Guide to the James Harrison Olmstead Papers
Prepared by Myong Shin Jeon, Brent Sharp, Student Assistants, Zach Hobson, Student Intern and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church
(Published for the Drew University Methodist Library)
06/13/2012
Overview of Collection
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Record Creator: |
Olmstead, James Harrison |
Title: |
James Harrison Olmstead Papers |
Title: |
Olmstead Papers |
Date Span: |
1897-1975 |
Abstract: |
James Harrison Olmstead (1877-1975), American minister, was born on December 10, 1877. Olmstead served the church in the
former Genesee and Central New York Annual Conferences. The records document the life and ministry of James Harrison Olmstead.
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Extent: |
2.97 cubic feet |
Resource ID: |
drew.ms.2408 |
Biographical Note
James Harrison Olmstead (1877-1975) American minister, was born on December 10, 1877 to George and Frances Olmstead in Windham
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He received his local preacher's license in 1896. In 1901, he graduated from Syracuse
University and then from Boston University School of Theology in 1904. While a student in the seminary, he preached frequently
and became a devoted student of Borden Parke Bowne. Bowne's theology espousing Personalism became a major influence in Olmstead's
thought. Olmstead formally began his ministerial career when received on trial by the Genesee Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1904 (later the Western New York Conference). Two years later he was granted full member and Elder status
by the same annual conference. Olmstead became active in annual conference affairs which saw him appointed as conference
treasurer in 1938. Following his retirement in 1950, he was elected President of the Board of Trustees of the Conference
Corporation, a position he held until 1962. He continued preaching until 1960. Chancellor Tolley of Syracuse called Olmstead
"one of the most successful alumni of his class in terms of his contributions to the church and its people .” Olmstead died
on January 11, 1975.
Scope Note
The records document the life and ministry of James Harrison Olmstead. His pastoral journals give a detailed record of service
in the various lists of vital local church records along with the texts of sermons preached at the churches he served. His
ties to Syracuse University run deep as illustrated in the folder of the same name. Biographical materials give the big picture
of his much appreciated pastoral career.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Preferred Citation
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder,
James Harrison Olmstead Papers, Drew Methodist Collection, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items
call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding this collection. Copyright still owned by Drew. Permissions to publish must be directed
to Drew.
Restrictions on Use
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission
on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material
for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
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Index Terms
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Subject Topics |
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Ministry |
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Subject Geographic |
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New York (State) |
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Genre |
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Clippings |
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Journals |
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Photographs |
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Sermons |
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Subject - Corporate Names |
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Methodist Church (U.S.) |
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Methodist Episcopal Church |
Series: Addresses and Sermons
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2144-5-1:
4
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Sermon Notes, Texts |
1897-1902 |
2144-5-2:
1
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Abraham Lincoln |
1918 |
2144-5-2:
2
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Building a Church Program |
1929 |
2144-5-2:
3
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California Tour |
1955 |
2144-5-2:
4
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Call Evil Good and Good Evil |
1910-1911 |
2144-5-2:
5
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Call of 1861 and the Call of 1910, The |
1910 |
2144-5-2:
6
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A Call to Prayer |
1919 |
2144-5-2:
7
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Canst Thou Draw Out Leviathan with a Hook? |
1912-1916 |
2144-5-2:
8
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Cast Me Not Off |
1910-1917 |
2144-5-2:
9
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Centenary Talks |
1919 |
2144-5-2:
10
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Christ in Prayer |
1924 |
2144-5-2:
11
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Christian and the Election, The |
1936 |
2144-5-2:
12
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Church Finance |
1939 |
2144-5-2:
13
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Cigarette as a Life Partner, The |
1905-1923 |
2144-5-2:
14
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Coming Kingdom, The |
1905 |
2144-5-2:
15
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Counteth the Cost |
1909-1916 |
2144-5-2:
16
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Cure for Sin, The |
1907-1933 |
2144-5-2:
17
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Curse Ye Meroz |
1918 |
2144-5-2:
18
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Dangers from an Incomplete Victory, The |
1920-1922 |
2144-5-2:
19
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Davis Reception |
1947 |
2144-5-2:
20
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Definition of Sin |
1904-1910 |
2144-5-2:
21
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Departure of a Child from Home, The |
1907-1926 |
2144-5-2:
22
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Devotional Study of the Bible |
1921 |
2144-5-2:
23
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Devotions at the Home for Unprotected Children |
1937 |
2144-5-2:
24
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Difficulties of the Situation |
