Part 21

The Christian Program. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 68 No. 26. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern, Jun 16, 1920. p. 664. Note: Parables of mustard seed (Matthew 13:31–32) and leaven (13:33).

The Christian Standard of Greatness. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 80 No. 8. New York: The American Tract Society, Aug 1922. p. 117. Notes: 1) Jesus discusses greatness with his disciples (Mark 9:33–35), 2) Jesus speaks of losing and finding one’s life (Matthew 10:39, 16:25), 3) Jesus doing good (Acts 10:38).

The Christ of the Sea. Byline: Dr. Clarence E. Flynn, Pastor of Trinity M. E. Church. Source: _Berkeley Daily Gazette_. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Gazette Publishing Company, Dec 25, 1929. p. 8. Notes: 1) Jacob uses a stone as a pillow (Genesis 28:11), 2) Angels sing at birth of Jesus (Luke 2:14), 3) Jesus speaks about being born again (John 3:3), 4) Saving one’s life by losing it (e.g., John 12:25), 5) Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12), 6) Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39), 7) Jesus speaks to rich, young man (Matthew 19:16–22).

Contributed essay to a symposium on “The Church and Young People”. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn, Pastor, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Princeton, IN. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 52 No. 4. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Apr 1920. pp. 203–04. Notes: 1) Tobacco propaganda; essay, “Capitalizing War for the Tobacco Trade,” 2) Training children’s mind, body, religious instinct, and social relationships; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training.”

The Church’s Fourfold Program. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Living Church_. Vol. 67 No. 1. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co., May 6, 1922. p. 16. Notes: 1) Evangelism as the thing the Church has been set to do (Matthew 28:16–20), 2) “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3), 3) Christian education in the home and school; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training.”

Civilization. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Social Science_. Vol. 5 No. 1. Winfield, KS: Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Sciences; Nov 1929–Jan 1930. pp. 92–93. Notes: 1) The source listed this story as an editorial piece, 2) From the source’s “Contributors” section (p. 130): “CLARENCE E. FLYNN is pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, the university church, Berkeley, California. He is a graduate of De Pauw University and holds the D. D. degree from that institution. His work in the past consists of pastorates of several churches, superintendency of the Bloomington, Indiana, district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, magazine articles, poems and edited works in connection with Methodist denominational work.” [DePauw conferred the Doctor of Divinity degree honorarily.]

The Comrade Perfect: An Appreciation. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Youth_. Vol. 3 No. 11. Kansas City: Unity School of Christianity, Nov 1929. p. 6. Notes: 1) “Him who was called Immanuel, or God with us” (Matthew 1:23), 2) “the coming of the spirit divine” (Acts 2:1–4), 3) God seeks a place in human hearts; poems: “The King,” “No Room in the Inn,” 4) God as immanent; poems: “The Creator,” “God’s Manners,” “The Voices of God,” 5) Providence; poems: “The God of the Beginning,” “What Does It Matter?”

The Corner Stones of Life. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 27 No. 1. Cleveland: F. M. Barton Co., Oct 1925. p. 61. Notes: 1) Quoted Longfellow from poem, “The Builders,” 2) Paul mentions people as God’s building in the subtitle’s biblical reference and 1 Corinthians 3:9–17, 3) Ideals; essay, “The Christ of the Sea.”

Correspondence. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Office Economist_. Vol. 11 No. 10. Jamestown, NY: Art Metal Construction Company, Dec 1929. p. 12. Note: Poem, “The Heart of a Child is a Scroll.”

Creating a Demand. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Dodge Idea_. Vol. 35 No. 9. Mishawaka, IN: Kenyon W. Mix, Sep 1919. pp. 929, 941. Note: Byline had misspelling, “Clarenc E. Flynn.”

The Crowded Inn. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Miami Daily Metropolis_. Vol. 20 No. 9. Miami: Metropolis Publishing Co., Dec 23, 1916. p. 6. Notes: 1) Inconsistent capitalization of “his/him,” as it refers to Jesus Christ, has been made more consistent, 2) Persecution as counterproductive against Christianity and Christians (Acts 5:38–42), 3) The sentence “He never will flee persecution” was followed by the sentence fragment “The brightest intellect, and the most earnest seekers after the truth of His dominion.” The fragment seems erroneous and was removed for readability, 4) “Let us find whether the doors of the throne rooms of our own hearts are open;” poems: “Heart Gates,” “The King,” and “No Room in the Inn.”

