The Country Girl's Creed 



Jessie Field 

 In charge of the Neighborhood Club Dept. of Farmers' wife, U. S. Dept. Agr. 



I am glad I live in the country. I love its beauty and its 

 spirit. I rejoice in the things I can do as a country girl for my 

 home and my neighborhood. 



I believe I can share in the beauty around me ; in the fragrance 

 of the orchards in spring, in the weight of the ripe wheat at harvest, 

 in the morning songs of birds and in the glow of the sunset on the 

 far horizon. I want to express this beauty in my own life as 

 naturally and happily as the wild rose blooms by the roadside. 



l"believe I can have a part in the courageous spirit of the country. 

 This spirit has entered into the brook in our pasture. The stones 

 placed in its way call forth its strength and add to its strength 

 a song. It dwells in the tender plants as they burst the seed cases 

 that imprison them and push through the dark earth to the light. 

 It sounds in the nestling notes of the meadowlark. With this cour- 

 ageous spirit I, too, can face the hard things of life with gladness. 



I believe there is much I can do in my country home. Thru 

 studying the best way to do my everyday work I can find joy 

 in common tasks done well. Thru loving comradeship I can help 

 bring into my home the happiness and peace that are always so 

 near us in God's out-of-door world. Thru such a home I can help 

 make real to all who pass that way their highest ideals of country 

 life. 



I believe my love and loyalty for my country home should 

 reach out in service to that larger home that we call our neighbor- 

 hood. I would join with the people who live there in true friendli- 

 ness. I would whole-heartedly give my best to further all that 

 is being done for a better community. I would have all that I 

 think and say and do, help to unite country people near and far 

 in that great Kingdom of Love for Neighbors which the Master 

 came to establish — the Master who knew and cared for country 

 ways and country folks. 



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