I RURAL PASTOR
i t(Hlcent and Conaeerrted Leader
thlp rieou Ol wic nour,
Dy Peter Radford. )
Ifrlup r Niilloiml KnniM ra' I'ulnn.
Thn rural lumtor luia grontor possl-iiU1-
tluiit ay other factor In our
iiluiinl lift'. The rural civilization
If the Twentieth Cotitury liui opened 1
L a new world of activities for hlin.
hero Ho lie torn lilm unexplored con
iiHila of usefulness, unemployed
,rcr of civilisation and tremendous .'
midiwIlillUli'H such, an huve never
lifer" confronted thn pnHtornte.
Tho need of me runu coininunmos ;
;mluy In Intelligent ami consecrated
limlertililp. There muNt ho a marshal
n of firr'H tlmt build life, RtreiiKth-1
. -k........t..p miij4 lirniilfin vltllnn Tha i
n ciituii' . . ......
mlnr should dual with living prob-1
I mi. In immtiim 10 mo mtrvice no
L raiidera he hIiouM help us lift
(ho nmrki't liuiiket, hold out a nnlp.
g hand to tho fanner and develop
llio ioli'iilial eiion;lm of tho commu-
iily ho kimti to servo
A More Uaeful Ministry.
Tlio farmer needs tho personal
niich of tho pastor. He seldom
Dtm'H In (lirrrt contuct with hia hnl
owing Inlii I'licp, except when ho H
itulltxil, nmirled and hurled. Wo
L'lllii further extend Christian In-
liii'iiro In the homes, n well as to
,r :! the KHpel In Clilun; to In
truct our Iilldien In fho art of II v
:,f!, n wi ll as (o convert tho barbu
an untl tho Hottentot, and wo should
.'Yule our energy and tuUnt to the
'lutlun of problems of ur own lo
illiy, rather than ronnumo our on
rules In ll.",htliiR vlco and ignorance
i.'yoml our borders. It la as Imper
ii til that wo discuss from the pulpit,
e building of niucudum highways
mn Hi" church to our homes, as
at wo pn-nch of tho golden streets
f Urn Now Jerusalem. It Is as much
part of the duty of tho piwtor to
ihort us to own a homo whllo on
;rlh an to Inuplru us to build a man-
in In the Hkles nnd th t o should
ualruct C'hrlHtiuu ehaiacter In our
.n (omiiii.nlty, rnther thtin that wa
Klit ton It;" Hlns In other lands. Wo
ant a r 1 1 ,;icn we can farm by as
oil at) tile by.
Christian Influence Needed.
Tliore In on emptiness In the life
If mini coiiiinuuttlee and we want
resellers who can weavo Into tho
wlul fiber, educational pastimes.
mutable plr-astires mid Instructive
iiifU'ini'iilH. Too often wo find thn
iiiih of our young people a search
r a nuKHiMtlon In Itumornllty and
tcpplnK-i'.tono to Bin. Tho pastor
ould Kiipi rvliio tho growing lives of
mug pi ople, approvo their amuse
"M, rroiiiii expressions of Joy and
unre tl 'it makes for Christian
li.ir.niir nd bless their lives with
i r I :i I i : l rl modesty.
Tlio farm Is the nursery of clvllt-
klou, and (lie parsonage of all ra-
kIoiiu di iiiiiiilnatlons. Too long line
" farm furnished tho cities with
fir nront preachers, until today tho
liral chiin h Is tho gangway to city
"pits. Thn current should bo re-
rbi-d. Thn power of the pulpit Is
it iiicjled hi tho country where
fund.iinnntal forcoB of liumun life
riKlimfe. '1 ho farm Is the power
uki! of nil progress nnd the birth
ice of an that Is nnblo. Tho Gar-
ii nf l'Mi n was In tho country and
! irmn who would sot close to Clod
UHt lint K'-t close to nature. Many
immunities are church-ridden. We
qui ally hnvo three or four churches
a community with a circuit rldor
Pro a month preaching to small con
TiitlmiR and ull full to perform tho
iiglous functions of tho community.
Ei numy liiHtnnees, mora harmonious
Trt might result in a more olllclent
rvlre. Tho dlvlulon of religious
pcci and breaking Into fragments of
("Tid off ort aro of tt lines little less
'in t cnlumlty and defeat tho pur
No tlicy seek to promote.
