Newark post., 1916-01-05
TWO BLADES OF GRASS
THEORY DISPUTED
CHURCH AND COLLEGE 4

Two blades OF grass where
by old Dean Swift, has always
been a popular theory. Recently
as agriculture is becoming more
and more a business, the theory
has had its opponents. In the ar
ticle printed below, H. C. Colling-
wood of The Rural New Yorker
takes the old school to task and
points out his objections. Farm
ers, preachers and college men
will do we'll to read this. A dis
cussion of the theme, locally,
would be interesting and might
set straight some of our antagon-
isms.
Uplift.-We all fall into the
habit of starting the new year
with large things and new resolu-
tions. So we may as we'll take up
the following as perhaps the larg-
est thing now in sight for farm
ers. Here is letter from a New
York reader.
"HoW best can l refute tne
statement of our country church
minister who proclaims from the
pulpit that the great need Of the
hour the greatest good to the
greatest number would be secur-
ed if there were produced on the
farms of the United States just
double the quantity of all food
stuffs that is now produced.
81 have from memory used the
information l have gathered from
ne R. NY. to break in on his
line of argument, but he seems to
demand more reliable data than l
am able to give him. He says that
l am prejudiced, that should
love my fellow man to the extent
of raising crops at loss rather
than see the hungry about us un-
able to buy because they cannot
pay the price. I had dealings with
a neighbor a few years ago who
refused to let me run tile drain
across his property in order that
might have an outlet for my own
drains. l excused this mans re-
fusal to let me drain a few acres,
for him, on the ground that his
mentality was to be taken into ac-
count, but when a graduate of Au-
burn Theological Seminary with a
life consecrated to the uplift OF
humanity, goes out and takes a
country church composed of farm
ers and breaches such a doctrine,
l call for help.
New York E. l. G.
Now, of course, I know that
many such questions contain dy.
Mantle. Yet in these days ex
plosives must be handled. Some
times people not in the church
bring up such things to embarras:
the pastor, with the real intention
of discrediting the church. I woult
not countenance any such motive
but l will assume in this case tha
we have an honest desire to sc
this young minister right, so tina
he may be more useful to his flock
Wrong Teaching. If he preache
what our friend states, and goe
no further, this minister is wrong
and is not giving his people wha
they need. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, if you can change him or hi
views unless he is naturally
strong and original character. Th
mentality developed at most {
the endowed institutions of learl
ing is surrounded on the sides an
at the bottom with steel bands {
precedent" or convention. The
call it culture. I call it prejudic
Such mentality can only expan
in one direction, and that is vel
seldom toward the needs of tt
common people, or the unorgal
lied classes. The strong, ricl
powerful and fashionable appe;
to such mentality, and such deve
opment as most college men NAL
is toward these stronger element
of society. Of course, an educa
ed man, particularly one educate
at a theological school, ought to /
an exponent of the doctrine of gi'
ing away the coat and throwing
the cloak as a bonus, but as ru
their minds run more to the We
OR vested interests. When sue
an educated man breaks away fro
the stiff and formal rules of tn
college education he is locke
upon as hereto. Unless he |
of very strong and original mir
he will last about as long in Il
pulpit, in business or in Office
the professor at his endowed &C
lege who honestly pointed out Il
economic sins of the people wi
mt I'm tho op1ouy,ont +b;,