1918 |
2144-5-2:
25
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Discovery of our Brother, The |
1920-1922 |
2144-5-2:
26
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Discovery of the World, The |
1920-1922 |
2144-5-2:
27
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Don't Worry, Everything Will Be All Right |
1924-1931 |
2144-5-2:
29
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Endless Line of Splendor |
1957 |
2144-5-2:
30
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Evangelical Church |
1945-1946 |
2144-5-2:
31
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Felt Salvation, A |
1929-1933 |
2144-5-2:
32
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First Temptation of Jesus, The |
1939-1958 |
2144-5-2:
33
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For God So Loved the World |
1921-1922 |
2144-5-2:
34
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For I am not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ |
1910-1938 |
2144-5-2:
35
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Forgiveness |
1914 |
2144-5-2:
37
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Four Folks We Saw at the Fair |
1923 |
2144-5-2:
38
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Free Salvation, A |
1932-1957 |
2144-5-2:
39
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Friend at Midnight, The |
1916-1955 |
2144-5-2:
40
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Full Salvation, A |
1930-1957 |
2144-5-2:
41
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General Impressions/ General Illustrations |
1935 |
2144-5-2:
42
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Geography of Palestine |
1909 |
2144-5-2:
43
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Geography of Palestine |
1925 |
2144-5-2:
44
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Getting the Churches Together |
1922 |
2144-5-2:
45
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Gleanings from the World Field |
1922 |
2144-5-2:
46
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Going Down the Mountain |
1922 |
2144-5-2:
47
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Helps and Hindrances in Prayer |
1908-1959 |
2144-5-2:
48
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Helps to Prayer |
1919-1924 |
2144-5-2:
49
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He Made It Again |
1916 |
2144-5-3:
1
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Hindrances to Prayer |
1906-1924 |
2144-5-3:
2
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His Ballot |
1908-1928 |
2144-5-3:
3
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His Business |
1908-1928 |
2144-5-3:
4
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His Church |
1908-1928 |
2144-5-3:
5
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His Girl |
1908-1928 |
2144-5-3:
6
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How may Death be Destroyed? |
1909 |
2144-5-3:
7
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How may I Become a Follower of Christ? |
1920-1954 |
2144-5-3:
8
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How may Life be Permanantly Established? |
1909 |
2144-5-2:
50
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He Wist not that the Lord had Departed |
1912-1958 |
2144-5-4:
1
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Open Mindedness |
1922 |
2144-5-4:
2
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Origin of Sin, The |
1907-1910 |
2144-5-4:
3
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Ownership |
1919-1953 |
2144-5-4:
4
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Parent in the Home, The |
1902-1907 |
2144-5-4:
5
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Pastor's Night |
1925-1951 |
2144-5-4:
6
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Patriotism of the Morrow, The |
1917 |
2144-5-4:
7
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Pension Talk |
1943-1946 |
2144-5-4:
8
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Personality of Fatherhood - God |
1905 |
2144-5-4:
9
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Problem of Doubt, The |
1909-1930 |
2144-5-4:
10
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Problem of Guidance, The |
1919-1930 |
2144-5-4:
11
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Problem of Self Mastery, The |
1923 |
2144-5-4:
12
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Problem of Sin, The |
1906-1923 |
2144-5-4:
13
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Problem of the Child, The |
1908 |
2144-5-4:
14
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Problem of the City, The |
1908 |
2144-5-4:
15
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Qualifications for Christian Service |
1906 |
2144-5-4:
16
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Radio Talks |
1932 |
2144-5-4:
17
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Religion without a Home |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-4:
18
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Religion without the Pocketbook |
1908-1916 |
2144-5-4:
19
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Religious Dramatics |
1930 |
2144-5-4:
20
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Remember |
1923 |
2144-5-4:
21
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Romance of Church Finance, The |
1944-1954 |
2144-5-4:
22
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Rules of the Game, The |
1926 |
2144-5-4:
23
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Second Temptation, The |
1906 |
2144-5-4:
24
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Selection of a Partner for the Home, The |
1907-1926 |
2144-5-4:
25
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Social Gospel, The |
1921-1922 |
2144-5-4:
26
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Some Biblical Fools |
1915-1926 |
2144-5-4:
27
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Some Popular Misconceptions |
1911 |
2144-5-4:
28
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Stewardship of Possessions |
1919-1953 |
2144-5-4:
29
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Supposing Religion |
1920-1954 |
2144-5-4:
30
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Take up His Cross |
1918 |
2144-5-4:
31
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Talk on Mexico |
1959 |
2144-5-4:
32
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Talk on Social Service |
1913 |
2144-5-4:
33
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Talk to Veterans |
