                           1956

“Can we trust the gospel story?”                         1956

“When God shakes the world.”                             1956

“How can we keep the song?”                              1957

“Deep wells and short ropes.”                            1957

“The difficulty of not being Christian.”                 1957

“What can the righteous do?”                             1957

“The importance of talk.”                                1957

“Are we letting ourselves down?”                         1957

“A man like unto ourselves (Nicodemus).”                 1957

“The lure of the city.”                                  1957

“Keeping up with the horses.”                            1957

“Glory on the common road.”                              1957

“The mind of one in the many.”                           1957

“The laughter of the skies.”                             1957

“Antidote for discouragement.”                           1957

“Other little ships.”                                    1957

“Lest we forget.”                                        1957

“The ministry of encouragers.”                           1957

“Make it personal.”                                      1957

            “The long way around.”                                   1957

            “Get your calendar up to date.”                          1957

            “What are we lifting up?”                                1957

            “Who touched me?”                                        1957

            “Maintaining life’s enthusiasms.”                        1957

            “What does it mean to believe?”                          1957

            “The mystery of God.”                                    1957

            “The Love of God.”                                       1957

            “Christ is risen- why?”                                  1957

 

Box 7:      “How much can you take?”                                 1957

            “Recovery starts within.”                                1957    

“A will, a wall, & a bit of red tape.”                   1957

“What happened on a hill.                              1958

“The gospel of another chance.”                          1958

“The most useful pain in the world.”                     1958

“The best things, in the worst times.”                   1958

what is Sunday for?                                     1958

“Time to move.”                                          1958

“What is business for?”                                  1958

“The misery of being bored.”                             1958

“Now is the time.”                                       1958

“The gospel for an age of anxiety”                       1960

“The redemptive mission of the church.”                  1960

“The lure of learning.”                                  1960

“What you don’t know, you will.”                         1960

“What makes the church?”                                 1960

“The impossible imperative.”                             1961

            “Things that do not die.”                                1961

            “A grain of wheat”                                       1961

            “The man on the watchtower.”                             1961

            A trumpet call from God.”                               1961

            “The power of purpose.”                                 1961

            “The romance of religion.”                               1961

            “The demand for maturity.”                               1961

            “Why Jesus spoke in parables.”                           1961

            the meaning of forgiveness.”                            1961

            “The chorus of creation.”                                1961

            “When power comes.”                                      1961

            “Time does something more than pass”                     1962

            Side 1: “What is Communism Doing for Us?”

            Side 2: “The Man on the Watchtower.”                     1973

            Side 1: “The Way to Life.”

            Side 2: “The Touch of Influence.”                        1973

            Side 1: “Faith for a Nuclear Age.”

            Side 2: “Simplifying Religion.”                          1973

            Side 1: “Horns and Halos in Human Nature”      

            Side 2: “Remember Who You Are.”                          1977

            Side 1: “The Way of Survival.”

            Side 2: “The Mind of the One.”                           1977

            Side 1: “The Roots of Peace.”

            Side 2: “The Reach for Greatness.”                       1977

            Side 1: “Miracle in the Heart.”                

            Side 2: “The Sorrows of God.”                            1977

 

Box 8:      “They who would change the world.”                    undated

            “The sound of a gentle stillness.”                       1954

            “Twenty-five years at Pasadena Church”                   1954

            “Are Christian people behind the times?”                 1954

            “Going home another way.”                                1954

            “How big is your world?”                                 1954

“What can we get along without.                         1955

“The visions of Ezekial[sic].”                           1955

“The gospel needs the world.”                           1955

“The world is a stage.”                                  1955

“Just what is a Christian?”                              1955

“The reality of a Christian experience.”                 1955

“This business of growing up.”                           1955

“Shopping for a revolution pt. I.”                       1955

“Have dominion.”                                         1955

“New men for new times.”                                 1955

“What kind of a religion must we return to?”             1955

“Not good if detached”                                   1955

            “Like light shining in the dark.”                        1955

            “The Chapel in you soul.”                                1955

            “The root and the fruit of Thanksgiving.”                1955

            “Is respectability enough?”                              1955

            “Principles and peccadillos[sic].”                       1955    

            “Attitudes and action”                                   1955

            “We are the wrestlers.”                                  1956

            “The Question of Sovereignty”                            1956

            “Jesus said father.”                                     1956

            “Providence.”                                            1956

            “Make a wish”                                            1956

“Rebuilding of a Lost Faith.”                            1956

“The other words of God.”                                1956

“Good news in bad times.”                                1956

“Aims of Education.”                                     1956

“No room at the Inn.”                                    1956

“What Good is Good?”                                     1956

“Have they come here too?”                               1956

 

