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If we had Christian ideals in the Old World we would have no 

 such war. 



We must put the Divine into all human relations. Great leaders 

 in agriculture as well as education look for and need the sympathy 

 of the church. They ought to have it. The top notch soil and 

 highest grade school need the engine which the church should fur- 

 nish. Ford car assembled in 30 minutes was run 7 miles, then it 

 stopped wlicn u]u)n ex;)!) 'iiniion it was found it had no engine it 

 was ea.sy explained howe^er it run on its merit. The church and 

 farmers' institutes could work wonders, the church for inspiration, 

 the institute with plans. 



To-day is a crisis in the whole worlds' history. See the great 

 discontent and want of confidence. You cannot stop it by driving 

 it beneath the surface. To me this is the biggest asset to the 

 whole thing. If the farmers, as a class, were not inclvu ed in this 

 discontent, there would be room for doubt. His discontent bl:ows a 

 door of opportunity. 



Opportunity has chin whiskers and is bald headed. Catch it 

 as it come or be forever too late. The blind staggering multitude 

 want a guide. No living on memories of past achievements, or 

 glorying in ecclesiastical respectability with half dead uiembership 

 can solve the problem we are looking atC The church that will win 

 must be larger than denorainationalism. If denominationalism 

 should die to-day we could solve the problem to-morrow. 



No church will ever raise any higher than the expectations of 

 its pastor, and no pastor's expectations any higher than the school 

 to which he owes his life. We need more than anything a new 

 rural leadership. The country church is forsaken by the ministry. 

 That is, they go there to get a start, using it only as a stepping- 

 stone. This is most unworthy of any man. 



The country church has been killed by the disinterestedness of the 

 cloth. The heads of the denominations are not without blame. 

 Sending pigmies to do giant's tasks without even the skill to use 

 the sling. You can not save the souls of a farming community with- 

 out you take account of the body and mind of his family and make 

 much of a job of it. Under some conditions I have found lots 

 of them without much of a soul to save. 



Wherever there has been a real successful country life, religion 

 has had a very prominent part in making it so. We have given the 

 farmer new machinery, new methods, then we thought he was free. 

 Like the freedom of the slaves, we forgot we did not change the 

 shape of their head and expected too much of them. 



We must give the farmer a new relationship to his calling. The 

 more science you give a man without leveling it up with grace, the 

 weaker the man or men. The country church must minister to 

 every home and help every individual in this territory or it has not 

 done its work. 



Show me the church and I will tell you the country condition. 

 The church must teach co-operntion by deeds. The home, the church 

 nnd the school must pull together, then we have a real farmers' 

 union. When all parts hold a right relationship to each other then 

 we can have an ideal community. 



Every man must devote himself to the betterment of the whole 

 community. We need a new social consciousness while we are 



