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1 | Title | Genre | Link | Scripture Text | Date Delivered | Place Delivered | Subject | Notes | |||||||||||||||
2 | Adoni-Bezek, or Sowing and Reaping | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 1-4 | Judges 1:7 | Not specified | Not specified | Sowing--Religious aspects | ||||||||||||||||
3 | After That The Judgment | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 5-8 | Ecclesiastes 11:9 | Not specified | Not specified | Youth | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
4 | All Night Wrestling Match | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 9-10 | Genesis 32:29 | Not specified | Not specified | Prayer | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
5 | All Things Working Together For Good | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 11-17 | Romans 8:28 | Not specified | Not specified | God (Christianity)--Worship and love | There is a second, shorter manuscript entitled "All Things Work Together For Good." On the back is an unfinished April 5, 1930 letter to a Miss Uldine Utley, typed on letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Sacred Music Publisher, Box 390, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
6 | Andrew, Simon Peter's Brother | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 18-25 | John 1:40 | Not specified | Not specified | Salvation | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead for the Deitz Colliery Company of Vanetta, West Virginia. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). | |||||||||||||||
7 | Astronomy and the Bible | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 26-31 | Revelation 4:11 | Not specified | Not specified | Universe | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
8 | Baccalaureate Sermon | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 32-42 | 2 Timothy 2:15 | 5/26/1940 | Williamstown, West Virginia (Williamstown High School) | Education | Cummings pastored in Williamstown from 1939-42. A similar, but not identical, manuscript, is entitled "Commencement Sermon"; there is no indication of the occasion on which it was delivered. | |||||||||||||||
9 | Backsliding | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 43-50 | Luke 22:31-32 | Not specified | Not specified | Apostasy | The sermon is typed on the back of 3 different sheets of letterhead: the Dietz Colliery Company of Vanetta, West Virginia; the Lynchburg Colliery Company, also in Vanetta; and Stone & Wolfe, Attorneys-At-Law in Ripley. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). He served in Ripley from 1913-15. | |||||||||||||||
10 | Barnacles | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 51-54 | Psalm 139:28-29 | Not specified | Not specified | Excuses | This is just a list of 8 points, handwritten on the back of letterhead for the Glasgow Methodist Church in Glasgow, WV, which Cummings pastored from 1947-59. A similar list of points, with a text of Psalm 139:28-29, is written on the back of a postcard-sized printing of the song "Glory to God in the Highest," which Cummings coprighted in 1928. Other copies are listed in the User Guide. | |||||||||||||||
11 | Bartimaeus | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 55-56 | Luke 18:35-38 | Not specified | Not specified | Salvation | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Be Ye Ready | Sermon | Newspaper Articles, p. 31 | Matthew 24:44 | Not specified | Not specified | Second Advent | This sermon was "prepared for the [Charleston] Gazette." It was published under the headline "Second Coming of Christ Discussed by Minister" the title "Be Ye Ready" comes from a section heading. | |||||||||||||||
13 | Beatitudes | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 57-63 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Beatitudes | There are two similar, but not identical, manuscripts of this sermon. | |||||||||||||||
14 | Blessing of Suffering | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 64-72 | Philippians 1:29 | Not specified | Not specified | Suffering | The sermon is typed on the back of 3 different sheets of letterhead: the Dietz Colliery Company of Vanetta, West Virginia; the Lynchburg Colliery Company, also in Vanetta; and Beury Bros. Coal and Coke Co. in Beury. Vanetta and Beury are in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). | |||||||||||||||
15 | Blessing or a Curse | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 73-74 | Deuteronomy 11:26-28 | Not specified | Not specified | Free will and determinism | The sermon is typed on letterhead of the Pentecostal Mission Publishing Company in Nashville, Tennessee. Cummings studied in Nashville, graduating from the Literary and Bible Training School (now Trevecca Nazarene University) in 1909. | |||||||||||||||
16 | Boy | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 75-84 | Luke 2:52 | Not specified | Not specified | Boys | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "Songs of Salvation and Service, M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Wheeling, West Virginia"; it also gives a "Pastoral Address" of Glen White. Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18 and Glen White from 1919-23. | |||||||||||||||
17 | Building Skyward | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 85-88 | Hebrews 8:5 | Not specified | Not specified | Character | A handwritten note at the end reads "Our closing song is 'The Church's One Foundation'." | |||||||||||||||