Box 9:      “The god of the living”                                  1950

            “Is it nothing to you?”                                  1950

            “When worship is a pleasure”                             1951

“A quiet heart.”                                         1951

            “Make it personal.”                                      1951

            “What is the big idea?”                                  1951

            “Mystery and reality.”                                   1952

            “What does it mean to believe?”                          1952

            “Unlabeled heresies.”                                    1952

            “Expecting something to happen.”                         1952

            “The consenter.”                                         1952

            “How fast are you growing up?”                           1952

            “When our virtues get us into trouble.”                  1952

            “Why Jesus spoke in Parables.”                           1952

            “The cross on main street.”                              1952

            “For those who have stopped trying.”                     1952

            “What is there in it for me?                             1952

            “Ladders to the sky.”                                    1952

Underestimating our resources.”                         1953

“How can I tell right from wrong?”                       1953

“What is that in thy hand?”                              1953

            “Say yes!”                                               1953

            “A gentleman’s gratitude.”                               1953

            “The pearl of great price.”                              1954

            “What is refuge worth?”                                  1954

            “Beachheads to brotherhood.”                             1954

            “This tire world.”                                       1955

            “The Altar and the pulpit”                               1955

            “Pessimism & Perspective.”                               1955

            “Keeping up with the mind of Christ.”                    1955

            “Four roads to home.”                                    1955

            “Remember now.”                                          1955

            “Standing up for life.”                                  1955

            “Don’t be afraid- you believe.”                          1955    

“Shopping for a Revolution pt. II                        1955

            “The upper room.”                                        1955

 

Box 10:     “The mind of Christ”                                     1948

“We must vitalize our faith”                             1949

“The Church and the World mind”                          1950

            “Losing or using the Bible”                              1950

            “When God does not come”                                 1950

            “What has happened to women?”                            1950

            “How God calls men.”                                     1950

            “The building and the storm.”                            1951

“How free is freedom?                                   1951

            “No short cuts”                                          1951

            “What is devotion worth?”                                1951

            “The forces that make us”                                1951

            “I want to climb that mountain”                          1951

            “The power of purpose”                                   1951

            “Is everything all right at home?”                       1951

            “Lost islands”                                           1951

            “A sense of what is vital”                               1951

            “Values that last”                                       1951

            “Communion of saints”                                    1951

            “The gods that fail”                                     1952

            “Getting the first thing right”                          1952

            “Things do not die”                                      1952

            “Get yourself together”                                  1952

            “A helpful resolution”                                   1952

            “When motherhood is worthy to be honored”                1952

            “The most thrilling thing in the world”                  1952

            “The message of Christ”                                  1952

“When God gets far away”                                 1953

            “Push back that mountain”                                1953

            “Making the most of a disappointment”                    1953

            “The disturbing Christ”                                  1953

            “Let’s take the offensive”                               1953

            “How to make religion vital”                            1953

            “The achievement of poise”                               1953

            “The shadow of a cross”                                  1954

            “If a man does not believe, is he to blame?              1954

 

