The electronic edition of Robert H. Boll's Soul-Stirring Sermons, (Louisville, KY: The Word and Work, [1944]) has been produced from a copy of the book in the Alex V. Wilson Collection. Thanks to Mr. Wilson for providing the loan-copy for the production of this version.

      No date of publication appears on the title page or copyright page of Soul-Stirring Sermons; however, a space advertisement in Work and Work, October 1944, announces the publication of the pamphlet.

      Pagination in the electronic version has been represented by placing the page number in brackets following the last complete word on the printed page. In the printed text, footnotes are indicated by printer's devices (asterisks, daggers, etc.); in the electronic text, they are treated as sequentially numbered endnotes. Inconsistencies in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and typography have been retained; however, corrections have been offered for misspellings and other accidental corruptions. Emendations are as follows:

            Printed Text [ Electronic Text
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sermon I: Four Indisputable Things.
 p. 2       the- making [ the making

 Sermon II: The Revelation of God in John 3:16.
 p. 8:      occasion.. [ occasion.
 p. 10:     one sides [ one side

 Sermon III: Saving Faith.
            No emendations.

 Sermon IV: The Gospel.
 p. 18:     (Rom. 4:15. [ (Rom. 4:15.)

 Sermon V: What Christ Taught About Sin.
            No emendations.

 Sermon VI: The Old Paths.
 p. 28:     pure limpid [ pure, limpid
            everyone that believeth. [ everyone that believeth."
            1 Cor. 18:8. [ 1 Cor. 1:18.

 Sermon VII: How Much Does One Need to Know to Be Saved?
            No emendations.

 Sermon VIII: The Church.
 p. 36:     (1 Cor. 3:11) [ 1 Cor. 3:11)
 p. 38:     "Through [ "through

 Sermon IX: Learning From the Enemy.
 p. 41:     his- most concentrated venom and hatred of the Jew. From the
               tory and in the events of our own days, we read of
               Satan's [ history and in the events of our own days, we
               read of Satan's most concentrated venom and hatred of the
               Jew. From the

 Sermon X: Four Gardens.
 p. 45:        highpriest, [ high priest,
 p. 47:        graveclothes! [ grave-clothes!
               graveclothes off; [ grave-clothes off;

 Sermon XI: The Good Shepherd.
            No emendations.

 Sermon XII: "Another Generation That Knew Not Jehovah"
            No emendations.

 Sermon XIII: Real Repentance.
 P. 62:     better man, [ better man,"

 Sermon XIV: The Sprinkling of the Blood of Christ.
            No emendations.

 Sermon XV: The Jerusalem Conference.
 p. 75:     present supreme exaltation [ present supreme axaltation
 p. 76:     reestablished [ re-established

 Sermon XVI: The Twentieth Chapter of Revelation.
            No emendations.
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "Four Indisputable Things" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 1-5, and as a separate publication, Four Indisputable Things (Ruwa, Zimbabwe: Church of Christ Mission, [1998]):

 SSS  / FIT       As Contribution to Book [ As Separate Publication
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 1 / p. 2:     great graveyards [ geat grave- yards
 p. 2 / p. 3:     the- making [ the making
 p. 3 / p. 3:     'That stands for [ "That stands for
                  the great question,' [ the great question,"
                  'And what is [ "And what is
                  the great question?' [ the great question?"
                  'What shall it [ "What shall it
                  his own soul?' [ his own soul?"
      / p. 4:     'But Dr. Kelly,' [ "But Dr. Kelly,"
                  'you don't mean [ "you don't mean
                  in the Bible?' [ in the Bible?"
                  'I certainly do'-- [ "I certainly do"--
                  'But--do you [ "But--do you
                  swallowed Jonah?'" [ swallowed Jonah?"
                  myself." "Sir," [ myself."--"Sir,"
                  there is no Savior, [ there is no Savior,
 p. 4 / p. 5:     like Jesus-- [ like Jesus--
                  "Come follow me."  [ "Come follow me,"
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "The Revelation of God in John 3:16" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 6-10, and as a separate publication, The Revelation of God in John 3:16 (Ruwa, Zimbabwe: Church of Christ Mission, [1998]):