1921 |
2144-5-4:
34
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Teach to Win Souls |
1905 |
2144-5-4:
35
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Temperance and Missions |
1934 |
2144-5-4:
36
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Temptations of Christ, The |
1934 |
2144-5-4:
37
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Temptations on the Mountain, The |
1939-1958 |
2144-5-4:
38
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Thanksgiving Address |
1918 |
2144-5-4:
39
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There is a Great Gulf Fixed |
1906-1957 |
2144-5-4:
40
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Third Temptation, The |
1906 |
2144-5-4:
41
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This Man hath done nothing amiss |
1914 |
2144-5-4:
42
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Thy Kingdom Come in our Church |
1941 |
2144-5-4:
43
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Timeline Baskets, The |
1910-1956 |
2144-5-4:
44
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Tithing |
1919-1953 |
2144-5-4:
45
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Tomorrow |
1923-1926 |
2144-5-4:
46
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To the Ambitious Man |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-4:
47
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To the Awakened Man |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-4:
48
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To the Discouraged Man |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-4:
49
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To the Overconfident Man |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-4:
50
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To the Thoughtless Man |
1907-1916 |
2144-5-5:
1
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Transfiguration, The |
1908-1938 |
2144-5-5:
2
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Transfiguration of Saint Peter - Call, The |
1908 |
2144-5-5:
3
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Transfiguration of Saint Peter - Confession |
1908 |
2144-5-5:
4
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Transfiguration of Saint Peter - Fall |
1908 |
2144-5-5:
5
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Transfiguration of Saint Peter - Repentance |
1908-1938 |
2144-5-5:
6
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Transfiguration of Saint Peter - Walking on the Sea |
1908 |
2144-5-5:
7
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Ultimate Destiny of the Ungodly, The |
1925 |
2144-5-5:
8
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Uniting Conference, The |
1939 |
2144-5-5:
9
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Unknown Dead, The |
1905 |
2144-5-5:
10
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Wages of Sin in Death, The |
1906-1933 |
2144-5-5:
11
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Wayfarer, The |
1919 |
2144-5-5:
12
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What is a Christian? |
1927-1958 |
2144-5-5:
13
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What is a Christian for? |
1924-1956 |
2144-5-5:
14
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What is Death? |
1909 |
2144-5-5:
15
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What is it all about? |
1938-1954 |
2144-5-5:
16
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What is Life? |
1909 |
2144-5-5:
17
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What is the Almighty that We should Serve Him? |
1917-1922 |
2144-5-5:
18
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What is the matter with the Church? |
1912-1930 |
2144-5-5:
19
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What must I do to be Saved |
1914-1956 |
2144-5-5:
20
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What must I do to be Saved? |
1939-1955 |
2144-5-5:
21
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What Next? |
1919 |
2144-5-5:
22
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What Shall I do with Jesus? |
1921-1957 |
2144-5-5:
23
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What shall it profit a man to gain? |
1917-1922 |
2144-5-5:
24
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What shall she aim to avoid? |
1913 |
2144-5-5:
25
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What shall she aim to be? |
1907-1913 |
2144-5-5:
26
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What shall she aim to do? |
1913 |
2144-5-5:
27
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What then shall I do with Jesus? |
1902-1954 |
2144-5-5:
28
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What think ye of Christ? |
1905 |
2144-5-5:
29
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Where Shall the Ungodly and the Sinners Appear? |
1911-1922 |
2144-5-5:
30
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Whom shall she aim to marry? |
1907-1913 |
2144-5-5:
31
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Why Go Hungry? |
1906-1920 |
2144-5-5:
32
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Why not try Christianity? |
1925-1955 |
2144-5-5:
33
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Why Pray at all? |
1919-1924 |
2144-5-5:
34
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Wife in the Home, The |
1907-1926 |
2144-5-5:
35
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Will God violate His Laws because you ask Him? |
1915-1924 |
2144-5-5:
36
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With His Stripes We are Healed |
1905-1959 |
2144-5-5:
37
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Woe to those at ease in Zion |
1907-1954 |
2144-5-5:
38
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World's Fools, The |
1922-1926 |
2144-5-5:
39
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Would Thou Be Made Whole? |
1925 |
2144-5-5:
40
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Wrecking of the Home |
1907 |
2144-5-5:
41
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You Can't Change Human Nature |
1910-1931 |
2144-5-5:
42
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You Can't Mix Religion and Business |
1923-1931 |
2144-5-5:
43
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Zacchaeus |
1911-1959 |
2144-5-3:
9
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How Shall We Escape |
1904-1956 |
2144-5-3:
10
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How to Pray |
1908-1959 |
2144-5-3:
11