Box 11:     “What can we do about slander?”                          1950

            “A lingering Easter”                                     1950

            “The silences of God”                                    1950

            “The other words of God”                                 1950

            “What is the business of business?”                      1950

“Open the window eastward”                               1951

            “The great decision”                                     1951

            “What are you lifting up?”                               1951

            “The power of anger”                                     1951

Hold to what you have”                                  1952

“Ancient truths in modern speech”                        1952

“The soil has something to do with it”                   1952

            “The roots of the reformation”                           1952

            “When the night is empty”                                1952

            “How long is your shadow?”                               1953

            “Glory on the common road”                               1953

            “If God had your money”                                  1953

            “Wisdom from above”                                      1953

            “The angel is not in the center”                         1953

            “When the days get added up”                             1953

            “This is the life.”                                      1953

            “The Magic of Forgiveness”                               1953

“The Church that is in thy house”                        1953

            “How is your bank account?”                              1953

            “The dignity of self respect”                            1953

            “The castle on the hill”                                 1954

            “The Church as the interpreter of life”                  1954

            “The contagion of attractive religion”                   1954

            “Trouble is a trust”                                     1954

            “The disadvantage of a mild climate”                     1954

            “Coming out of the wilderness”                           1954

            “Can we transmit our faith to our children?”             1954

            “The central thing in discipleship”                      1954

            “Home is the heart”                                      1954

            “What is love worth?”                                    1954

            “The innerforce[sic] of our faith”                       1954

 

Box 12:     Side 1: “What re you lifting up?”

            Side 2: “How to become a Christian”                      undated

            Side 1: “If you get where you are going-where will you be?”

            Side 2: “No room in the inn”                             undated

            Side 1: “The most thrilling thing in the world”

            Side 2: “The contagion of attractive religion”           undated

            Side 1: “Religious dropouts”

            Side 2: “His Majesty, the Repairman”                     1973

            Side 1: “If you get where you’re going, where will you be?”

Side 2: “What a man learned in church”                   1973

            Side 1: “The big house on the hill”

            Side 2: “Bare feet in the palace”                        1973

Side 1: “Does Christianity have a chance?”

            Side 2: “Beyond the halfway place”                       1973

            Side 1: “The power of purpose”     

            Side 2: “Encouragement to prayer”                        1977

            Side 1: “Shattered dreams”

            Side 2: “The great lie”                                  1977

Side 1: “What the world is waiting for”

Side 2: “The seeking God”                                1977

Side 1: “The power is in the yes”

Side 2: “The anatomy of a rebel”                         1977

Side 1: “Overwhelmed”

Side 2: “Simplifying religion”                           1977

Side 1: “Don’t wait ‘till it’s too late”

            Side 2: “Seven Wonders-Spiritual World”                  1982

            Side 1: “Overcome inferiority complex”               

            Side 2: “The twenty-third Psalm”                         1982

            Side 1: “Very first Christmas sermon”          

            Side 2: “Who is Jesus?”                                  1982

            Side 1: “How Jesus taught people to pray”

            Side 2: “How to pray for other people”                   1982

            Side 1: “3 steps to self-confidence”                 

            Side 2: “For he was a good man”                          1982

            Side 1: “I wish I had Lincoln today”

            Side 2: “God is looking for you”                         1982

            Side 1: “Five questions about prayer”

            Side 2: “A formula for answered prayer”                  1982

            Side 1: “The glorious gospel”

            Side 2: “We see risen lord-seven times”                  1982

            Side 1: “God’s plan for prosperity”

            Side 2: “How Jeremiah kept his faith”                    1982

            Side 1: “Love is the greatest”

            Side 2: “Greatest verse in the Bible.”                   1982

Side 1: “My first sermon”

            Side 2: “Jesus’ first sermon”                            1982

Side 1: “Disappointments-Appointments”

            Side 2: “Don’t let defeats defeat you”                   1982

            Side 1: “Forgiveness-Beautiful word”

            Side 2: “How to be born again”

            Side 1: “Second mile gets you there”                    

            Side 2: “Get to know your five brothers”                 1982

Side 1: “Dare to take a chance in life”

            Side 2: “Three Steps to happiness/success”               1983

            Side 1: “Don’t be afraid-trust your heart”

            Side 2: “Greatest woman in old testament”                1983

            Side 1: “How to dry your tears”

            Side 2: “I think about where I’m going”                  1983

            Side 1: “How to make 1983 your best year”

            Side 2: “Burn your past & fix your future”               1983

            Side 1: “I thank God for his church”