18 | Cheerfulness | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 89-95 | John 16:33 | Not specified | Not specified | Cheerfulness | The sermon is typed on the back of "history sheets" from the Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago. There is no indication of when Cummings might have been in that city. | |||||||||||||||
19 | Christ the First and the Last | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 96-97 | Revelation 22:13 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Divinity | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Sacred Music Publisher, Box 390, Wheeling, West Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. The letterhead also has the words and music for an anti-alcohol song entitled "Keep It Out." Other copies are listed in the User Guide to Cummings' songs. Half of the page is typewritten text; the rest is a handwritten list of 6 main points. | |||||||||||||||
20 | Christ's Charge to the Women of Jerusalem | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 98-100 | Luke 23:38 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Passion | Point 3 is handwritten at the bottom of page 2. On the back of that page is a handwritten prayer giving thanks "for this noon-day meal." | |||||||||||||||
21 | Christ's Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 101-104 | Matthew 21:6-9 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Entry into Jerusalem | The back of the last page has handwritten notes that appear unrelated to the sermon. | |||||||||||||||
22 | Christmas Sermon | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 105-112 | Matthew 1:21 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Name | The sermon was preached on Christmas Eve in an unspecified year. It is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. The back of page 3 is an incomplete draft of a Jan. 2, 1916 letter to a Mr. E. H. Bookmyer in Philadephia PA. This is similar to a "Pre-Christmas Sermon" preached in WSAZ's "TV Chapel" on December 11, 1960 (see pp. 24-27 of the Radio Addresses PDF). There is another manuscript entitled "Christmas Sermon" (pp. 113-16 of this PDF); the two are based on different texts of scripture and have different content. | |||||||||||||||
23 | Christmas Sermon | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 113-16 | Matthew 2:2 | Not specified | Not specified | Magi | Point IV is handwritten at the end of page 3. On the back of page 3 are handwritten notes that appear unrelated to the sermon. There is another manuscipt entitled "Christmas Sermon" (pp. 105-112 of this PDF); the two are based on different texts of scripture and have different content. | |||||||||||||||
24 | Daily Rate for Every Day | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 117-20 | 2 Kings 25:30 | Not specified | Not specified | Parenting | The sermon is typed on the back of "history sheets" from the Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago. There is no indication of when Cummings might have been in that city. | |||||||||||||||
25 | Dislike of the Commonplace | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 121-24 | 2 Kings 5:10 | Not specified | Not specified | Ordinary lives | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Epochs in the Life of Moses | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 125-32 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Moses (Biblical leader) | The first page is typed on the back of letterhead from Boomer Coal & Coke Company in Boomer, West Virginia. Cummings' first pastorate was in Boomer; he served there from 1910-12. | |||||||||||||||
27 | Evil Speaking | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 133-36 | James 4:11 | Not specified | Not specified | Speech | Psalm 15 is handwritten on the back of the last page. | |||||||||||||||
28 | Father | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 137-52 | Genesis 18:19 | 8/18/1937 | Not specified | Fathers | In 1937, Cummings was pastoring in Fayetteville, West Virginia. where he served from 1927-39. There are 5 manuscripts of this sermon. Three are entitled "The Father." Two of them are dated August 18, 1937. Two are identical; the 3rd has additional material handwritten at the end. One has the opening of a sermon entitled "The Mother" on the back of the first page. The other 2, "A Message to Fathers" and "Sermons to Fathers," have significant differences with each other and the 3 "Father" manuscripts. "Sermons" is typed on the back of letterhead reading "Songs of Salvation and Service, M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Wheeling, W. Va., Pastoral Address: Glen White, W. Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18 and Glen White from 1919-23. For what is likely a newspaper clipping about these sermons, see p. 30 of the Articles PDF). | |||||||||||||||
29 | Feasting and Fasting | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 153-56 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Church--Unity | ||||||||||||||||
30 | Fever of Life | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 157-66 | Matthew 8:15 | Not specified | Not specified | Speech | There are 2 similar, but not identical, versions of this sermon. One is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Sacred Music Publisher, Box 390, Wheeling, West Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. The page also has the words and music for an anti-alcohol song entitled "Keep It Out." Other copies can be found in the User Guide to Cummings' songs. | |||||||||||||||
31 | Finding God | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 167-72 | Psalm 42:3 | Not specified | Not specified | Sermon | The sermon is typed on the back of "history sheets" from the Passavant Memorial Hospital in Chicago. There is no indication of when Cummings might have been in that city. | |||||||||||||||