 SSS  / TRGJ316   As Contribution to Book [ As Separate Publication
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 6  / p. 1:    God loved us, [ God loved us,
                  far and away, [ far and away
       / p. 2:    (Isa. 40:26.) [ (Isa. 40:26)
                  (Isa. 48:13.) [ (Isa. 48:13)
                  us--and that [ us-and that
 p. 7  /          "way-shower." [ "wayshower."
                  for us all" [ for us all."
                  (Rom. 8:32). [ (Rom. 8:32)
       / p. 3:    only revelation-- [ only revelation--
 p. 8  /          (1 John 4:9.) [ (1 John 4:9)
       / p. 4:    to give--and [ to give and
                  occasion.. [ occasion...
 p. 9  / p. 5:    (Rom. 4:16.) [ (Rom. 4:16)
                  be saved"--it [ be saved--it
                  seven days."  [ seven clays."
                  (Heb. 11:30.) [ (Heb. 11:30)
                  (John 3:18.) [ (John 3:18)
       / p. 6:    "have eternal life,"[ "have eternal life,
                  (Acts 4:12.) [ (Acts 4:12)
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "What Christ Taught about Sin" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 21-25, and as a separate publication, What Christ Taught about Sin (Louisville, KY: The Word and Work, [1944]):

 SSS   / WCTAS    As Contribution to Book [ As Separate Publication
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 21 / 1:       about SIN. [ abous SIN.
         2:       Not that ever [ (Not that ever
                  attached to Him. [ attached to Him.)
                  race [ race,
 p. 23 / 6:       eye. Whatever [ eye--whatever
 p. 24 / 8:       Jews' [ Jew's
                  crucified One, [ crucified one
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "The Old Paths" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 26-29, and as a separate publication, The Old Paths (Louisville, KY: The Word and Work, [1943]):

 SSS   / TOP      As Contribution to Book [ As Separate Publication
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 26 / 1:       intellectual and social [  intellectual social
       / 2:       in agriculture, in transportation, [ in agriculture, in
                     medicine, in transportation,
 p. 27 /          fish-back [ fishback
                  fluorescent [  flourescent
 p. 28 / 3:       corrup- tions [  corrupt- tions
                  pure limpid [ pure, limpid
                  "conquered [ "Conquered
                  of which it could be said that it is [ that was
                     preached ; and that gospel is
                  "power of God [ power of God
       / 4:       Acts 16:30; Rom. 10:9, 10; Acts 2:38; 1 Cor. 18:8. [
                     Mk. 16:15, 16; Acts 16:30; Rom. 10:9, 10; Acts 2:38;
 p. 29 /          preached; and [  preached ; and
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "Another Generation That Knew Not Jehovah" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 54-58, and as a reprinted contribution to a periodical in the 90th Anniversary Issue of The Word and Work Vol. 92, No. 11 (November-December 1998), pp. 336-340.

 SSS   / WW       As Contribution to Book [ As Contribution to Periodical
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 54 / 336:     enemies, bondage and serfdom, relieved [ enemies,
                     relieved
                  key note [ key not
       / 337:     If we inquire [ ¶ If we inquire
                  Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived
                     Joshua, who [ Joshua, who
                  died . . . . and [ died . . . and
                  In the very heart [ ¶ In the very heart
                  shalt teach [ shall teach
 p. 55 /          (Deut. 6:4-7.) [ (Deut. 6:4-7; compare 11:18-21.)
                  In almost identical words this is repeated in Deut.
                     11. "Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in
                     your heart and in your soul, and ye shall bind them
                     for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for
                     frontlets between your eyes.  And ye shall teach
                     them your children, talking of them when thou
                     sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the
                     way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
                     up . . . . that your days may be multiplied and the
                     days of your children in the land which Jehovah
                     sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
                     of the heavens above the earth." (Deut. 11:18-21.)
                     [ Which is to say
                  say. [ say,
       / 338:     God . . . . ." [ God . . ."
                  that played the wild and plunged the nation [ that
                     plunged the nation
                  reveal! [ reveal?
 p. 56 /          Just so. [ ¶ Just so.
                  carefully, sedulously, lovingly [ carefully, lovingly
       / 339:     It may not be [ ¶ It may not be
 p. 57 /          since the day of Adam [ since Adam
       / 340:     money in the war plants are [ money are
                  ¶ The boasted [ The boasted
                  home-teaching [ home teaching
 p. 58 /          good work, [ good work,
                  What a godly [ ¶ What a godly
 

      The following apparatus details the differences in the text of "Real Repentance" published as a contribution to a book in Soul-Stirring Sermons, pp. 59-63, and as a separate publication, Real Repentance [Louisville, KY: Word and Work, 1944]:

 SSS   / RR       As Contribution to Book [ As Separate Publication
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 p. 59 / 2:       (Acts 3:19.) [ (Acts 3:19)
                  Judæa, [ Judaea,
                  (Acts 17:30). [ (Acts 17:30.)
                  (2 Peter 3:9.) [ (II Pet. 3:9).
 p. 61 / 5:       mental reservation. [ mental reservation
                  before me?" said the Lord to Elijah--"because he
                     humbleth himself before me I will not [ before me;
                     I will not
 p. 62 / 7:       better man, [ better man,"
 

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 30 January 2001.
Updated 19 June 2003.