A pantor in a neighborhood, study
t tho economic, social, moral and
lurutlonnl iirohlems of tho comtnu-
Jly, pri'Koiiling frcBli vhilous of poten-
pm nihilities and native power
Uh beauty nnd now meaning, luter-
F'-tlng the thonght-llfn of the com-
'"illy nnd aduiliilatering to their
fdly needs, will contribute more to-
'rd the advancement of a loeullty
'an n dozitn lirHiirlii.m uhn nrrnnv
pulilt at Irregular lntorvuls,
rouchlng en subjects foreign to tho
V of tho community.
unircli prejudice Is a vice that
l's much of the spiritual life of tt
immunity, nnd wasteful Boctorlun-
N Is a rJiijtoug crime against so-
rty. Denomlnutlutiul reciprocity
ruhl take Its Dlncn. Non-suutiort
chinch Institutions and rcllulous
ihnry inn often bo traced to causes
"""'in wun me cmirch. There
iduI.I ho co-operation botweeu
Nrches nnd co-ordination of moral
Purt along ( conomlc lines, nnd thoro
I'm! be If tho rural chu-chea of this
litlo mo going to rendjr a sorvlce
""n tiiis no demands.
New Tasks for the Rural Church.
Tile rill'nl fltm-flt V,n hnnn Rlnw tO
F'Jiist liHnlf to tho now ordor of
'f. Tho elnm-lioa nro dleoover-
new ennnrtntiltUa fnr nnrvh A.
fOUllor comniunltv nnnfulnens and a
fouler social mlnBlon. The-church
Klrd ltBiilf for now tnska and
Pder n nniv vlrlln Ivna nt Iniwlnrithln
f"lerlaito roal community bulldlrg
" the modern church 08 the contnr
I Actlvllv niM umifKA nf ttmntrntlnn
l,(l Rllldnnrn Tha tftiimnh nvnr IflO
"on nnd tho gradual emancipation
f"" urudgiry, the development oi
t(l rouds, telephones, rural mall er-
farm mach'nery make for religious
advancement. Tho Increase In Intel
llgence, n.,w soclnl ccnsclousners,
growing spirit of co-operation, addtd
cinclency of rural Institutions, chrr
ncter, homo building and bettor rural
morula nffor-' opportunity for a com-munlty-servliig
church to demonstra'.e
Its power. The ruHl church to CI
fill Its tn!a-inn must swing around it
tho Inlliiem -is for progress.
1 CSLL OF
THE COUNTRY
Rural Ilfo offers to young men days
of toll and nights of study. It offers
frugul faro and plain clothes. It of
fers lean bodies, hard muscles, horny
hands and furrowed brows. It of
fers wholesale recreation to the ex
tent necessary to maintain tho high
est elllclonny. It offers the burden of
bilncliig up lur-o families and train
ing thin In thu productive llfo. It
offers tho obligations of using all
wealth us tools and not as meuns of
self gratification. It does not offer
the Insult of a lifo of enco, or aes
thetic enjoyment, or graceful con
sumption or emotional ecstasy. It
oflers, lustcad, tho Joy of productive
achievement, of participating In tho
building up of a higher rural civiliza
tion. To young women also It offers toll,
study, frugal fare and plain clothes
sui h as belli thot.o who "lire honored
with a great and dllllcult tusk. It
offers bIro tha pains, the burdens and
responsibilities of sacred motherhood.
It offers the ohllgrtlon and perpetua
tion In succeeding generations the
principles of thu productive life made
manifest in themselves. It does not
offer tha Inuult of a Ufa of pride and
vunliy. It offers tho Joys of achieve
ment, of eelf-cxpreKslon not alone
In dead niurblo ai:d canvas, but also
in tho plastic liven of children to be
shaped and mould d Into those Ideal
forniB of mind and heart which. their
dreams have pictured.
THE POLITICAL
ran
1HE PULPIT WARNED AGAIN8T
THE YELLOW PERIL OF
P0LITIC8.
('o-oporiittvo thinking Is tho biggest
problem that confijuts tho farmer today.
AGRICULTURAL LEG
ISLATION NEEDED
The Farm the Place to Study
All Lcgisla'ive Problems.
By Peter Radford.
Leetur'T National Kurimrs' Union.
