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work that needs doing, in all its fulness, and, 

 seeing, shall resolve to push ahead side by 

 side. 



To sum up : The rural problem is a neglected 

 but exceedingly important question. Out of 

 the peculiar environment of the farmer grow 

 his peculiar social needs, namely, better organi- 

 zation, fuller and richer education, quicker 

 communication. To meet these supreme needs 

 we find a growing and already powerful coterie 

 of farmers' organizations, somewhat hetero- 

 geneous but rapidly developing plans of agri- 

 cultural education, and a marvelous evolution 

 of the means of transportation for body, voice, 

 and missive. These needs and these agencies 

 are selected as the conspicuous and vital element 

 in the sociological problem that confronts the 

 rural pastor. What shall be his attitude toward 

 them? He may ignore them; but we assume 

 that he will seek to work with them and to use 

 them for the greater glory of God. He must 

 then recognize them, encourage them, and co- 

 operate with them. To do this successfully 

 he must first be a student of sociology; he can 

 then well afford to meditate upon the possibilities 

 of making his church in some measure a social- 

 service church or at least of making of himself 