32 | Funeral Discourse for a Child | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 173-74 | Isaiah 49:21 | Not specified | Not specified | Funeral sermons | The sermon is typed on letterhead from Boomer Coal & Coke Company in Boomer, West Virginia. Cummings' first pastorate was in Boomer; he served there from 1910-12. | |||||||||||||||
33 | God's Requirements | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 175-78 | Micah 6:8 | Not specified | Not specified | Walking with God | ||||||||||||||||
34 | Going Out and Coming In | Sermon | Newspaper Articles, p. 19 | Psalm 121:8 | Not specified | Fayetteville, West Virginia | Life cycle, Human | This sermon was published in a newspaper under the headline "Life is Coming and Going, Says Fayetteville Pastor." | |||||||||||||||
35 | Gospel Invitation | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 179-82 | Matthew 11:28-30 | Not specified | Not specified | God--Love | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. On the back of the last page is an unfinished April 26, 1918 letter to a Mrs. G. N. Shirey of Vanetta, West Virginia. | |||||||||||||||
36 | Hand of God in History | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 183-88 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Providence and government of God | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. A handwritten note at the top of page 1 indicates that it is an "Armistice Address." | |||||||||||||||
37 | Hands of Jesus | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 189-93 | Luke 24:39 | Not specified | Not specified | Hand | ||||||||||||||||
38 | Heaven | Sermon | Poems, p. 24 | Not specified | 7/29/1929 | Fayetteville, West Virginia | Heaven | “This sermon in rhyme was delivered by the author. Rev. M. Homer Cummings, in the Fayetteville M. E, Church, Sunday morning, July 29. 1929.” Cummings pastored in Fayetteville from 1927-39. | |||||||||||||||
39 | Heaven and Our Sainted Loved Ones | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 194-99 | Luke 9:30-31 | Not specified | Not specified | Heaven | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
40 | Highway in the Sea | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 200-02 | Psalm 77:19 | Not specified | Not specified | Seas | ||||||||||||||||
41 | His Riches-Our Riches | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 203-07 | 2 Corinthians 8:9 | Not specified | Not specified | Grace | The sermon concludes with a handwritten note: "Close with story of the emperor who adopted a son." | |||||||||||||||
42 | Home | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 208-18 | Mark 5:19 | 8/21/1937 | Not specified | Home | In 1937, Cummings was pastoring in Fayetteville, West Virginia. where he served from 1927-39. There are 3 manuscripts of this sermon. The two entitled "The Home" are virtually identical, down to the handwritten notes and the beginning of a sermon entitled "The Mother" on the back of page 1 (see more complete versions on pp. 351-63 of this PDF). This version was also delivered on the radio, perhaps on August 21, 1937 (see pp. 7-10 of the Radio Addresses PDF). The third version, "Family Religion," is similar, but not identical, to the other 2. | |||||||||||||||
43 | How To Get Saved | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 219-23 | Acts 16:30 | Not specified | Not specified | Salvation | The back of page 1 has the scripture text for a sermon entitled "Earnestness in Religion" (Matthew 11:12). The complete sermon, if ever there was one, has apparently not survived. | |||||||||||||||
44 | Hymns | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 224-30 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Sacred music | The back of the last page is an unfinished letter to a Prof. E. O. Excell of Chicago. | |||||||||||||||
45 | Ideal Husband | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 231-40 | Genesis 24:63 | Not specified | Not specified | Husbands | There are 3 manuscripts of this sermon. One, which lacks the introduction, is typed on the back of the May 28, 1944 order of worship at Walton Memorial Methodst Church in Ravenswood, West Virginia, which Cummings pastored from 1942-45. The other 2 are more complete and are similar, but not identical. They are also similar to a radio sermon entitled "The Husband" (see pp. 13-16 of the Radio Addresses PDF). | |||||||||||||||
46 | Ideal Wife | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 241-47 | Genesis 2:18 | Not specified | Wives | There are 2 manuscripts of this sermon. One is just a series of scripture texts, the longest of which is from Proverbs 31. The other is a more complete sermon on Genesis 2:18. This version is similar to 3 radio addresses entitled "The Wife" (see pp. 146-49 of the Radio Addresses PDF). | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Immortality of the Soul | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 248-52 | Job 14:14 | Not specified | Not specified | Immortality | ||||||||||||||||
48 | Influence of Gospel Music | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 253-54 | Colossians 3:16 | Not specified | Not specified | Sacred music | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Is It Well With Thee? | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 255-56 | 2 Kings 4:26 | Not specified | Not specified | Elisha (Biblical prophet) | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