            Side 2: “Final tape of series”                           1983

            Side 1: “Five ways to pray”                             

            Side 2: “Six foundations of my faith”                    1983

            Side 1: “When a loved one has died”

            Side 2: “Many things can and do die.”                    1983

            Side 1: “The five laws of faith”

            Side 2: “Start with faith- not your fears.”              1983

            Side 1: “Learn to wait for the tide”

            Side 2: “What to do when you get blue”                   1983

            Side 1: “Jesus calls Lazarus from grave”

            Side 2: “How to know God’s will”                         1983

 

Box 13:     “What happens in church?”                                undated

            Side 1: “Serendipity”

            Side 2: “The romance of an idea”                         undated

            Side 1: “Lest we forget”

            Side 2: “The best things in the worst times”             undated

            “Wanted now: Great gamblers”                             1948

            “The shadow of Caesar”                                   1948

            “How can I tell right from wrong?”                       1948

“Christianity and Psychology”                            1949

            “How big is salvation?”                                  1949

            “Living above our heads”                                 1949

            “The cross in every tree”                                1949

            “Fruitful frustrations”                                  1949

            “Risers for wild horses”                                 1949

            “Your neighbor is a customer”                            1949

            “Do you want to be healthy?”                             1949

            “Can we transmit our faith to our children?”             1950

            “The word of God”                                        1950

            “What is devotion worth?”                                1951

            “What is good?”                                          1951

            “Make a friend of your fear”                             1951

            “Christ, the Savior”                                     1951

            “What you don’t know will hurt you”                      1952

            “Overcoming emotional depression (incomplete)            1952

            Thine is the kingdom”                                   1952

            “The last straw, the even measure, and the second mile  1952

            “How much do you owe?”                                  1954

            “The race that is set before us”                         1954

            “The motive power of hope”                               1958

            “The God who waits”                                      1963

            “The power is in the yes”                                1963

            “A faith for the nuclear age”                            1963

Side 1: “The great compulsion”

            Side 2: “The Christian revelation & revolution”          1973    

            Side 1: “The religion of our enemies”

            Side 2: “The battle for a free mind”                     1973

            Side 1: “Sit-ins among the shut outs”

            Side 2: “Overwhelmed”                                   1973    

Side 1: “The romance of an idea”

            Side 2: “Serendipity”                                    1977

            Side 1: “The lure of learning”

            Side 2: “The field of treasure”                          1977

            Side 1: “Salvation: Magic of Moral?”           

            Side 2: “Waste, want, and worthiness”                    1977

 

Box 14:     “The day after”                                          1948

            “The power of the resurrection”                          1948

            “Eternal life is now”                                    1949

            “The church under the sky”                               1950

            “How old are you?”                                       1950

            “Christ is the common place”                             1951

            “The magic of forgiveness”                               1953

            “Beyond the reach of trouble”                            1961

            “Stairway to the sky”                                    1961

            “The inner defenses”                                     1961

            “Getting ourselves right”                                1961

            “Stand up for American freedom”                          1961

            “The pitfalls of tolerance”                              1962

            “What do you expect of your ministers?”                  1962

            “What do we expect of worship?”                          1962

            “Lengthen the cords; strengthen the stakes”              1962

            “Our dangerous virtues”                                  1962

            “Bewildered laymen”                                      1962

            “One small handle to hold”                               1962

            “The message of Christ”                                  1962

            “Rebuilders of lost faith”                               1962

            “The wisdom of the incarnation”                          1963

            “What are we leaving out?”                               1963

            “Are you still wasting your emotions?”                   1963

            “The mind of the one in the many”                        1963

            “To be continued”                                        1963

            “Can civilization rise again?”                           1963

            “The grave and the garden”                               1964

            “Mighty to grasp the idea”                               1964

            “How to improve your hearing”                            1965

            “Unclaimed heritage”                                    1965

            “Believe or be damned”                                   1965

            “The lure of the infinite”                               1965

            “The shine on the black”                                 1966

            “That muddy old river”                                   1966

            “The place of religion in a world of confusion”          1966

           

