The Australian Christian Digital Archive

Decade: 1910s

Issues: 1910 to 1919

Volumes: XIII to XXII

 

1919 (Vol. XXII)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1918 (Vol. XXI)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1917 (Vol. XX)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1916 (Vol. XIX)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1915 (Vol. XVIII)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1914 (Vol. XVII)

In each issue for 1914, the standard columns included: The Leader; Editorial Notes; The Expositor; Family Altar; Foreign Missions; Obituary. Features (with titles below) include lecture and essay series; commentaries and op-ed pieces submitted by readers. Please note that historical documents can present opinions, language and solutions offensive to modern readers, and do not reflect current attitudes.

 

#51 (24 December) – The Problem of Christmas; BC – AD: The Difference Christ Has Made; The Home Fields; The Angels’ Speech and Song; Deborah and Barak Deliver Israel; The Restoration Movement (Pt 2)

#50 (17 December) – The Tenses of the Cross; “Drift” in Our Church Membership; God’s Patience with Israel; The Restoration Movement (Pt 1) 

#49 (10 December) – The Making of Palimpsests; Distinctive Teaching of the Disciples; Bro. Joseph Binney Called Home; Jewish and Christian Worship; Now – In Peace; En Route for China; Foreign Missions and their Civilising Influences; Church Efficiency: Music; Sisters’ Department

#48 (3 December) – Condemning the World; Foreign Missions: Business as Usual; That Nazarene! He is the Christ (Pt 3); Hawthorne, Qld – Chapel in a Day; The War: A Great Moral Opportunity; The Ascension; Open-Air Preaching

#47 (26 November) – The New Testament Basis of Union; Evangelistic Errors; Christian Education in Madura, South India; The “Age” on Wet Canteens; The Great Commission; Victorian Sisters’ Department

#46 (19 November) – The Importance and Aim of Bible School Work; The Word of God in Preaching and Teaching; The Ministry of Song; Co-operation for Conquest (* sermon delivered at the WCTU Convention); Christ Risen From the Dead; German Theology and the War; NSW Bible Schools Department Annual Offering feature; SA Sisters’ Department; 

#45 (12 November) – Belittling the Ordinances of the Lord; Church Efficiency: Worship; No License for New Zealand; Christ Crucified; Obstacles in the Way of Organic Union

#44 (5 November) – Divided Christendom; A School of 6,000 Members; Jesus and Pilate; The Church and Liquordom; The Challenge of Jesus to the Disciple; The Church Offering; The Man of Sin; 

#43 (29 October) – The Eccentricity of Christianity; The Bible as a Factor in Progress; The Challenge of the World to the Church Today (Pt 2); How to Overcome Temptation; Precious Passages of the Word (Pt 3); Jesus and Peter; 

#42 (22 October) – “Thy God Reigneth”; Unity of the New Testament Church; Sowing and Reaping; The King and the Nation at Prayer; The Challenge of the World to the Church Today (Pt 1); WA Sisters’ Department; Queensland Preachers’ Conference

#41 (15 October) – Spiritual, Faith, and Mental Healing; Church Efficiency: Finance; Precious Passages of the Word (Pt 2); Light from Archaeology; The Arrest and Trial of Jesus; Victorian Bible School Union and CofC; Victorian Sisters’ Department; “Mission Study”, paper from NSW Sisters’ Conference

#40 (8 October) – A Personal Message from the Editor; The Holy Spirit: The Teaching of the Pauline Epistles; Songs the Early Christians Sang; Bio: Matthew Wood Green; Jesus and Judas; Difficulties and Triumphs; Foreign Missions events; SA Sisters’ Department

#39 (1 October) – South Australian State Conference; Precious Passages of the Word (Pt 1)

#38 (24 September) – F. G. Dunn Memorial Number, “The Loss of a Leader”; The Continual Sacrifice of Christ; SA Sisters’ Conference

#37 (17 September) – Education Number: The College: Its Past, Present, Future; The College of the Bible: Its Value for Women; South Australian Conference; Victorian Sisters’ Department

#36 (10 September) – Progress of the Gospel; After Church; What is Baptism?; The Power of the Word of God (from Argentina); That Nazarene: He is the Christ (Pt 3); The Tongue of the Dumb Shall Sing

