APPENDIX 1: BYLINES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOTES

Related poems and essays cited in the notes are attributed to Flynn unless specified otherwise.

The Ambassador Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Expositor. Sep 1929. pp. 1338–39. Note: Story of the golden calf (Exodus 32). Back to writings

The Association of Mind and Muscle Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine. Vol. 31 No. 1. Manistee, MI: Sep 1918. pp. 14–15. Notes: 1) “be doers of the word and not hearers only” (James 1:22), 2) “The sending of such young people into the arena of action;” poems: “The Teacher v1923,” “Domsie,” 3) “Knowledge has the largest of all potentialities;” poem, “Iron.” Back to writings

Building a World Brotherhood Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 76 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1918. p. 103. Note: “Jesus recognized no artificial and arbitrary barriers;” examples: Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29–37), eating with sinners and tax collectors (Mark 2:13–17). Back to writings

Capitalizing War for the Tobacco Trade Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Sunday School Journal. Vol. 51 No. 5. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, May 1919. pp. 271–72. Back to writings

Children and the Church Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 80 No. 6. New York: The American Tract Society, Jun 1922. p. 89. Notes: 1) Church as “leavening force” (Luke 13:20–21), 2) Roman Catholic worship using “a strange tongue” is likely referring to Latin, which replaced Greek in the 2nd century CE; Latin was replaced by vernacular languages after the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, 3) Responsibility for children’s religious training; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training.” Back to writings

Christianity and Americanism Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 78 No. 11. New York: The American Tract Society, Nov 1920. p. 173. Note: National life flows from the people; essay, “What Makes a City?” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.] Back to writings

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?” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

Is It Nothing to You Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Expositor. Aug 1929. p. 1261. Back to writings

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) Back to writings

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

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

Let the Minister Know Life Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Expositor. Sep 1929. p. 1338. Note: Poem, “Patchwork.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

“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. Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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

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). Back to writings

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).] Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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). Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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. Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

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.” Back to writings

The Sense of the Human Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 78 No. 9. New York: The American Tract Society, Sep 1920. p. 136. Notes: 1) “realize the presence of people about us,” and later, “the kingliness of service;” poem, “Along the Road,” 2) “When we learn to be like Him, we shall possess the same viewpoint;” poem, “The Measure of Life.” Back to writings

Should Prices Be Standardized? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Dodge Idea. Vol. 35 No. 8. Mishawaka, IN: Kenyon W. Mix, Aug 1919. p. 900. Back to writings

Some New Facts About Alcohol Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Living Church. Vol. 60 No. 9. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co., Dec 28, 1918. p. 289. Back to writings

Some Overlooked Compensations in Teaching Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Popular Educator. Vol. 38 No. 1. Boston: Popular Educator Company, Sep 1920. pp. 6–7. Notes: 1) Many poems in poetry book’s index under “teaching,” 2) “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” (cf. Luke 12:16–21); also, many poems in poetry book’s index under “values,” 3) “One cannot long conceal a lack of mind and soul with clothes and paint” (cf. Matthew 23:27–28). Back to writings

Some Principles of Efficiency Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Boys’ World. Vol. 16 No. 38. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Company, Sep 22, 1917. p. 6. Notes: 1) Selfishness; poems: “A Trouble Making World” and “I Want,” 2) Thinking and right judgments; poem, “Prayer for Normal Men,” 3) Acknowledging others’ minds; poem, “Minds,” 4) Striving to be right; poem, “Let Us Be Right,” 5) Talents as a resource; poems: “I am not eloquent” and “Iron,” 6) “the man who hides his single coin in a napkin” (Luke 19:11–26), 7) Purpose in life; poem, “Why We Are Here,” 8) Getting at a task; poems: “Have You Tried?” and “The Umbrella Mender,” 9) Staying on a task; poems: “Almost” and “A Second Wind,” 10) Doing things well; poems: “Doing It Well,” “The Engineer,” and “The Section Foreman,” 11) Getting at a task, staying on it, and making progress; poem, “The Secret.” Back to writings

Some Problems of the Preacher Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Expositor. Sep 1928. p. 1306. Note: Episode involving Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1–5). Back to writings

Some Stories About Beethoven Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Uplift. Vol. 7 No. 7. Concord, NC: The Board of Trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, Sep 1915. p. 14. Back to writings

