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In all fields of thought and action good leadership is the essential condition of progress. Without it no advance is made either in the thought or the life of the race. The world never moves together in any given direction. Some body must go before who has a clearer vision than the great mass of mankind. Some one must lead who sees and comprehends great and necessary truth which has not yet been laid hold upon by men in general, but which is absolutely necessary to their best development.
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Baccalaureate and Convocation Sermons (Classic Reprint)
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I have not hesitated to gather material from ser mons and addresses that suited my purpose. I have fre quently drawn thoughts and forceful sentences from the great London preacher, Joseph Parker. In a few cases I have gotten valuable ideas from the great English preacher, Frederick W. Robertson. In two or three in stances I have also drawn a few thoughts from The Homilist, an English periodical that ran for years, but was discontinued. Other thoughts I have gotten from sources that I now no longer remember. I have tried to give proper credit for thoughts and quotations. If I have failed in any case, it is because I am not able to trace the source of the thought that should be credited, but, whether credited or not, the reader will not suffer any loss, as doubtless anything I may have~borrowed is better on that account.
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The Word of Truth, Vol. 1: The Pentateuch (Classic Reprint)
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It is the earnest wish of the author that the Bible student, who gives this volume a reasonably careful study, will have gleaned much valuable information con cerning the books of Moses, and will have acquired an understanding of the leading arguments set forth in defense Of their truly historic character.
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The Commission Executed; Or, a Study of the New Testament Conversions and Other Evangelistic Topics
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Ely Vaughan Zollars was an American minister of the Disciples of Christ and educator.
Background
Zollars was born on September 19, 1847 in Lower Salem, Ohio. His father, Abram, a blacksmith and farmer, was of German descent, his first American ancestor having been brought to Pennsylvania as a child sometime between 1730 and 1740; Ely's mother, however, Caroline (Vaughan), was of old New England stock. Work in the blacksmith's shop and on the farm hardened the boy physically, and the discipline of a religious home gave him character.
Education
At the age of twelve Zollars was sent to a private school in Marietta and later to the preparatory department of Marietta College. In 1871 he entered Bethany College, where he was graduated in 1875.
Career
For some years Zollars worked on a farm and taught school winters. He later was appointed adjunct professor of ancient languages, beginning an educational career which with little interruption was to continue throughout his life. After a year's teaching, he was made financial agent of the college and raised some $27, 000 to tide it over a financial crisis. Toward the close of 1876 he was called to the presidency of the Kentucky Classical and Business College at North Middletown, and for seven years directed its affairs with notable success. Zollars resigned with the intention of entering the ministry, but consented to act for a year as president of Garrard Female College, Lancaster, Kentucky. He then served as pastor of the Christian Church, Springfield, Illinois, until 1888, when he was called to the presidency of Hiram College. During the fourteen years he held this position the number of students increased and the resources and equipment of the institution were largely augmented. In 1902 he assumed the presidency of another denominational college - Texas Christian University, then located at Waco - where his business ability and success in raising money were again utilized to good advantage. His last contribution to the enducational enterprises of the Disciples was in Oklahoma, where, in October 1906, he went to establish Oklahoma Christian University (later Phillips University), chartered October 7, 1907. Of this institution he served as president and president emeritus until his death, at which time it had five buildings and some 400 students. Together with his other work he did much teaching of the Bible, and wrote several books of an expository nature. Among them were The Great Salvation (1895), Hebrew Prophecy (1907), The King of Kings (1911), The Commission Executed (1912), and The Abrahamic Promises Fulfilled (1913). In 1912 he published Baccalaureate and Convocation Sermons. He died at the home of his daughter in Warren, Ohio.
Achievements
Zollars was a notable educator, who occupied high posts in colleges during his life.
Zollars was a firm believer in higher education under Christian auspices, and held that its chief function was to make the individual socially efficient.
Personality
Zollars was a man of restless temperament, great energy, good judgment, and no little administrative ability.
Connections
When only eighteen, on October 22, 1865, Zollars married Hulda Louisa McAtee of Washington County, Ohio.