Show THE HUBAL HU BAL CI THE FARMERS THE custodians OF THE NATIONS MORALITY operation cooperation co of church sch school ol 01 and press essential to community building by peter radford lecturer I Nat national lonal partners union tile tho church the press and the school form forin a triple alliance of progress that guides guide tile tho destiny of overy every ity state and ancl nation without them cIvIll civilization would ind find dlo and through thou thein life way attain lla ith greatest blessing power and knowledge the carmera of this nation aro are greatly indebted to this social triumvir triumvirate ato for their uplifting find on behalf if f thu the american plow plowmen nion I 1 want vant to those engaged in those high cai callings lings for their able and effic efficient tent service ervice 3 and I 1 shall offer to tho the press a series of articles on co operation cooperation b between aw cc ii these important influences aia the fa farmers in ili the hope of in ill rt leasing easing tho the of all hy by mutual R U understanding and organized effort wo we will tako take up firby tho the rural church rhe farmers are great church builders tile tho american farmer Is in tho the greatest piea church builder the voiad lias has ever ile iio Is the custodian dlan of the nations morality upon his shoulders rusts tho the alc ark of tile tho covenant and lie ie is more responsive to religious in ili luencen es than any other class of cit the T farmers of this nation have built churches nt at a cost of P arid and tho the annual tell clou of alib nation toward all church institutions approximates o ed states build 22 churches per day chere aro rural church corn com on the farm and 64 per sent of tho the total membership of all hurches reside in ili tile country the rho farm Is IB tile tho powerhouse power house of nil all progress ro gresi anti and the birthplace of all that ta Is noble the garden of anden was wait in ili tile the country and tile man who ho would ct close to god must first got close to nature the functions of a rural church if tile the rural churches chuich cs today aro going to render a service which alch this age le mands there must inest be operation cooperation co between the religious social arid and eco delille lire life of 0 tho the community oom the church chuich to attain its fullest measure of success must enrich tile the lives of tile tho people in ili tho the community it serves it must build character develop op thought arid and increase the efficiency of human wo life it must serve the so BO caal business and intellectual as well all as the spiritual and moral sido side of life if religion does not mako make a man more capable more useful and more just what good is tt it we want a practical religion otie wo 0 o can live by and farm by as well all ax as die by Fe fewer and better churches blessed is that rural community which has but ono one place of worship while competition Is the life of trade it la is bealli to tho the rural church and moral starvation to tho the community petty sectarianism Is a scourge that baights blights ts the life and the church poeju dice saps the he vitality of many corn com an ali over churched comman ity ja ia a crime against religion a serl ous handicap to society and a useless tax upon agriculture while denominations aro are essential end church pride commendable the high teaching of univ raal christianity must prevail it if the rural church is to fulfill its mission to agriculture we frequently have three or four churches in a community which Is 18 not able to adequately support ono one small congregations attend services once n month and all fall to perform tho the re legious functions function a of tho the community the division of religious forces and tho the breaking into fragments of moral efforts is oft timea little less than a calamity and defeats the very purpose they seek to promote the life evils of too many church ca can be ed by cooperation the social and economic life of a rural community are respective units and cannot be successfully divided by denominational nomi national lines and the churches can only occupy this important field by operation cooperation co and coor ordination coordination co or di nation tho the efficient country church will definitely serve its community b leading in all worthy efforts at community bil building balding ding in unit uniting trig the people in nil fill co operative cooperative endeavors for the general era welfare of tho the c community ammu it y a and 11 d in arousing a real love for country lift life arid and loyalty to the country lome and these results cao can only be successfully accomplished by the united effort of I 1 the press tho the school the church and organized farmers |