The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

mention scientific ones, came from tnese
churches Their influence upon America
has been and still is enormous. Pastors
Of some of these churches get discour-
aged at times at the smallness of their
fields and the meagerness of the reports
of SUCCESS in them. Yet the rural pastor,
often through single individuals, Yields
influence that is worldwide.
Within a few years the rural churches
in America have encountered new condi-
tons. In a way, these conditions nave
been competitive. TIE farmer has his
grange; the government provides insti-
tutes: companies put in telephones;
agents come and sell automobiles. Years
ago, before and after church services,
farmers talked about their crops dis
cussed the public schools and their teach
ers. prophesied about the weather. won
dered who might be induced to run for
supervisor and school director. and asked
after the health of families. Now much
If this interchange i done over the
phones at the farmers club. or people
are so busy and so littl, inclined TO be
sociable that nobody bOthers to make in
quirleS al all.
The Rural Pastors.
Two general agencies are now at work
10 improve the rural churches in Amer
lea and to bring them again into lead
ership The churches nave not failed.
Times have changed. Churches are too
great forces to he allowed to Suffe.. If
farmers are better educated than they
used to be. and they are, pastD"s OF
country churches must be bett = 'du-
. r-, ,I1.,,,.,,.,,, f,.,,,, ,oIIames
49, , 80 ,,r,,,. ,,,i,istors ,,,,st
Iso ba,,a hoor, r,r.,dIi,tcd in tho same
grades. If Social scryic" is good f"r
the city il is also good for the country.
.-;r r,oa,.I 80 IIo,-,a Missions b,d
toSnded tba d..,,,,r,rcn, of ,.bIrcb and
,,,t If .,,,I 49,. 1r,rrnationaI
yo,,n.. Mon ,.r,...rian Assnri,tion has
- r,,ror ,,,rr, d.,,artT1cnt win a nerI-
odicaI devoted 10 churches and count, :
Ii"' with ven!rrS in more than hVe hun
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j. ia. r,,,,nr IaL;,,d ,I,,, tbro,,o .. i mo
slogan of the Y NJ G \ Jcrart,rcI..
such slogan catches tic fancy nc the
country lad. Formerly he hated - no.,
corn. Tic wanted to get away and s. t.
me circus. M"u'Ih PSHChoIoE! mas
, Wis, Wv 81 'ul"' anu II ""2
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this w.. shall uso tIis ,o,,r, ,.,,,,,, taro
after to iuIpn .,,,.,, ir.,as,I -
n torn 'Iuh>.
Tho work Of Tho, Y. NJ. g 4 is not con-
fined to corn clubs alone On tho r,ons
hanging in ,s..,,.i.,+,, ,,.,,,,,,o..-. .,,
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,' H"u"E me" pred 10
''' ""'N AN" "I anh'll"uS fCr results,
haV" designated no fewer than 1.SG coun-
ties where resources and population are
great enough to warrant the coming of
the new social engineer Si.t, counties
are organized no,v and tho ,,.or,, :. c,o,,,r
arc.d ~ ,bn 49,, ~ cF,oa,, - - . So..S
,a,,r,ior -Tn.iSI 80, ~ !" vi NY
most naodad ND .,-a4,,,,ta, 90 so--;.'',
t,,,aI ,a11o,,. 60 -. VI a. wi
bcrs into S,,cb Iogdarsbi, I,.Z5a-r -,,,,'
ates of s,,cb ,oIIocoe MIX, 5,siro =, -
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rr tb. a.s,,.i,,,,,,, ,,5 - .-I1.
month, ,,.i.b ,or-,, o.,at,Ii.t,,5 -,
vol
as Iorr a. tuo-tbirds ~ tb. r,oo,,Io 20
this co1rt,, no foi b,I .hi,5 ~ 49,
number-that is. by the farmers who
raise the toodstuns for their own sup
Fort as wei as Ior the vast populations
',IE oII sSa s WI ~ IN, NJ ,o 81 Nv.
aConor,ic cnnditions oLI,ininr in rTrai
communities said Miss Anna r Taft
Of the Presbyterian department for reach
ing the country church.
minister to live with his people. not to
visit them once A week. said Rev. DR..
Warren H. Wilson. head Of the same de-
partment These two utterances strike
the keynote OF the new work now at
tempted successfully by the Presbyterian
Church.
Although the farmer is receiving
high prices for his produce he has not
yet secured economic independence,
continued Or. Wilson. who has recently
returned from a conference of promi
nent Christian Iaymen and ministers,
together with some farmers Of the Mid
die West and South, held in a MISSISSIPPI
nj alley city The farmer is fighting
with his back to the wall for such eco
nomic liberty, and the church should be
his strongest ally. In order to win they
must work together. l do not advocate
Of N ba