The Sound-Reproducing Machine as a Music Teacher Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Etude. Vol. 37 No. 12. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., Dec 1919. p. 789. Back to writings

The Story of the Red Cross Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Sabbath Recorder. Vol. 83 No. 25. Plainfield, NJ: The American Sabbath Tract Society, Dec 17, 1917. pp. 779–81. Notes: 1) This historical article is part of the collection because of the prose portraying the Red Cross as a means for uplifting humanity, 2) The source follows the article with a proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson—then President of the American Red Cross as well—encouraging ten million Americans to join the Red Cross “because it alone can carry the pledges of Christmas good will to those who are bearing for us the real burdens of the world-war, both in our own army and navy and in the nations upon whose territory the issues of the world-war are being fought out.” [For context, the US population in 1920 was 106,021,568. (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html).] Back to writings

The Successors of Tantalus Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 79 No. 8. New York: The American Tract Society, Sep 1921. p. 153. Back to writings

The Sword that Keeps the Past Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Western Christian Advocate. Vol. 82 No. 8. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Feb 23, 1916. p. 175. Back to writings

The Three Agencies in Child Training Byline: Rev. Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Western Christian Advocate. Vol. 75 No. 24. Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, Jun 16, 1909. p. 10. Notes: 1) “the living and vital religion, to which even the school owes its being;” essay, “The School Teacher and the Republic,” 2) Ending quote (Luke 2:52). Back to writings

Vibration as a Basis of Invention Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indiana. Source: The Wireless Age. Vol. 6 No. 9. New York: Wireless Press Inc., Jun 1919. pp. 41–43. Notes: 1) Invention; poems: “How It Started,” “Inventive Genius,” and “Starting Things,” 2) Phonograph; essay, “The Sound-Reproducing Machine as a Music Teacher.” Back to writings

What Can We Believe? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Southwestern Christian Advocate. Vol. 55 No. 42. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Oct 18, 1928. p. 819. Note: Poems: beliefs (“The Things That I Believe”), God as Architect (“The Creator”), Jesus as Peasant of Galilee (“The King”), consequences (“Charge Account”), spiritual/soul (“The Divine Image”). Back to writings

What Is Happening to Religion? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Southwestern Christian Advocate. Vol. 56 No. 4. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Jan 24, 1929. p. 69. Notes: 1) “The technique of the scientific laboratory forbids compromise;” essay, “The Laboratory Test,” 2) Poem, “Imminence,” 3) Clarence E. Flynn was quoted on the topic of writing about science, “In trying to make science read like a fairy tale, one must not make a fairy tale of it.” (Leete, Frederick D. Christianity in Science. New York: The Abingdon Press, 1928. p. 137) Back to writings

What Makes a City? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Member, Kiwanis Club of Bloomington, IN. Source: The Kiwanis Magazine. Vol. 14 No. 2. Chicago: Kiwanis International, Feb 29, 1929. pp. 86, 108. Notes: 1) “a home life so beautiful and adequate as to require no substitutes;” poems: “Home v1921,” “The Making of Home,” 2) Responsibilities of home, school, and church; essay, “The Three Agencies in Child Training,” 3) Sanctity of the Lord’s Day; essay, “The Sabbath Desecration.” Back to writings

The Will Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Western Christian Advocate. Vol. 81 No. 38. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Sep 22, 1915. p. 922. Note: Poem, “The Tree.” Back to writings

Words Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: American Messenger. Vol. 75 No. 7. New York: The American Tract Society, Jul 1917. p. 104. Note: “out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth is sure to speak” (cf. Matthew 12:34). Back to writings

Worship and Service Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: Western Christian Advocate. Vol. 82 No. 7. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Feb 16, 1916. p. 154. Back to writings

The Yielding of Aaron Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: The Expositor. Jul 1929. p. 1140. Notes: 1) Story of golden calf (Exodus 32), 2) Isaiah beholding God (Isaiah 6). Back to writings

The Yoke Byline: Clarence E. Flynn, Indianapolis, IN. Source: The Christian Advocate. Vol. 90 No. 25. New York: Methodist Book Concern, Jun 24, 1915. p. 853. Note: Jesus speaks of his yoke (Matthew 11:29–30). Back to writings