Missouri Country Life Conference. 



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There would soon be an end of sectarian Christianity with its 

 duplication of churches, its once-a-month absentee pastoring, 

 and its general inefficiency, and Ihe substitution of a community 

 church that would unite men of common faith in the common 

 tasks of righteousness and community betterment. 



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Photo by W. L. Nelson. 



THERE IS MUCH OF BEAUTY IN RURAL MISSOURI. 