Determinants. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Special Crops_. Vol. 20 No. 232. Skaneateles, NY: C. M. Goodspeed, Dec 1921. p. 309. Note: Poems: “Have You Tried?,” “Iron,” and “A Trouble Making World.”

Do It Right. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’ World_. Vol. 16 No. 21. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, May 26, 1917. p. 5. Note: Poems: “Almost,” “Doing It Well,” “The Engineer,” and “The Section Foreman.”

Dollars Versus Sense. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 9. Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, May 1921. pp. 572–75. Notes: 1) Poem, “I Want,” 2) “Where wealth accumulates, and men decay;” from Oliver Goldsmith’s poem, “The Deserted Village” (1770).

Education and Production. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The School Arts Magazine_. Vol. 20 No. 6. Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, Inc., Feb 1921. pp. 332–34. Notes: 1) If “the notion that gentlemen do not labor with their hands” sounds haughty, consider the poem, “In Conference,” 2) “whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well;” poem, “Doing It Well,” 3) “perform...with a minimum of friction and waste;” essay, “The Yoke,” 4) “The life of society is co-operative;” poems: “Along the Road,” “Team-work.”

Efficient Spending. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Cookery_. Vol. 25 No. 7. Boston: Boston Cooking-School Magazine Company, Feb 1921. pp. 504–06. Note: “The poor we always have with us” (cf. Matthew 26:11).

Eulogy for Joseph E. Henley [excerpt]. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn, First Methodist Church, Bloomington [IN]. Source: _Indiana University Alumni Quarterly_. Vol. 11 No. 3. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Association of Alumni and Former Students, Jul 1924. p. 458. Note: Contrasting behavior and religious trappings: contributed essay to a symposium on “The Church and Young People.”

Eulogy for Sanford F. Teter [excerpt]. Byline: Dr. Clarence E. Flynn, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bloomington [IN]. Source: _Indiana University Alumni Quarterly_. Vol. 15 No. 2. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Association of Alumni and Former Students, Apr 1928. pp. 255–56. Note: DePauw University conferred the Doctor of Divinity degree honorarily to Flynn.

Facing the Future. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 3. New York: The American Tract Society, Mar 1919. p. 40. Notes: 1) Approaching truth by fair and honest habits of thought; essay, “The Laboratory Test,” 2) More adequate and satisfying interpretation of religion; essay, “Newer Conceptions of Religion,” 3) Ovid writing about humanity’s backward movement (_Metamorphoses_), 4) Tennyson writing about humanity moving forward to a divine event (_In Memoriam A.H.H._), 5) “the seer of Patmos” (cf. Revelation 1:9–11), 6) “new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1).

The Fountain of Youth. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 75 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society, Nov 1917. p. 164. Notes: 1) “One is as old as the spirit within him;” poem, “The Age of a Heart,” 2) Episode involving Hezekiah (2 Kings 20).

Four Addresses to Young People. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Mar 1929. pp. 669–71. Notes: 1) “It is the great compulsion;” essay, “The Great Compulsion,” 2) The presence of “not” in “The person who does not find it in his soul” seems inconsistent with the message, 3) “world builder for God;” poems: “The Builder v1924,” “The Builders,” 4) Call of Isaiah in temple (Isaiah 6), 5) Jesus reads from Isaiah (Luke 4:16–21), 6) John’s vision (Book of Revelation), 7) “Moses said he was not eloquent;” poem, “I am not eloquent,” 8) “mistake for a minister to forsake the altar to serve tables” (Acts 6:2–4).

Free Verse. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 54 No. 5. Highland Falls, NY: Jun 25, 1921. pp. 65–66. Notes: 1) Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), 2) Nunc Dimittis of Simeon (Luke 2:29–32).

The Great Compulsion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Cleveland: F. M. Barton Company, Oct 1928. p. 33. Notes: 1) Moses seeing his people’s burdens (Exodus 2:11), 2) John eats a book (Revelation 10:9), 3) Jesus wept for Jerusalem (Luke 19:41), 4) Usage of _bondslave_ (e.g., Colossians 4:12).

The Great Teacher. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 26 No. 9. Cleveland: F. M. Barton and Co., Jun 1925. pp. 1276–77. Note: Jesus taught with authority and not as the scribes (Matthew 7:28–29).