The principal function performed by
government today Is to collect taxes, '
keep records and prevent and punish
crime; but tjint is not' sufficient. Gov
eminent should tip its hat to tho God-'
dens of Opsiortunity as courageously (
as It draws a six-shooter on a train
robber. We ought to encournge thrift
as well as restruln greed. Wo have :
been basing legislation upon tho ex-1
Ironies of human lifo the classes '
high nnd low, tho depravod and the .
talented let us now reach tho masses
and tho extremes will more nearly
disappear. Our statutes are filled to '
overflowing with pity nnd revenge;
let us odd opportunity.
Tho slogan or tho Kurmors- union
Is co-operat ou. Not only among In
dividual fat icrs, hut betwoen all logl-1
tlmato and useful occupations. We
want to sit nround the henrthBtone
of Industry and tnlk over problems of '
niutnul IntoroBt with our neighbors. I
Wo wuilt to Invite those who are
earnestly searching for Information
on public nuestloqs to got back to
the sell ith their Investigations
whero. In tho bIIHiiobs of nature, thoy
can climb tho mountain-top of wis
dom, explore tho deep canyotiB of
knowledre nnd Htroll through tho
I Ojiilet valleys of understanding.
Thoro is no pn.niem in civnunuou
that cannot bo found In Its nntlye
stnto on tho farm. Tho labor, edu
Culiotiul, financial, transportation,
homo building and all oMior problems
are there. Wo will discuss a few of
them.
The Labor Problem.
We bow to tho dignity , of labor.
No ono would bo willing to do more
to lighten tho burdenB, Increase the
surety, comforts nnd profits of those
who labor in commerce and Industry
than their fellow toilers in agricul
ture. Hut bow about the farmer who
bows his back to feed nnd clothe the
world, and who works from sun until
sun? Is he not also entitled to nn
Increase In pay and a shortening of
hnurn? Much lies bocu said about
tho women In tho factory nnd behind
tho counter, but how about tho woman
In the field, drenched In perspiration,
gathering tho harvest, the little chil
dren, their lips wet with mother's
milk, tolling by hor sldo? Aro they
not nlxo entitled to consideration? Is
not the ninn who diss In tho ground
entitled to the same consideration nB
ho who tolls nt the forge, weaveB at
tho loom and works behind the count
er? '
The fnrmnr 1ms been bearing his
burdens ns patiently ns the bcaBt he
plows, but Is patience a bnr from Jus
tice? The labor problom of Virginia
today Is on tho farm, and the first
attention should be given those who
tabor In the field.
A Consecrated Ministry Needed for
the Rural Churches. j
Dy Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
Tho rarmers of this nation have on
their payroll 95,000 preachers and this
number applying themselves diligent
ly and exclusively to the religious
work at hand Is sadly inadequate to
properly servo their respective com
munities. Those who put on ecclesiastical
robes nro In a measure free to unlock
every door to the human heart and
enter tho secret chambers of reason
and every person should submit their
conduct to review and seek the coun
(el of those, divinely appointed mes
sengers of life, but the moment the
mlnlHtor closes tho Ilible and opens
tho law book, he becomes a menace to
society.
Hio difficulty of keeping the preach
er in the pulpit Is aa old as religion.
Christ encountered it In the temple
when he drove tho priests from the
bargain counter back to tbo pulpit.
Our pl!j;rl:n fathers met It when,
through the Influence of tho clergy, a
UcU court was established at Salem,
Ma-iu., In K'Sl, that precipitated a legal
hulccuubt tl.renlenlug to reduce the
population to ushes and which was ex
tinguished by tho laymen uniting and
forcing the preachers back to the pul
pit. Tho greatent peril to tho church to
duy Is politics. The temptation of the
ministry to throw down the cross of
Christ und pkk up the club of the
policeman; to substitute the penalties
of 0 law for the power of the altar
and to legislate religion into human
hearts, never was greater.
Tho world never needed a religious
mlnititry more nor political preachora
lt-Bs than It does today. We need mtn
lbtcrs to teach us bow to live; we
know how to vote.
Tho religious preacher is the most
cnpablo servant and the political
preacher tho sorriost master the world
has over known. Wherever power is
placed In the hands of tbo latter tbey
invariably become intolerant, bigoted
and vicious and resort to the whip and
tho faggot to enforce their opinion.