50 | It is Enough | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 257-60 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Suffering | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead for the Fairview Stock Farm in Ripley, West Virginia. Cummings pastored in Ripley from 1913-15. | |||||||||||||||
51 | Jesus,- Paul,- Ye? | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 261-64 | Acts 19:15 | Not specified | Not specified | Spiritual warfare | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Job | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 265-66 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | The sermon, which is mostly just a list of points, is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Sacred Music Publisher, Box 390, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. It also gives a "Pastoral Address" in Williamstown, where he served from 1939-42. On the front is an unfinished July 3, 1940 letter to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cavendish of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. | ||||||||||||||||
53 | Joy of Helping Others | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 267-68 | John 3:16 | Not specified | Not specified | Helpfulness | ||||||||||||||||
54 | Last Words of the Savior With a Lost Soul | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 269-74 | Matthew 26:50 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Betrayal | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va." Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
55 | Laziest Man in this Community | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 275-78 | Proverbs 12:27 | Not specified | Not specified | Laziness | There are 2 manuscripts of this sermon, both on letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. The second one is handwritten, with the title "The Laziest Man & Woman In This Community." There are some similarities in the beginning, but significant differences in the latter portions. | |||||||||||||||
56 | Let the Dead Bury Their Dead | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 279-80 | Matthew 8:22 | Not specified | Not specified | Discipleship | ||||||||||||||||
57 | Light of the World | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 281-82 | John 9:5 Matthew 5:14 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Miracles | On the back of the page are the lyrics to "A Sacrifice of Praise," a song by May Mabbette Anderson and John Thomas Benson, Sr. | |||||||||||||||
58 | Living Past | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 283-84 | Ecclesiastes 3:15 | Not specified | Not specified | Present and the past | On the back of the page is a prayer asking God's "pardon for past failures" and "guidance for the future." | |||||||||||||||
59 | Looks of Christ | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 285-86 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Character | These sermon notes are handwritten on the back of "Glory to God in the Highest." Other copies are listed in the User Guide to Cummings' songs. | |||||||||||||||
60 | Lord is My Shepherd | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 287-92 | Psalm 23:1 | Not specified | Not specified | Shepherds | The backs of pages 1 and 2 are incomplete drafts of a Feb. 22, 1916 letter to Prof. E. O. Excell in Chicago. | |||||||||||||||
61 | Lordship of Jesus | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 293-96 | Luke 6:46 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Lordship | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
62 | Loyalty to Christ | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 297-99 | John 21:15 | Not specified | Not specified | God--Worship and love | ||||||||||||||||
63 | Man God Tried to Kill | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 300-03 | Exodus 4:24 | Not specified | Not specified | Moses (Biblical leader) | The sermon is typed on letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. On the back of each page is a song entitled "Mother"; other copies are listed in the User Guide to Cummings' songs. | |||||||||||||||
64 | Man's Perfect Model | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 304-24 | 1 Peter 2:21, 22 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Example | There are 3 manuscripts of this sermon. Two, both entitled "Man's Perfect Model," have some significant differences; one is typed on the back of letterhead for the Lynchburg Colliery Company in Vanetta, West Virginia. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). A third also has the typed title of "Man's Perfect Model," but it is scratched out and replaced with "Christ, Our Example." It has some similarities with the other two, but on the whole it is a very different sermon. | |||||||||||||||
65 | Me and Him is Both Brothers | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 325-29 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Brotherliness | Cummings says the text for this handwritten sermon is "the 52nd chapter and the 9th verse of the Book of Memory." The source he is referring to is unknown. | |||||||||||||||
66 | Memorial Sermon | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 330-32 | Luke 22:19 | Not specified | Not specified | Memorial Day | The sermon was preached "on the fourth Sunday in May" in an unspecified year. | |||||||||||||||
67 | Minister's Wife | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 333-38 | 2 Kings 4:1-7 | Not specified | Not specified | Wives | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead for the Fairview Stock Farm in Ripley, West Virginia. Cummings pastored in Ripley from 1913-15. | |||||||||||||||
