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social center for the young, including exercises in 

 work and play and recreation, as well as a place for 

 religious instruction. The child is a creature of 

 activity and not of passivity. You cannot preach 

 him into the kingdom in a lifetime ; but you can get 

 down with him and work with him and play with him 

 and guide and direct him through his self-chosen, 

 everyday interests, to the end that he may after- 

 wards enter the ranks of the Lord's anointed. 



Again, it is urged, make your country church a 

 center for the entire life of the community. Not 

 only have the adults bring their practical affairs to 

 this center for consideration, but have the boys and 

 girls come with their implements of work and play, 

 with their specimens of farm and home produce 

 and handiwork, with their miniature menageries and 

 workshops all this with joy and reverence before 

 and after the religious services. 



REFERENCES 



Efficient Democracy. W. H. Allen. Chapter X, "Efficiency in Re- 

 ligious Work." Dodd, Mead & Co. 



Rural Christendom. Charles Roads. Prize Essay. American Sunday- 

 School Union, Philadelphia. 



Report of the Commission on Country Life, pp. 137-144, Sturgis- 

 Walton Co. 



The Country Church and the Library. John Colton Dana. Outlook, 

 May 6, 1911. 



The Country Church and the Rural Problem. Kenyon L. Butterfield. 

 University of Chicago Press. A strong presentation of the entire 

 situation. 



