Show taik BMW buhal la is tile the rural church passing are the days of 0 good old fashioned lon jen a thing of tile the past so it fould seem from the reading of 0 a report of president kenyon L ot of the massachusetts agricultural collego college to tho the commission on oil church and country life butterfield declares that tho the rural church must ue oe como come a community institution and I 1 through its preacher preach er and lay members promote the causes of good roads butter batter farming arming agricultural college extension courses temperance public 1 health community beautification and planning promotion of 0 cooper co oper aaion among farmers tor for buying sell ing and recreation centers such radical change from a house where 1 god Is supposed to uj lj worshiped to t 0 I 1 one where purely secular matters aro are discussed Is bound to cause a widespread opposition among the lie religious c ligi ous man students of religion li claim that the decline of 0 the country church began when pulpits were thrown open to politicians clans when tila local minister attempted to dictate political elections when tile tho church became a political forum ther is a sound bound basis for this claim men go to church to be told of god and spiritual matters they want to pray to put their house in orde to hesitate in ili the mad lursh for tile the necessities essi ties and luxuries of life to think of the future lafr when this Is deed decd them and in its place a minister delivers a political talk urging them to vote tor for this candidate or for that cause in ili the nante name of religion rollis loii the religious man mail rightfully resents the assumed leadership of tho the pre c I 1 and as a result trays at horne home to commune with 4 lias as god it is a fact that two thirds of the rural churches have ceased to grow and that 83 percent have a of less than to chango change the country church to a community house may result in ili much temporal benefit to tho the coni com in which the house may bo be located but what of tho the church the 1 antireligious anti religious osuld find no better j way to hasten tit complete disruption of the church theres too ton much worth while that tha Is not by tho way to baci sacrifice alce friends and ideals to sur stir my aly heart and my conscience condo conci ence my soul and my illy mind and soil sell all my lily attiq for a dollar marked well would id leave nip me too poor for tile rich es cs id find id like to bo be rich cheru la Is plea cleasur sur in ill money ino n oy its good stuff to have and its good stuff to spend it helps you to pay for your milk ano your our botica and glac g you ion a chance to bo be nice tu tc a friend id like to be rich but id never bt b willing to pay nay stich a price as some men do for gold tho the cost sl too high anti and the pace li ft too killing and too many any things must bo be barter ed and sold |