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How to Save the World, or Lessons from the Campaign |
1921 |
2144-5-3:
12
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Human Nature and Divine Nature |
1913-1957 |
2144-5-3:
13
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Humility |
1914 |
2144-5-3:
14
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Husband in the Home, The |
1907-1926 |
2144-5-3:
15
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I am the Truth |
1918-1934 |
2144-5-3:
16
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I was Afraid |
1927-1931 |
2144-5-3:
17
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I will pay my vows unto Jehovah |
1913 |
2144-5-3:
18
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If a man die shall he live again |
1922 |
2144-5-3:
19
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Immigration Problem |
1908 |
2144-5-3:
20
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Impressions of the Council of Cities |
1924 |
2144-5-3:
21
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Irrepressible Conflict, The |
1914-1960 |
2144-5-3:
22
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Is it nothing to you all ye that pass by? |
1918-1954 |
2144-5-3:
23
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It doesn't make any difference |
1924-1931 |
2144-5-3:
24
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Jesus on the Pinnacle of the Temple |
1914-1958 |
2144-5-3:
25
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Keys to Life's Treasure Chest |
1922-1923 |
2144-5-3:
26
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Launch Out |
1921 |
2144-5-3:
27
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Lay Activities |
1939 |
2144-5-3:
28
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League of Nations, The |
1919 |
2144-5-3:
29
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Lessons from Hitler |
1941 |
2144-5-3:
30
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Life After Death |
1905 |
2144-5-3:
31
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Like Him |
1905 |
2144-5-3:
32
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Lincoln, The Paradoxical |
1909-1917 |
2144-5-3:
33
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Loss of the Titanic, The |
1912 |
2144-5-3:
34
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Lost and Found |
1926 |
2144-5-3:
36
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Lovest Thou Me? |
1911-1954 |
2144-5-3:
37
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Lure of a Possibility, The |
1937 |
2144-5-3:
38
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Man Who Never had a Chance, The |
1923-1935 |
2144-5-3:
39
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Man Who says "What's the Use", The |
1923-1959 |
2144-5-3:
40
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Man Who Wins at the Finish, The |
1923-1959 |
2144-5-3:
41
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Man with an Eye to the Main Chance, The |
1923-1959 |
2144-5-3:
42
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Man with an Indirect Aim, The |
1923-1935 |
2144-5-3:
43
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Man without a Country, The |
1908-1937 |
2144-5-3:
44
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Man without a God, The |
1912-1937 |
2144-5-3:
45
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Man without a Home, The |
1912 |
2144-5-3:
46
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Man without a Purpose, The |
1912 |
2144-5-3:
47
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Maximum and Minimum Christians |
1918 |
2144-5-3:
48
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Meaning of Prayer, The |
1908-1959 |
2144-5-3:
49
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Methodism's Million Dollar Show - Centenary |
1919 |
2144-5-3:
50
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Methodist Movement, The |
1938 |
2144-5-3:
51
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Minister and his Personal Conduct, The |
1948-1949 |
2144-5-3:
52
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Ministry of Love, The |
1904 |
2144-5-3:
53
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Mixing Religion and the World |
1907 |
2144-5-3:
54
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Moral Issues of the Campaign |
1920 |
2144-5-3:
55
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Moral Issues of the Campaign |
1923-1924 |
2144-5-3:
56
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Moral Issues of the Election |
1932 |
2144-5-3:
57
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Need of Salvation, The |
1925 |
2144-5-3:
58
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Olmstead Class |
1948 |
2144-5-6:
5
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Sermon Material: And He Marveled - Borderland Region |
1903-1957 |
2144-5-6:
6
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Toasts/ Speeches |
1915-1930 |
Series: Ministry
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2144-5-1:
1
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Biography |
1902-1975 |
2144-5-1:
2
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Syracuse University |
1932-1964 |
2144-5-1:
3
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Annual Conferences |
1932-1967 |
2144-5-1:
5
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Pastoral and Church Journals - Folder 1 |
1900-1919 |
2144-5-1:
6
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Pastoral and Church Journals - Folder 2 |
1919-1938 |
2144-5-5:
44
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Bulletins |
1902-1912 |
2144-5-5:
45
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Correspondence |
1903-1912 |
2144-5-5:
46
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General Conference Materials |
1924-1936 |
2144-5-5:
47
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Miscellaneous Materials |
1904-1939 |
2144-5-5:
48
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Washington Seminar on Peace |
1958 |
Series: Publications
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2144-5-6:
1
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Comforting Words |
Undated |
2144-5-6:
2
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Hymns/Poems - Absence - How? When? Where? Why? |
Undated |
2144-5-6:
3
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Hymns/Poems - Hymn of Trust - Sleep |
Undated |
2144-5-6:
4
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Hymns/Poems - Sleeping and Waking - Yet a Little While |
Undated |