Box 15:     “What is right with the church”                          undated

“Unfinished business”                                    1949

“The god who dignifies man”                              1950

            “What do you see?”                                       1951

            “Be thankful for the now”                                1952

            “The Christian in an unchristian world”                  1954

            “The subversive nature of ingratitude”                   1962

            “Her majesty the queen”                                  1962

“What are we doing well?”                                1963

“To keep life tasting good”                              1963

“The heresy of the heart”                                1963

“You can take it with you”                               1963

“Something of which we need not be ashamed”              1963

“Are people getting bored with religion?”                1963

“Reluctant missionary”                                   1963

            “The silent years”                                       1964

            “Using the present moment”                               1964

            “How to recognize a Christian”                           1964

            “Raising Cain!”                                          1964

“Are you tired?”                                        1964

“The inescapable way”                                    1964

“How to find yourself”                                   1964

the laws of community life”                             1964

            “The most convincing argument”                           1964

            “The question of church & state”                         1965

            “What does on in there?”                                 1965

            “Overwhelmed”                                            1965

            “Making use of what we cannot understand”                1965

            “Take a look at yourself”                                1965

            “Grace and Gratitude”                                    1965

            take good care of your heart”                           1965

            “The lure of the infinitive”                             1965

            “The story and glory of the church”                      1965

            “When the barbarian comes”                               1965

            “Four windows to life”                                   1965

            “Can the church catch up with the times?”                1966

           

Box 16:     “What is church for?”                                    1951

            “The marks of a Christian”                               1951

            “The importance of one generation”                       1951

            “Disentangling Christ”                                   1954

            “Something of which we are not ashamed”                  1954

            “How can I become a Christian?”                          1954

            “Move away that mountain”                                1961

            “The Bible- a timeless book”                             1961

            “Beyond an attitude”                                     1961

            “The temptations of a troubled time”                     1961

            “The continuing influence of Luther”                     1961

            “The open window”                                       1961

            “What chance has Christianity to survive?”               1961

            “The importance of one person”                           1961

            “What is in thy hand?”                                   1961

            “Fifty candle power”                                     1961

            “The world is yours”                                     1961

            “The church which is his body”                           1962

            “What the church expects of laymen”                      1962

            “When Jesus went to church”                              1962

            “For those who cannon believe”                           1962

            “Christ, the golden milestone of the ages”               1962

            “Once when the time was right”                           1962

      `     “Once there was a slave”                                 1962

            “More divine than any miracle”                           1962

            “Little journeys our homes must make”                    1963

            “A wholesome resolution”                                 1963

            “Renewal begins within”                                  1963

            “Just what is a Christian?”                              1963

            “The last straw, the even measure, and the second mile  1963

            “Where religion and psychology meet”                     1964

            “Built in limitations”                                   1964

            “The art f the alibi”                                    1964

            “Giants in the land”                                     1964

            “At home in God’s world”                                 1965

            “What are our mothers thinking?”                         1965

 

Box 17:     “The pursuit of happiness”                               1951

“Where do we stop listening?”                            1961

“The shadow of rejection”                                1962

            “The mood and mission of anxiety”                        1962

“The deep roots of peace”                                1963

            “Hidden treasures”                                       1963

            “When the zest goes out of life”                         1963

            “How is your account?”                                   1963

            “The dignity of self composure”                          1964

“Can the church be the church?”                          1964

            “The growth of Christian ethics”                         1964

            “Right or wrong- how can I know?”                        1964

            “The runner & the race”                                  1964

            “The charges against the church”                         1964

            “We must have both”                                      1964

            “Making the most of what you are”                        1964

            “Motives that lead to Christ”                            1964

            “You can’t go home again”                                1964

            “Not good if detached”                                   1965

            “Do you believe in progress?”                            1965

            “Christ the Savior”                                      1965

            “We that are strong ought”                               1965

            “The question of church and state”                       1965

            “More beyond”                                            1965

            “The fact and force of the resurrection”                 1965

            “What do you see?”                                       1965

            “The cross on main street”                               1965

            “Why four gospels?”                                      1965

            “The blessings of Thanksgiving”                          1982

 


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