M.E. Olsen

By M. E. OLSEN, President of the Home Study Institute

Articles by M.E. Olsen

Attractive Platform Decorations

July 1939

Restful to the eyes, and beautiful, is the best description I can give of the quiet and restrained style of the platform decora­tions I saw at the East Pennsylvania camp meeting. Behind the speaker as he stood on the platform was an arrangement…

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On the Growing of Sermons

April 1943

Ministers often speak of "getting up" a sermon or "making" one, but Charles Edward Jefferson, for many years pas­tor of Broadway Tabernacle in New York City, thinks a sermon in the highest sense is a growth rather than…

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Am I Keeping Mentally Fit?

October 1934

How may a man ascertain whether he is mentally alive and fit for his work, or is undergoing a process of intellectual stagna­tion? Let him ask himself a few questions: Do I enjoy hard mental work? Do I like to match myself with the difficulties…

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Taking the Next Step

February 1933

One of the secrets of growing success in the ministry lies in taking the next step. Our ministers have very generally lined up for the Reading Course, and this is well. The next step for the forward-looking minister is a home study course…

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