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_aFlynn, Clarence Edwin, _d1886-1970 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aCollected writings of Clarence Edwin Flynn, first series |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-10-18 | ||
| 508 | _aTodd E. May | ||
| 520 | _a"Collected writings of Clarence Edwin Flynn, first series : 1929 and earlier" by Clarence Edwin Flynn is a collection of essays and articles written in the early 20th century. The anthology spans humorous vignettes, cultural commentary, and predominantly Christian addresses that advocate moral uplift, practical faith, and civic responsibility. Readers can expect reflections on literature, music, education, public life, and guidance for ministers and young people, all delivered in clear, persuasive prose. The opening of this collection presents a transcriber’s note and a preface situating Flynn as a Methodist minister and broad-ranging periodical writer, explaining how the pieces were identified and arranged, followed by a categorized table of contents. It then moves from light humor (two street-scene anecdotes and a quip about a “modern grandmother”) into substantial essays: a call for writers to steward public opinion responsibly (invoking Grotius, Stowe, and Sinclair), meditations on the Washington Monument as a symbol of American fortitude and honesty, and postwar literary forecasts urging truthfulness and practical focus. Further pieces defend free verse as an ancient, legitimate form, read music as a mirror of historical spirit, and offer crisp counsel on effective business correspondence. A substantial religious section follows, diagnosing Sabbath decline and modern restlessness, praising “light” as truth and education, reframing Christ’s “yoke” as help rather than burden, urging room for Jesus amid busyness, and linking liberty to sacrifice. It defines the church’s spiritual core, sketches a practical, unified, optimistic “religion of the new age,” connects Christianity with American civic virtue, promotes personal evangelism, addresses youth with concrete remedies, and affirms resurrection hope—concluding mid-argument with a call to test faith by lived experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aChristian literature | ||
| 653 | _aDidactic literature | ||
| 653 | _aAmerican literature -- 20th century | ||
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