Has the Day of Great Preachers Passed. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The Homiletic Review_. Vol. 81 No. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, Feb 1921. pp.117–19. Notes: 1) “competing against God for...thought and attention;” essay, “The Crowded Inn,” 2) Moses met God on the mountain (Exodus 3:1–14), 3) Elkanah, Hannah, and son, Samuel (1 Samuel), 4) Partnership of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 4:10–17).

The Heart Interest in Preaching. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 24 No. 2. Cleveland: Nov 1922. p. 192. Note: Poem, “Patchwork.”

The Holy Spirit and Social Viewpoint. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 70 No. 27. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern, Jun 21, 1922. pp. 684–85. Note: Day of Pentecost (Acts 2).

The Home Budget. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Cookery_. Vol. 25 No. 4. Boston: Boston Cooking-School Magazine Company, Nov 1920. pp. 285–87.

The International Religion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 108 No. 52. Boston: The Pilgrim Press, Dec 27, 1923. p. 884. Notes: 1) Liberty was taken in completing illegible text in the source’s right-hand margin, 2) If the reader does not find the text in Revelation 9 of their bible translation, try Revelation 7:4–9, 3) “King of kings and Lord of lords” (e.g., Revelation 19:16, 1 Timothy 6:15), 4) Jesus in people’s hearts; poems: “Finding God,” “The King,” and “No Room in the Inn.”

Is It Nothing to You. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Aug 1929. p. 1261.

Is Prohibition Paternalistic? Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Living Church_. Vol. 60 No. 11. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co., Jan 11, 1919. p. 354. Notes: 1) Control the conduct of other people; essay, “Is It Nothing to You,” 2) “as it will soon do;” Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution on Dec 22, 1917, and the necessary three-fourths of states ratified it by Jan 16, 1919. [Then, the necessary three-fourths of states ratified the 21st Amendment by Dec 5, 1933, thereby repealing the 18th Amendment.] (https://www.fjc.gov/history/ exhibits/prohibition-in-federal-courts-timeline)

“It was an innocent-faced maid”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Richmond Daily Palladium_. Richmond, IN: Palladium Printing Co., Mar 5, 1906. p. 4.

The Laboratory Test. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1921. p. 36. Note: Ancient singer’s challenge (Psalm 34:8–9).

The Laughing Man. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 5. New York: The American Tract Society, May 1919. p. 72. Notes: 1) Jean Valjean; essay, “The Redemption of Jean Valjean,” 2) “[God] has never hesitated to go to any length for the sake of people. Such is also the spirit of those who enter into the secrets of His plans.” (cf. John 15:12–13).

Let the Minister Know Life. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Sep 1929. p. 1338. Note: Poem, “Patchwork.”

Life’s Backgrounds. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 10. New York: The American Tract Society, Oct 1919. p. 148. Notes: 1) “life is like a picture;” multiple poems in poetry book’s index under “Life,” 2) Life’s determining factors; essay, “Determinants,” 3) Whitewashing hidden faults (cf. Matthew 23:27–28), 4) Hard work hidden behind the success; poem, “The Lucky Man,” 5) Influencing another person’s life; poem, “Domsie.”

Life’s Handicaps. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 76 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1918. p. 24. Notes: 1) Jesus heals paralytic let down through roof (Mark 2:1–12), 2) Jesus teaches about ensuring costs can be covered before starting to build (Luke 14:28–30).

The Light. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 30. New York: Methodist Book Concern, Jul 29, 1915. pp. 1009–10. Notes: 1) Description of God as light (1 John 1:5), 2) Creation of light (Genesis 1:3), 3) A determinant created different outcomes between plants of the same family; essay, “Determinants,” 4) What will and will not stand the light (John 3:19–21, Ephesians 5:8).

The Line of Necessity. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 76 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1918. p. 100. Notes: 1) Friendship; essay, “The Necessary Asset—Friends,” and poems: “Fade-Outs” and “Whatever he may wish or plan,” 2) Points from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38–48).

Love’s Burdens. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 1. New York: The American Tract Society, Jan 1921. p. 4. Notes: 1) The sick need a physician (Matthew 9:12), 2) Jesus prays in garden (Matthew 26:36).

