A bit about Clarence Macartney

Clarence Edward Noble Macartney (1879-1957) was a Presbyterian pastor, author, and conservative leader during the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy occurring circa 1920-1940 in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA).

Voices of American Fundamentalism: Seven Biographical Studies, Charles Allyn Russell, Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1976 -- Studies on J. Frank Norris, John Roach Stratton, William Bell Riley, J. C. Massee, J. Gresham Machen, William Jennings Bryan, and Clarence E. Macartney

Come Before Winter -- Clarence Macartney preaches his famous sermon, “Come Before Winter,” from 2 Timothy 4:21. It was delivered on October 12, 1952, at First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Macartney first preached it in 1915.

Print version of “Come Before Winter,” 1945

Clarence Edward Macartney page at Log College Press

Quotes of Clarence Edward Macartney (1879-1957)

• “A deleted Bible has resulted in a diluted Gospel.”
• “If you can trust the Lord for your salvation, for eternity, surely you can trust him for twenty-five minutes for your sermon the next time you preach.”
• “Men who desire such dilutions can drink de-caffeined coffee and smoke de-nicotined tobacco; and now we have on every hand, without money and without price, de-christianized Christianity.”