Elmer Ellsworth Shelhamer (1869-1940) was an American and an evangelist with the Free Methodists in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote many practical and forceful tracts and pamphlets and also a few books. His autobiography is a classic and well worth the read.
The Progressive Live
Preface
01 — The Overcoming Life
02 — The Babyhood State
03 — The Childhood State
04 — The Manhood State — The White Stone Experience
05 — The Experience of Power
06 — The White Raiment Experience
07 — The Pillar Experience
08 — The Reigning Life
How We Escaped
01 — How I Escaped — By E. E. Shelhamer
02 — How I Escaped A Drunkard’s Hell
03 — How I Escaped Drowning
04 — Wabash River
05 — How I Escaped The Precipice
06 — How I Escaped Marrying The Wrong Girl
07 — A Trip To College And Back
08 — A Strange Doctrine
09 — How I Was Healed
10 — More Narrow Escapes
11 — How I Escaped Another Error
12 — How I Escaped A Shallow Experience In Holiness
13 — How I Escaped The Chain Gang
14 — How I Escaped From The Castle Of Despair — By Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer
15 — How To Find Time For Study — By Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer
16 — Escape From Death — By Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer
How to Train and Save Your Children
01 — Responsibility of Parenthood
02 — Half-Damned Offspring
03 — Should a Child be Punished?
04 — Wesley On Child Training
05 — Advice of Rev. B. T. Roberts
06 — How to Spoil a Child
07 — Compulsory Christianity
08 — Why Your Child Is Not Saved
09 — Planning and Prevailing for Children
10 — When All Else Fails
11 — Are All The Children In?
12 — Child Evangelism
Incidents in Travel and Soul Winning
01 — The Value of Travel
02 — God’s First Plan
03 — Floating Cities
04 — Do Missions Pay?
05 — The Pretoria Convention
06 — “That Man”
07 — God Opens Doors
08 — Conscientious in Little Things
09 — I Meant Well But Broke Over
10 — My Wife’s Smile
11 — To the Rescue
12 — Growing Old Gracefully
13 — Bondage to Custom
14 — Deliverance From Death
15 — Port Elizabeth Convention
16 — Eclipsing the Past
17 — West Indies and South America
18 — Power of Example
19 — Holy Places and Holiness
20 — The Stolen Motorcycle
21 — Conscientious But Inconsistent
22 — A Confidential Word to Ministers
23 — Miracles Among Missionaries
24 — A Valuable Lesson
25 — How to Spoil a Child
26 — How to Save Your Child
27 — The Valley or Achor
28 — Living in Advance
29 — How Should Gospel Workers Dress?
30 — Divine Guidance
31 — Traits Of The Carnal Mind