“A man entered a downtown street car”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Richmond Daily Palladium_. Richmond, IN: Palladium Printing Co., Mar 5, 1906. p. 4.

The Message of an Empty Tomb. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 68 No. 15. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern, Mar 31, 1920. pp. 368–69. Notes: 1) Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus (Matthew 27:57–60), 2) “the valley and the shadow of death” (cf. Psalm 23:4), 3) Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1–44), 4) The gospel as truth; essay, “The Light,” 5) Jesus’s ideal; essay, “The Christ of the Sea.”

The Message of the Washington Monument. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1919. p. 31. Note: Pretense and unreality; poem, “The Close-Up.”

The Minister and His Reading. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Apr 1928. pp. 764–66. Notes: 1) “speaks with authority and not as the Scribes” (Mark 1:22), 2) “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:12), 3) Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1–11), 4) Jesus states he has overcome the world (John 16:33), 5) Disciples’ encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35).

The Modern Grandmother. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Woman’s Home Companion_. Vol. 42 No. 3. Springfield, OH: Crowell Publishing Company, Mar 1915. p. 78.

Music and History. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 6. Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, Feb 1921. pp. 370–72.

The Nearness of Destiny. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 2. New York: The American Tract Society, Feb 1921. p. 29. Notes: 1) Procrastination; poem, “The Umbrella Mender,” 2) Kingdom of God; poem, “The Gateway of the Kingdom,” 3) Jesus stating “the Kingdom is at hand” (Matthew 10:7); poem, “Imminence,” 4) Daily events marked by eternal significance as well as cause and effect; poem, “Charge Account,” 5) “The Christ of revelation” is at least based on the reference in the essay’s first sentence [Revelation 1:1, “The revelation of Jesus Christ...” (New American Bible)], 6) The Hebrew prophet (Amos 4:12), 7) “shortly come to pass” (Revelation 1:1), 8) Life events mentioned in last paragraph; several poems in poetry book’s index under “Life.”

The Necessary Asset—Friends. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’ World_. Vol. 16 No. 48. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, Dec 1, 1917. p. 4.

Newer Conceptions of Religion. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 107 No. 26. Boston: The Pilgrim Press, Jun 29, 1922. p. 821. Note: Refrain from living in the past; essay, “The Sword that Keeps the Past.”

The New Philosophy. Byline: Clarence Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 52 No. 2. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, Jan 25, 1920. pp. 116–18.

The Objective of Service. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwestern Christian Advocate_. Vol. 70 No. 26. Chicago: The Methodist Book Concern, Jun 14, 1922. p. 657. Notes: 1) “Where wealth accumulates, and men decay;” from Oliver Goldsmith’s poem, “The Deserted Village” (1770), 2) “new heaven and a new earth” (cf. Isaiah 65:17–25).

The Obligation of Good Cheer. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 74 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society, Nov 1916. p. 195. Notes: 1) Essay, “The Laughing Man,” 2) “...that One in whose presence is fulness of joy and at whose right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11). [Jesus and joy (e.g., John 15:11).]

The Opportunity and Peril of the Writer. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 48 No. 12. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, Jun 25, 1918. pp. 409–11. Notes: 1) Peace and brotherhood making war impossible; poems: “The New Day,” “Brotherhood,” 2) Stowe’s first installment appeared June 5, 1851 (page 1, column 1), 3) Unlike his mentioning of Stowe’s work, Flynn doesn’t mention the first installment of Sinclair’s work; it appeared in socialist Julius Wayland’s paper, _Appeal to Reason_, February 25, 1905 (entire cover page), 4) “A derisive term...once elected a man president.” In Flynn’s later essay, “Words,” he associates the term “Log Cabin Harrison” with William Henry Harrison.

Our Blessings of Deliverance. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 80 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society, Nov 1922. p. 166. Note: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11).

Paul’s Ideal Sufficient. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 93 No. 24. New York: Methodist Book Concern, Jun 13, 1918. pp. 734–35. Note: “a pillar and ground of the truth” may refer to the church of the living God (1 Timothy 3:15).

The Post-War Outlook for Literature. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Editor_. Vol. 50 No. 10. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company, May 25, 1919. pp. 74–76. Note: “various subjects down from the ethereal heights of mystical theory to the solid levels of plain thinking and everyday living;” essay, “The New Philosophy.”

