The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-18
WHOLE COMMUNITY .
Or FAVORED FEW
PERTINENT QUESTION is ASKED
REGARDING OBJECT or OR
GANIZATION OF CHURCH.
PASTOR MILKS COWS
CALLS Ar oPPoRTUNE TINES AND
INVITES FLOCK TO RECREA-
TION IN CHURCH BASE
MENT.

The question Of whether the
churches are organized for the pur-
pose of saving the favored few or have
for their object the salvation of the
whole community, is embodied IN the
answer to the problem Of country life
cooperation. according to the views
expressed by 4. NJ. Tousley, of Min
nesota. in an address 10 the country
church conference yesterday after
noon Mr. TousleE, who is secretary
of the Right Relation league of that
State believes that the rural church
should be the social center of the
community.
In the town where he lives the rural
church is provided with an adequate
basement in which is established It
library. reading room. games. etc, and
the minister, who didn't hesitate to
call on his Pensioners in time to
help them milk The COWS, takes oC-
casion to invite them 70. spend the
evening at the church. frequently
serving light refreshments as an add
ed inducemcnt
Church In Business.
The pastors. ne believed should not
only cooperate with the school teach
ers of the community in the i'm
provement Of the schools and COM
munity morals but 1t IN within the
province Of the church TO form aeen-
cies to sell land 10 the poor on long
time and easy terms and cut out the
land Spectator who frequently robs
them The result of this co-opera-
tion he believed could he best ak
pressed IN one word --hr0thcrhooa-
and that was the first principle of
Christianity, ard the first principle
that Christ illustrated 20 the world
when he selected the twelve apostles
to go about with him.
We shouldn't condemn Christianity
because il had not been practiced in
1900 years. and the cooperative.
brotherhood spirit. especially IN the
rural communities rs the good way
to give u triad AIr Tousley gave
some practical forceful examples Of
how the country church of Minnesota
is assisting in the formation and
conduct of the local cooperative
buying and selling associations and
the interest his remarks created was
evidenced hy the discrimination as
to details 20 which he Was subjected hy
his q djtors. during which he handed
out some valuable details of the Min
nesota system.
Another. M!nnesotan. T ], Hacker,
Of the State Agricultural college, gave
an interesting illustration Of how the
cooperative system works IN that
Dartsb pant3st community ia
which tha rnral church has fasterpd
AMI aided mo community spirIt In it's
'l,,,nera I've. b,,ssnras ventures untfI
fho tau.- has r-raq-n n he one If the
80, ,,r,..,,o7o[fs IN no STATE
TIE fa,,na-table conference with
thn .,ana~al fnpt, 81 how The caun-
nv eb3trrh IAN ala in dayelop{ur a
st,hIo sn5 nrodorf{ve community life
u.birb Vas laa Nv pr i 4 Mitchell
prasfaent If the University Of Saus3
r,r,Jtr, drov, triar discussions from
,,,t,r,t>.r IF ~. ministers uresenf
ana conc beiof,fl s,npastions were
,hro,,.n amt
~ Gaoraa r, 1favor Of Greene
oonnfv VIRGINIA oxnresz.d arm con
,,irtfare as ~ tha mart the rural
,,h,1rcr ca,,ld ofav IN The hattarrnenf
~. ,,,,,,,st,, '.,.,.Iit{r4,e If tba. church