68 | Ministerial Ethics | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 339-45 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Clergy | The back of page 3 is a handwritten list of 8 points such as "As a pastor," "Public Worship," and "Clerical dress." | |||||||||||||||
69 | Misunderstood Christ | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 346-47 | Mark 15:36 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Character | The sermon is handwritten on the back of an October 21, 1945 Order of Worship. The church is not specified; Cummings pastored in Coalwood from 1945-47. | |||||||||||||||
70 | More Excellent Way | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 348-50 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 | Not specified | Not specified | Love | ||||||||||||||||
71 | Mother | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 351-63 | John 20:26 | 8/19/1937 | Not specified | Motherhood | In 1937, Cummings was pastoring in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where he served from 1927-39. There are 3 manuscripts of this sermon. The first 2 are virtually identical; the one with "Aug. 19, 1937" handwritten at the top also has "The Mother Watch," a poem by Edgar A. Guest. The third manuscript is typed on the back of letterhead of the Boomer Coal & Coke Company in Boomer, West Virginia. Cummings' first pastorate was in Boomer; he served there from 1910-12. Its typewritten title, "A Mother's Love," has been scratched out and replaced with "Mother." Its introduction indicates that it was a Mother's Day sermon; the body has some things in common with the other two, but there are significant differences as well. A clipping based on the 3rd version is on p. 11 of the Newspaper Articles PDF. The manuscripts are also similar to an "Our Wekly Visit" piece on p. 53 of Newspaper Columns. | |||||||||||||||
72 | Mule You Can't Afford to Ride | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 364-71 | 2 Samuel 18:9 | Not specified | Not specified | Character | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. The back of the 1st page is an unfinished May 5, 1917 letter to a Miss Jessie Monroe in Ripley, West Virginia. | |||||||||||||||
73 | Mutual Dependence | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 372-73 | 1 Corinthians 3:6 | Not specified | Not specified | Nostalgia | This is a handwritten sermon. On the back is an unfinished February 17, 1959 letter to Stephen S. White, the editor of the Herald of Holiness in Kansas City, Missouri. There is a second handwritten sermon, also entitled "Mutual Dependence," on pp. 374-75 of this PDF. It is also based on 1 Cor. 3:6, but the content is completely different. | |||||||||||||||
74 | Mutual Dependence | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 374-75 | 1 Corinthians 3:6 | Not specified | Not specified | Reliability | This is a handwritten sermon. On the back is "The World's Bible," a poem by Annie Johnston Flint that was set to music by J. W. Askew. There is a second handwritten sermon, also entitled "Mutual Dependence," on pp. 372-73 of this PDF. It is also based on 1 Cor. 3:6, but the content is completely different. | |||||||||||||||
75 | New Commandment | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 376-83 | John 13:34 | Not specified | Not specified | Love | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead for the Lynchburg Colliery Company in Vanetta, West Virginia. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). A synopsis was published in the Coalwood-Caretta News, Coalwood, West Virginia on October 5, 1945 (see pp. 6, 7 of the Newspaper Articles PDF). | |||||||||||||||
76 | New Year's Message | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 384-89 | John 14:31 | Not specified | Not specified | Endings | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
77 | New Year's Message For 1941 | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 390-92 | Philippians 3:13,14 | 1941 | Not specified | Paul, the Apostle, Saint | Cummings delivered this sermon during his time in Williamstown, West Virginia, where he served from 1939-42. | |||||||||||||||
78 | New Years Sermon | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 393-97 | Psalm 90:9 | Not specified | Not specified | Storytelling | There are 2 manuscripts of this sermon. They are virtually identical at first, but one is more complete than the other. This is also very similar to a radio sermon entitled "The Story of Life" (see pp. 124-26 of the Radio Addresses PDF). | |||||||||||||||
79 | No Permanent Peace While Sin Rules | Sermon | Newspaper Articles, p. 23 | Psalm 46:9 | Not specified | Not specified | Peace | This is "an Armistice sermon prepared for the [Charleston] Gazette." It was published in the newspaper on November 16, 1931. | |||||||||||||||
80 | Not Wanted | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 398-405 | 2 Chronicles 21:20 | Not specified | Not specified | Character | Page 6 is a near-duplicate of page 1 with some handwritten edits; the back of that page is a letter dated October 15, 1946 and typed on the letterhead of Coalwood Community Church, which Cummings pastored from 1945-47. It is addressed to SESAC Inc. in New York and is an unfinished inquiry about a musical contract. | |||||||||||||||
81 | Old-Fashioned Way | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 406-11 | Jeremiah 6:16 | Not specified | Not specified | Obedience | ||||||||||||||||