Preaching to College Students. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Jun 1928. p. 983–84. Note: Poems: “The Builder v1924,” “The Builders.”

The Price of Liberty. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 82 No. 6. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Feb 9, 1916. p. 130. Notes: 1) “the love which lays down its life for its friends” (cf. John 15:13), 2) temple’s veil was split (Matthew 27:51).

The Redemption of Jean Valjean. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Montreal Witness and Canadian Homestead_. Vol. 77 No. 34. Montreal: John Dougall & Son, Aug 23, 1922. p. 10. Notes: 1) Frenchman Victor Hugo published _Les Miserables_ in 1862, 2) Isaiah’s redemption (Isaiah 6:1–7), 3) Noah and the flood (Genesis 6–8), 4) Noah as drunkard (Genesis 9:20–21), 5) Silas Marner and Eppie are characters in _Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe_, an 1861 novel by Englishwoman Mary Ann Evans (pen name is George Eliot), 6) Self; poem, “The Trouble Making World,” 7) This essay is physically available at Flynn’s alma mater, DePauw University, in their Archives and Special Collections (https://depauw.libraryhost.com/ repositories/2/resources/1887); although the essay is undated, Flynn graduated from DePauw in 1911, 8) This essay is used as a positive example of certain elements of literary writing (Webb, Mary Griffin and Edna Lenore Webb, eds. _Famous Living Americans_. Greencastle, IN: Charles Webb & Company, 1915. pp. 8, 10–11).

The Religion of the New Age. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Bloomington, IN. Source: _The Homiletic Review_. Vol. 77 No. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, Mar 1919. pp. 192–94. Notes: 1) Essay, “Newer Conceptions of Religion,” 2) Prophecy of a new heaven and earth (Isaiah 65:17–25), 3) “It is with religion just as with science or philosophy;” essay, “The New Philosophy.”

The Riverside. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Our Paper_. Vol. 35 No. 1. Concord Junction, MA: Massachusetts Reformatory, Jan 6, 1918. p. 630. Note: ‛We rise by the things that are under our feet’ is from a poem (Holland, Josiah Gilbert. “Gradatim.” _Christian Science Journal_. Vol. 13 No. 5. Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, Aug 1895. p. 210).

The Road Uphill. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Youth_. Vol. 3 No. 9. Kansas City: Unity School of Christianity, Sep 1929. p. 26. Notes: 1) Zechariah speaks about avoiding the sins of their fathers (Zechariah 1:4), 2) Jesus reads His commission (Luke 4:16–21).

The Sabbath Desecration. Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 76 No. 18. Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, May 4, 1910. pp. 14–15. Notes: 1) Some Old Testament background on the sabbath (Exodus 16:16–30; 31:12–17), 2) “the apparent attitude of Jesus toward [the Sabbath]” (Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28, 3:1–5; Luke 6:1–11), 3) “Our lonely Sinais must precede our deeds of leadership,” may refer to the commission of Moses (Exodus 3 thru 4:17), 4) Quoted lesson (Isaiah 30:15).

The Safe Foundations for a League of Nations. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 77 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1919. p. 100. Notes: 1) WWI ended Nov 11, 1918. The League of Nations officially came into existence on Jan 10, 1920, 2) Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), 3) Poems: “Brotherhood;” selfish ways and purposes: “The Measure of Life,” “A Trouble Making World.”

The Same Face. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 18. New York: Methodist Book Concern, May 6, 1915. p. 604.

The School as a Reform Agency. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Princeton, IN. Source: _The School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 34 No. 5. Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, Jan 1921. pp. 316–18. Notes: 1) “his first impulse to try;” poem, “The Secret,” 2) Just as a teacher’s “possession of great power is at once an opportunity and a peril,” so it is for a writer; essay, “The Opportunity and Peril of the Writer,” 3) “Most evils remain only because people do not realize that there is a better way;” essay, “The Yoke”, 4) Not all subscribe to “the natural position of authority occupied by the teacher;” poem, “The Modern Pupil,” 5) “the person who builds manhood and womanhood...is building the future;” poem, “The Teacher v1921.”

The School Teacher and the Republic. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _School News and Practical Educator_. Vol. 33 No. 10. Taylorville, IL: Parker Publishing Company, Jun–Jul 1920. pp. 588–89. Note: Many poems in poetry book’s index under “teaching.”