East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-08
COUNTRY CHURCHES
MUST COOPERATE IF
THEY WISH SUCCESS
OXFORD PINCHOT POINTS OFT
FAHINCIS or CHURCH IN
RURAL DISTRICTS.

e Commission on Church aud CouutFN
} Life OpCns sessions at Columbus
OhiO--BelgiOuS and ECOROnEAS
Health OF Country COmmUnitie,
Must BE ConSeFNCVi, Says Spsaker.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. S.--cOun.
try churches in the near future must
cooperate through the medium OF
community fedeEatiens and they mast
interest themselves more closely in
the material welfare or the rural pop.
ulation. Clifford PinChot. president OF
the National Conservatism AssOcia-
ton, declared todaN in an address al
the opening session Of the national
convention of the Commission on
Church and Country Life. a branch
Of the Federal CouncT of Churches OF
Christ in America, wAich, k meeting
simultaneously Presinsnt Wilson will
address the conventions Fri6aN even
inE
Mr.. Pinchot, VINO Is chaifmRu OF
the commission, called ca hotR coan
.
ing to solve the problem of this pres
ent decadent condition of ruraI
! churches He predicted taat. tlss rJn-
raj church campaign to hs Institutes
at this meeting would be an effective
( conservation movement inssmuca as
giouS and economic health q couutrr
communities
There can be no permanently
sound and vigorous life for the Ra-
ton unless life in the country is yIg-
orouS ami sound said Mr. PfnchSt-
The strength Of any civilization is
hest measured hy the soundnRss sC
life on the land The tenacious spir-
-I1al ideals Of the open country cous
StItute our nost resisting barrier
asalnst ths growing laxity andl lux
-rF es our sGcEal organization.
y bsiisvs Ee are standing rOday
OF The threshold Of a great move
-su- whirh VII bring back To-, the
churcA- IN the country and smaller
tow-s --= greater power fsr. eped
E1lcA Il ussd 10 have I do mt sens
lend that the Shurch should take the
t-zct5ozs a. the grange or the agri-
--lE-ra- sEho9l bur I Do believe that
failure x tae canntry ChErChsS
-A-slgh tAsir ministers to gst inIo
productive talhch Win the work and
ue=1s Of the eSlztry qeepls Is one of
-hs tZ-5A-2euaI reasons for the pres
e1- weakness G. GENTRY church.
NJ. Pznrhax zrged the necessity 81
good farms g@o5 ruaLs ana g0sd
schools as u=aassarz FAR the Slocess
ga. 11a- hes aE 6ez5 Ard also THAI
a-v= -t-1hes ue--d assist p8EeT-
-uE z securing IMPROVED material
( -111l1Es Ez Ep-a-ze5 that tEz
+ ca-u4ss ia u1 ChU-ls1 and CuantTg-
+ LIE created aae year ago under aE-
-1- Hf tr= Fe5Frz- Council =
. l--Na=s Ezs L1e partial outgrCwth
81 farZ=r Press e-- EgoseYelt's COM
Mission lE C9Erry Life 3lr Pin
f e10- va = ueE Der q Jftat connLs-
s11 He praised the work Of DR..
Karrz1 Z Wilson. SeW York. Wh1
has charge q rural church work for
+. Eresgs --riaIs 1f Dr George F. Wells
uf th= Fed=rzl C0uncl of Churches.
and - Rev Cnaries Otis Gill, secre-
tzry Of the commission. He urge J
I I'll! denominations TO unite in move
u meat ~ improve the country chrrch-
I'VE are cot here TO advocate the
weakening or strengthening Of any
! denomination at the expense VI an
other, said Mr. Pinchot nor have
ge any theory TO exploit or any Ak
70 grind. We merely seek the truth
about conditions. and remedies that
are both wise and practicable
The conference will be in session
= tomorrow and Friday. concluding
e with an address Friday evening By
r President Wilson on rural life prob
lens in the United States Mos
meetings Of the Federal Council OI
Z Churches are for business transac
tions, and the public program Is
I largely before the rural life commits
sion.
Among those on the program 20
8 day were Rev Washington GLADDEN.
: Columbus; Rev. w. F. Richardson
o Kansas City; Prof. Edwin L. Earl
! Madison, n. j.; Rev. Alva Taylor, CO
u lumbia, Mo; Dr.. S. K. Mosimar
i Bluffton. o.; Rev. Ward Platt Phi
d adelphia; Albert E. Roberts. Ne
York; Miss Jessie Field, New YORK
. President w. o. Thompson. ON
Is state University, Columbus; Rev. HI
d bert C. Herring, Boston; and Rev. |
d A. Hutchinson, Pittsburg.
+ On the program for tomorrow ar
y President Kenyon L. Butterfiet
ie Massachusetts Agricultural Colleg
&c Bishop Joseph F. Berry. philadelphia
ii Rev. S. L. Morris, Atlanta; DR.. Wa
rem H Wilson, New York.! Dr. Geori
B. Stewart. Auburn, n. Y; Prof.
G. A. Tressler Springfield, o., PIT
G. w Fiske, Oberlin. o.; Rev. Har
r. Ward. Boston; and Fred B. Smit
er New York.
n Speakers Friday are: Rev. f, ia
:, madge Root, Boston; DIT. w, c, eli
" pinger. Westerville. o.; Rev John
e Moore. Nashville, Tenn; Henry Wa
81 lace Des Moines, Ia; Rev. George
Id Luccock. Oak Park, Ill; Prof. sha
IL er Mathews. president Of the Fedei
IN Council Of Churches and Bishop "
III liam f. Anderson, Cincinnati.
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to LION ROARs IN JEALOUSY.
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