82 | Other Side | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 412-17 | Luke 10:31-32 | Not specified | Not specified | Discipleship | The backs of pages 1 and 2 have drafts of letters: one written from Moundsville, WV, on March 4, 1916 to the Rev. L.B. Bowers of Parkersburg, WV; the other written from Moundsville on March 6, to the Rev. Archibald Moore of Oakland, MD. | |||||||||||||||
83 | Our Crown of Rejoicing | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 418-25 | 1 Thessalonians 2:20 | Not specified | Not specified | Farewell sermon | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead for the Deitz Colliery Company of Vanetta, West Virginia. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). The opening paragraph indicates that it is a farewell sermon; a version reached on "the day marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ministry" was published in a newspaper on September 26, 1935 (see p. 21 of the Newspaper Articles PDF). | |||||||||||||||
84 | Patience | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 426-27 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Patience | This is only Point III of a sermon, with possible notes for another sermon handwritten on the back. | |||||||||||||||
85 | Reasons for Missions | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 428-31 | Mark 16:15 | Not specified | Not specified | Missions | ||||||||||||||||
86 | Rejecters and Receivers of Jesus Contrasted | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 432-33 | John 1:10-12 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Messiahship | ||||||||||||||||
87 | Resurrection | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 434-38 | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Resurrection | ||||||||||||||||
88 | Rock That Is Higher Than I | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 439-42 | Psalm 61:2 | Not specified | Not specified | Suffering | ||||||||||||||||
89 | Second Armistice Anniversary | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 443-44 | Not specified | 11/1920 | Not specified | Armistice Day | Cummings delivered this sermon during his time in Glen White, West Virginia, where he served from 1919-23. It was preached "two years and three days" after "the signing of the Armistice." | |||||||||||||||
90 | Second Coming of Christ | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 445-65 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Second Advent | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
91 | Self-Examination | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 466-69 | 2 Corinthians 13:5 | Not specified | Not specified | Conscience, Examination of | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead of the Bank of Fulton in Wheeling, West Virginia. Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
92 | Sermon in Rhyme: The Gift of God to Man | Sermon | Poems, pp. 244-52 Songs, pp. 342-55 | Not specified | 3/10/1929 | Fayetteville, West Virginia | Salvation | ||||||||||||||||
93 | Seven Editions of Divine Law | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 470-71 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | Natural law | The text consists of 7 paragraphs, one for each main point. On the back is a handwritten list of 6 words beginning with "self" ("self-confidence," "self-control," and so on). | |||||||||||||||
94 | Shortest Verse in the Old Testament | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 472-73 Poems, p. 83 Poems Not By Cummings, p. 20 | 1 Chronicles 1:25 | Not specified | Not specified | Life cycle, Human | Handwritten notes for this sermon, with the title "Eber, Peleg, Reu," appear on the other side of a poem about Samson and the bottom of a poem entitled "Self-Centered." | |||||||||||||||
95 | Signs of the Times | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 474-77 | 2 Timothy 3:1-5 | Not specified | Not specified | End of the world | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead of the Gauley Coal Sales Company in Vanetta, West Virginia. Vanetta is in Fayette County; Cummings' pastorates in the county were in Boomer (1910-12) and Fayetteville (1927-39). | |||||||||||||||
96 | Span of Life | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 478-79 | Psalm 90:10 | Not specified | Not specified | Mortality | The sermon is typed on the back of letterhead reading "M. Homer Cummings, Publisher, Songs of Salvation and Service, Box 768, Wheeling, W. Va."; Cummings pastored in Wheeling from 1916-18. | |||||||||||||||
97 | Stairway to Heaven | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 480-81 | Genesis 28:12 | Not specified | Not specified | Crises | This is a handwritten sermon. On the back is a roster of a "Membership Committee" and a note to visit a parishioner. | |||||||||||||||
98 | Taking Offence at Christ | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 482-85 | Luke 7:23 | Not specified | Not specified | Jesus Christ--Character | ||||||||||||||||
99 | Tears | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 486-89 | Nehemiah 1:4 | Not specified | Not specified | Sorrow | There are two similar, but not identical, versions of this sermon. Both are handwritten notes on the back of a postcard, dated April 29, 1957, inviting people to be a part of celebrating Cummings' "fiftieth anniversary in the ministry." | |||||||||||||||
100 | Testimony at Trevecca College | Sermon | Sermons, pp. 490-93 | Not specified | Not specified | Nashville, Tennessee (Trevecca College) | Autobiography | This undated address was delivered at Trevecca College (now Trevecca Nazarene University) in Nashville, Tennessee; Cummings graduated in 1909, when it was known as the Literary and Bible Training School. It is handwritten on stationery from the James Robertson Hotel in Nashville. |