#35 (3 September) – Christianity and Warfare; The War; The Democracy of the Christian Faith; In the Footsteps of Paul (Pt 2); St. Paul and the Mystery Religions; Queensland Sisters’ Department

#34 (27 August) – Evolution and Religion; The Democracy of Christian Faith; In the Footsteps of Paul (Pt 1)

#33 (20 August) – Earth’s Wrongs Put Right; Sanctification By The Word; That Nazarene: He Is the Christ (Pt 1); Victorian Sisters’ Department

#32 (13 August) – Shall the Preacher Be a Specialist in Archaeology?;  Fellowship with Christ in His Sufferings; The Signs of His Coming (Pt 3); “Revolution in China”; SA Sisters’ Department

#31 (6 August) – The Peril of a Too Familiar Religion; The Responsiveness of God; The Signs of His Coming (Pt 2); Victoria’s Welcome to Dr. and Mrs. Macklin

#30 (30 July) – A Life of Sunshine and Storm; The Garden of the Cross; Bio: Dr. William Ewart Macklin (Photos); The Signs of His Coming (Pt 1); What is Left of Antiquity’s Proudest City; WA Sisters’ Department

#29 (23 July) – Dr. Macklin; The Blessings of a Preacher’s Work; Jubilee Celebrations in Wedderburn, Victoria; China’s Progress

#28 (16 July) – Adventists’ Misrepresentations; The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit (Pt 2); South East and North West; A Visit to Mt Sinai; NZ Notes and Comments; Victorian Sisters’ Department

#27 (9 July) The Dogmatism of Evolutionists; The Personality and Work of the Holy Spirit (Pt 1); The Mystery of Hidden Things; SA Sisters’ Department

#26 (2 July) – A Desirable Revolution; Discovering a City in the Rocks (Excavations at Petra); Some Necessary Repairs to Our Movement (Pt 2); A Study in Values: House Making v. Home Making

#25 (25 June) – Every Christian a Preacher; Efficiency in Church Service; Some Necessary Repairs to Our Movement (Pt 1)

#24 (18 June) – The Golden Censer; The Letter and the Spirit; Drink and Crime; Do Christians Today Live up to the Moral Teachings of the Old Testament?; Victorian Sisters’ Department; 

#23 (11 June) – Foreign Mission Number

#22 (4 June) – The Church and Politics; Women’s Work in the Church (Tasmanian Sisters’ Conference Paper); “Our Generation: this Generation”; The Wonderful Power of God; Tasmanian Sisters’ Conference

#21 (28 May) – The Credibility of Miracles; Increased Cost of Living; A Man Four-square (Pt 2); Systematic Mission Work

#20 (21 May) – Churches of Christ: Some Information Concerning Them…; “Our Present Opportunity” (WA Sisters’ Conference Address); A Man Four-square (Pt 1); Bio: Henry Moorhouse, English evangelist; Foreign Missions: Festival of Lights, India; SA Sisters’ Department

#19 (14 May) – “As Others See Us”; A Visit to WA;  The Easter Conference; Ruins at Baalbec, Syria; Mother’s Day; Victorian Sisters’ Department; Auckland NZ Sisters’ Conference 

#18 (7 May) – The Message of the Church To-day (WA Conference Sermon); NZ Conferences (cont’d); Tasmanian State Conference; WA Conference; Middle District NZ Sisters’ Conference

#17 (30 April) – The Home Missionary Enterprise (Victorian); A Visit to the NSW Conference; NZ Conferences; Queensland State Conference; WA Sisters’ Conference; NSW Sisters’ Conference

#16 (23 April) – “Our Future”, Victorian State Conference Sermon; NSW State Conference; Victorian Women’s State Conference (incl. Women’s Essay); South Australia Sisters’ Department Update

#15 (16 April) – Victorian State Conference, 1914

#14 (9 April) – Liberalism in the Church; The Witnesses to the Resurrection; First Australasian Temperance Conference; Problems of the Passion Week

#13 (2 April) – Britain’s Oldest Inhabitant; The Fruitfulness of Sacrifice; The Cross and the Resurrection; Miss F.M. Cameron, Missionary

#12 (26 March) – The Church of the Future; (Update on) State Conferences; The Rivers of Babylon: A New Garden of Eden; New Chapel at Ballarat, Victoria

#11 (19 March) – The Present Outlook; Series: Seeking the Old Paths (Pt 4); Testimony: the Value of Scripture Distribution in Personal Work; Queensland Notes; From Discipleship to Suicide (NB. sermon addressing Judas Iscariot)

