Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-02-19

What the Town Expects of the Coun-
try. Rev. H. S Hamilton of Pocatello
the only outside speaker, had for his
subject, THE World You Live H." and
NJ. r. Rays, the head of the great r.
rigation company, told of the rela-
tton of the community to the church
Mr.. Rays spoke in part as follows:
MY acquaintanceship with ministers
is limited. Many of those whom
have known have impressed me as be-
ing more of luxury or an ornament
in the community than anything else.
They are very busy and very import
ant on Sunday in the midst of their
little flocks but somehow they did net
seem to fit into the scheme of things
during the rest of the week. 1t has
seemed to me that they are afraid to
let the people of the community get
too well acquainted with them for
fear it might be found out that they
were Just plain, ordinary human beings
like everybody else. It seemed almost
as though some of them We're afraid
to expose their religion. to the broad
daylight of week day activities. They
Guarded it as something frail and del
icate which would become contain
mated if it came in contact with world
X things. AS I said before it seemed
as though they did not fit excepting
in their own little sphere on Sunday.
If our postmaster had been like many
Of them I would have been spared the
effort incidental to this address. My
remarks would not have been appro-
Driate to this occasion. But he is not.
I believe I know him pretty well and
like him. He is sincere. He is
practical. He is honest and he is
energetic. His church members can't
afford to put aside their cloak of piety
after service Sunday evening and ig-
more his teachings the rest of the week
because he meets and mingles with
them in their every day life and would
find it out. AS a result of his work
in this community l have formed a
new idea of what the functions of a
church and of the right kind of
minister in the community should be.
AS token of respect to this estima-
BILE gentleman and his work, I hereby
ecnsecrate myself for few minutes
to the task of expounding, as best
may. my views on this subject.
First let me say a word in endorse
ment of the get together idea. While
was very glad to lend my name and
assistance in connection with this af-
fair | can claim no credit for the idea
and can, therefore. speak of it in as
complimentary terms as I wish. In
nv opinion, this gathering for the pur-
pose of assimulating good food and
exchanging good ideas, if repeated and
made one of the traditions CT the COM
mifkity. as l believe it should be, marks
the beginning of an epoch in the an
nails of Richfield. 1t is the culmina-
ton. thus far. of that spirit of deter
mination, progressiveness, co-opera-
tion and optimism which has charac-
terized the efforts of those in this
community from the beginning. If
nroperly nourished and guided it guar
antees success both individually and
collectively. When you stop to think
Of it, wonders have been accomplished
here during the past five years. As
compared with the years which 1t took
10 subdue and domesticate the forces
of nature and to build civilization in
the older communities in which we are
raised. we can justly be proud OF the
showing which we have made. There
have been, of course. dissappointments
and discouragements. 1t has taken
longer than some of us thought it
would. But it must be said to the
credit of every man and woman on the