H. M. Tippett

Emerson once wrote that for a man to be A useful to his generation he must learn what the centuries are saying against the hours. Like the ominous knocking at the gate in Macbeth, interpreted in such a memorable…

If you were to receive from some manda­tory power an order to the effect that for the rest of your natural life you would be confined to the use of one hundred English words to express all your wishes, all your needs, all your opinions, all…

There once lived a devout young prince, and he ruled a mountain kingdom. Desiring to build a monument to God as a reminder to his subjects of their dependence upon Christ and His power, he established near his capital city a unique chapel…

IN THE dawn of the Eng­lish Reformation, when the Great Bible, which had just been translated, stood on its desk chained to a pillar in the cathedral, the people gathered in throngs, and stood on the cold stone floor listen­ing intently hour…

This is the first of a series of worship talks given at the General Conference, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C., by H. M. Tippett.

LET us consider God, the all-knowing One, the Omnis­cient Creator, who knows our downsittings and upris­ings,…

All things earthly speak of decay and dissolution. Ever since the heavyhearted sorrow of God made the awful pronouncement upon Adam and Eve on the occasion of their banishment from the sweet waters of Eden: "Dying thou shall die" (margin),…

The eastern religions have codes of ethics but provide no power to im­plement them. And I need not remind any pas­tor or worker here that sin is still with us.

Our pastors all know something about sin in human experience. In apostasy,…

Occasionally I have been in a small conversa­tional group when the ineptitude of certain preachers or other work­ers would be discussed, provoking smiles and laughter. And afterward I have felt condemned, for we should not laugh at weakness.…

* A talk given at the Michigan workers' camp meeting.

WHAT can a cloistered editor say to a group like this that comprises men and women of varying age and total experience, who differ one from the other in natural endowment and cultivated…

THROUGH a number of in­stances that touch my life very closely in recent days I have been made to marvel once more at the greatness and goodness of God.

David said, "My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall…

Once more we are confronted with what to do with the most popular holiday of the calendar year. Before we consider what to do with Christmas, it may be profitable to inquire what Christmas has done to us. We need not probe very far in…

Dear Shepherdess: Children will imitate parents.

Let the sunshine of love, cheerfulness and happy contentment enter your hearts.

The work of parents precedes that of the teacher.

Let us educate our children to be simple…

Perhaps a running narrative of what happens to a book manuscript that reaches our editorial desks may be enlightening and instructive to those who aspire to author ship. If certain suggestions herein given were heeded, many dollars would…

Why is it that the messages of one worker at a camp meeting are the chief source of conversation and discussion among the brethren in attendance, while those of some other worker, just as sincere, just as profound in…

During the great controversial period of the sixteenth century, an English prelate ad­vised one of his contemporaries to publish cer­tain abuses of the clergy in Latin so as not to embarrass the church so far as the common people were concerned.…

It is said that Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg address on a stray bit of wrapping paper. If the story is true, it could only be considered an exigency; certainly he did not intend establish­ing a mode for writers thereby.…

We were seated in the balcony of a large popular church in a pros­perous mid-Western city. The occa­sion was the ordination of a group of young men being dedicated to the min­istry in another denomination. Two district conferences had combined…

One's language, like his dress, should never be conspicuous for its uncouthness or its oddity, its splendor or its ornamentation. The well-dressed person is he whose apparel is in harmony with accepted conventions of con­servative current…

Many infelicities of speech creep into a sermon because diligent and painstaking care has not been taken to ascertain the right usage of a word or the correct form of sequence in a grammatical construction. It is not to be denied that an…

The deep tones of the organ voluntary melted into a soft harmony as the elders of the church filed onto the rostrum and knelt in devotional prayer. Bright winter sunlight filtered through the amber windows, suffusing the in­terior of the…

A very successful preacher has found through  experience the power of effective climax in Biblical exegesis and public exhortation. This principle in the art of persuasion needs careful study. To make a striking sermonic beginning and then…

Philipps Brooks, in his "Lectures I on Preaching," tells of the first prayer meeting he attended at the di­vinity school where he received his training. He was impressed with the devoutness and fervor with which the young men prayed and exhorted…

Every discerning speaker wishes to be both accurate and clear in the expressions used to impart truth. He very properly desires to speak in harmony with the best current usage. Some expressions, however, place those who employ them at a disadvantage.…