#10 (12 March) – A World Conference on the Union of Churches; Interstate Temperance Conference; Series: Seeking the Old Paths (Pt 3); The City of Arabian Nights; Victorian Sisters’ Department

#9 (5 March) – The Problem of Church Attendance; Series: Seeking the Old Paths (Pt 2); The Historic Jesus; Sowing the Seed: God’s Word and the Nations; Queensland Sisters’ Department

#8 (26 February) – Ordination and the Laying On Of Hands; The Problem of the Child (Pt 2); Series: Seeking the Old Paths (Pt 1)

#7 (19 February) – The Message of the Disciples; The Problem of the Child (Pt 2); “Where Two or Three Are Gathered Together”; Victorian Sisters’ Department

#6 (12 February) – Josephus and Christ; Christian Union: A Review; South Australian Letter; Progress on Eyre Peninsula

#5 (5 February) – Post-Baptismal Sin; Christianity and the Social Movement (Pt 2); The King’s Commission; New Chapel at Christchurch, NZ; Foreign Missions: Death of Bro. James Ware; Chinese Evangelist, John Sing and wife (photo/short bio)

#4 (29 January) – “Reading”; Christianity and the Social Movement (Pt 1); Frankness and Union; The Power of Gratitude

#3 (22 January) – The Unchanging Christ; Do We Need a New Gospel? (Pt 2); Is This a Death-blow to Evolution in Religion?; Forestvale Mission, South Africa

#2 (15 January) – God’s Workmanship; Do We Need a New Gospel? (Pt 1); WA Sisters’ Department

#1 (8 January) – Fundraising for Home Missions; The Family Altar; From the Field; Bible School Update; Here and There

Index 

 

1913 (Vol. XVI)

Issues #1-51 to come.

 

1912 (Vol. XV)

#52 (26 December) – The World’s Progress Towards Peace; “Breaking the News” Christmas Sermon

#51 (19 December) – “Baptism: Our Lord’s Command”

#50 (12 December) – Preachers and Preaching; Travels in Samaria

#49 (5 December) – “The Unspeakable Turk;” Travels in the Footsteps of Paul

#48 (28 November) – Abolition of Sectarian Strife

#47 (21 November) – Baptists and Churches of Christ; The International Convention of the Churches of Christ

#46 (14 November) – The Antiquity of Man; The Eldership (Pt 2); Conference (re: Union With Baptists)

#45 (7 November) – The World’s Temperance Sunday; The Eldership

#44 (31 October) – A Nation In Search of a Religion; A Chapel Built In A Day (Port Pirie, SA)

#43 (24 October) – A Great Business Enterprise; A Hymn that Helped Me

#42 (17 October) – An Ideal Not Reached

#41 (10 October) – The World’s Unrest

#40 (3 October) – A Mechanical Explanation Inadequate

#39 (26 September) – Ask For The Old Paths; The Scoville Mission, A Final Word (note all previous editions in 1912 cover the Scoville Missions to Australia).

#38 (19 September) – The Principal’s Message (Bible College)

#37 (12 September) – South Australian Conference; SA Sisters’ Conference

#36 (5 September) – Who Have, and Who Have Not, Committed the Unpardonable Sin?

#35 (29 August) – General Booth and His Message

#34 (22 August) – The Question Of Conscience

#33 (15 August) – The Bible and The Referendum; Bible Study For Personal Spiritual Growth

#32 (8 August) – Shall We Have A Continental Sunday?; A Centre Of Spiritual Life

#31 (1 August) – The Basis Of Union; Thomas Hagger’s Farewell to NSW

#30 (25 July) – The Modernist Society of Enlightened Roman Catholics

#29 (18 July) – The Mission And Its Lessons

#28 (11 July) – The Divine Plan (by Charles Reign Scoville); Message to the Girls of Australia (by Mrs. Scoville); Recap of Scoville Missions across Australia

#27 (4 July) – Sectarian Bias

#26 (27 June) – The Great Commission As Viewed By The Methodists

#25 (20 June) – Foreign Missions: Can We Afford Them?

