Iconic authors
Themes
Bibliography of the day
The Con and the Conversion, Grace and the Sincerity of the Preacher
Expose a revival preacher as a paid performer and his converts seem to fall with him. Yet Augustine held that a wicked minister gives the same sacrament as a holy one. The real casualty is the evangelical demand that the preacher's heart vouch for the message.
The Moving Last Hour, How the Forecast of Ruin Followed Every Shorter Working Day
Every cut in the working day, from 12 hours to ten and from ten to eight, met the same warning: industry would not survive. Industry survived each time, and the warning simply moved on to the next hour.