#24 (13 June) – Baptists and Churches of Christ

#23 (6 June) – Arresting Drift; Scoville Sydney Mission

#22 (30 May) – The Lion In The Path

#21 (23 May) – A Great Opportunity; The Scoville Mission

#20 (16 May) – The Call To Advance; Tasmanian Conference, 1912

#19 (9 May) – Is It As Black As It Is Painted?

#18 (2 May) – Federal Conferences: A Review

#17 (25 April) – New Zealand Conferences 1912; Queensland and West Australian Conferences, Victorian Sisters’ Conference and Sisters’ Address

#16 (18 April) – Federal Conference, 1912; Federal Conference President’s Address; NSW Conference Report, 1912.

#15 (11 April) – The Evangelistic Passion; Victorian Conference 1912

#14 (4 April) – Religious Agitators; NSW Sisters’ Conference Report

#13 (28 March) – The Spirit of Unrest; NSW Conference Reports 1911-12

#12 (21 March) – “A Religion That Cripples;” Victorian Sisters’ Department update 

#11 (14 March) – The Training of The Church; NSW Bible School Notes

#10 (7 March) – “A Religion That Works;” Southern Conference (South Australia); NSW Sisters’ Conference

#9 (29 February) – A World Conference; South Australian letter

#8 (12 February) – “Taking Men Alive”; NSW Bible School Notes

#7 (15 February) – “Other Sheep”; Victoria/South Australia Sisters Department updates

#6 (8 February) – Creed Smashing; NSW Sisters Conference 1912

#5 (1 February) – A Lesson In Grafting; Report of NZ Foreign Missions; State/Federal Conferences (Victoria) programme

#4 (25 January) – A Crusade Against Impurity; NSW Bible School Notes

#3 (18 January) – Conditions of Salvation

#2 (11 January) – Australasian Home Mission Number

#1 (4 January) – The World’s Heritage

 

1911 (Vol. XIV)

#51 (21 December) – Why Christ Came

#50 (14 December) – The Sacred Depositum

#45-49 to come.

#44 (2 November) – How Best Can We Spread the Gospel?

#43 (26 October) – A Final Word about Christian Science

#42 (19 October) – A Great Truth Emphasised

#41 (12 October) – Christian Science – A reply

#40 (5 October) – South Australian Conference

#39 (28 September) – New Zealand Foreign Mission Number

#38 to come.

#37 (14 September) – The Churches of Victoria

#36 (7 September) – The Trend of Present-Day Thought

#35 (31 August) – A Study in Apologetics

#34 (24 August) – Chance Discoveries in Bible Lands

#33 to come.

#32 (10 August) – Will the Bible Lands Become Great Again?

#29-31 to come.

#28 (13 July) – Religion and Politics

#27 (6 July) – A Notable Prayer

#26 (29 June) – The Mammon of Unrighteousness

#25 (22 June) – Honor the King

#24 (15 June) – Foreign Mission Number

#23 (8 June) – Judaism in Danger

#22 to come.

#21 (25 May) – Appreciations of Jesus

#20 (18 May) – New Light on Eden

#19 (11 May) – Man and the Universe

#18 (4 May) – The True Church

#17 (27 April) – New South Wales Conference, 1911

#16 (20 April) – Omens and Tokens in Religious Europe (Conference Number)

#15 (13 April) – Progress Towards Unity

#14 (6 April) – Christianity and Islam

#13 to come.

#12 (23 March) – The Vitality of the Bible

#11 (16 March) – Archaeological Finds and their Message

#10 to come.

#9 (2 March) – The Secret of It’s Supremacy

#2-8 to come.

#1 (3 January) – The World’s New Song of Praise

 

1910 (Vol. XIII)

#51 (22 December) – The Reign of Peace

#50 (15 December) – The Supremacy of the Invisible

#49 (8 December) – The Modern Pulpit

#48 (1 December) – The Present Outlook

#32-47 to come.

#31 (4 August) – The Churches and Reform

#30 (28 July) – A Great Movement and Its Influence

#29 (21 July) – Treasure in Earthen Vessels

#28 (14 July) – Did Christ Rise from the Dead?

#27 to come.

#26 (30 June) – A Retrospect and a Prospect

#25 (23 June) – God’s Wonderful Word

#24, (16 June) – Why We Believe the Bible, pt 2

#22 (2 June) – Why We Believe the Bible, pt 1

#21 (26 May) – The Immortal Hope

#20 (19 May) – Sacrificial Giving

#1-19 to come.

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