Civilization has many times been
compelled to drive Incorrigible preach
ora back to tbe pulpit at tho point of
the bayonet. Many of the pages of
history are wet with blood shed at the
bunds of political preachers who wrote
laws on tho stutute books that com
mitted arson upon mankind, maimed
human beings with tho hatchet and
sent helpless women to the torture
rack, all because they disagreed with
their views. Whon in control of gov
ernment, tho pulpit politicians Invari
ably undertake to perform legislative
miracles such ae casting out witches
with the flume of a torch, suborning
conscience with shackles and enforc
ing opinions with the guillotine.
Mixing Politics and Religion.
Politics and religion will not blend.
No freo government can long exist or
the church perform its mission to
society when preachers and politicians
temporarily exchange, callings, and a
civilization that will countenance
such conduct will soon decay. 8uch a
traffic In occupations ie as unsound in
prlnclplo as the white slave trade is
Immoral in practice.
The hand that passes the sacrament
should not collect slush funds for po
litical purposes. The gentle voice that
comforts us In sorrow and pronounces
the lust Bad rltoe upon our departed
loved ones should not rave and rant on
the hustings. I do not believe a
preacher can manipulate political ma
chinery and be righteous any more
than he could become a burglar and
be honeet. I think it as immoral
for a preacher to seek to lobby whllo
he prays, as It would be for him to
gamble while he preaches.
A preacher can no more preach a
political sermon without converting his
pulpit Into a political rostrum than
ho could sell Intoxicating liquor from
the altar without converting the
church Into a bar-room. He can no
more purify politics by playing the
gnme than he can sanctify gambling
by running a lottery.
I Join In the oft-repeated suggestion
that a preacher has as much right In
political brawls as a saloon kecpor and
wo also admit that bo has as much
right to get drunk ns anyone else,
but wo would rather he would not do
so for tho "greater the saint the great
er the sin." I think a political bishop
can turkey trot In the name of Chris
tianity as consistently as ho can enter
Into a mud slinging political contest
to the dlagruco of his church.
It Jb my opinion that when this
world is saved tt will be through
llglous strmons nnd not through polJ
tlcnl speeches. Salvation tnuct como
to us loin tho Hlblo and not from
tho statute book; tt will come through
holy couuellB of consecrated ministers
and not from caucuscB of political
preuchera.
The Problem of the Laymen.
There never was a time when
preachers and politicians formed an
unholy alliance that civilization did
not shriek out nnd Christianity cry
aloud. Since tho beginning of gov
ernment, politicians huvo Bought to
docoy the ministry Into the meshea of
Volttlca and mako them carry banners
In political processions. TBey nave
taken the ministry to the mountain
top of power and offered to make them
monarch 8f all they surveyed, and
whllo moBt of them have aaid, "get
thee behind me Satan," a few have
fallen with a croeh that has shaken
every pulpit in Christendom.
Tho ministry, unsophisticated and
confiding, is no match for the poli
tician versed In artful persuasion and
skilled in deceit, and It Is the duty of
tbo laymen to' protect the ministry
against the onslaught of these wolves
In sheep's clothing and drive the poli
ticians from the pulpit with the lash
of public ecorn. It la the laymen's
problem to k-:ep the ministry free
from unholy alliances, for it la said
on divine authority that we are our
brother's keeper.
Political Prayer Meetlncs. '
It is a sad day for Christianity when
tho church bulls call the communicants
together for a political prayer meet
ing. Buch gatherings mark the high
tldo of religious political fanaticism,
put bitterness Into the lives of men;
fan the flame of class hatred and do
atroy Christian Influence In the com
munity. The spirit actuating such
meetings Is anarchic, un-Christlike
and dangerous to both church" and
atate.
It must be said to the credit of the
church that the political preacher Is
faBt disappearing and may his In
fluence ever wane and his shadow ever
grow loss is the prayer of the farmers
of this nation.
BIYTKElUflN EHEESIES
OF AGRiGULTURE
The Rural Church the Guiding
Star of Progress.
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By Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers' Union.
i
We are confronting a new rural .
civilization. It is so radically differ- j
ent from the life of the past that it
may well be called new, irbt merely j
because of Its characteristics, but be-,
cause of Its triumph In rvral cc-opera-
tlon and leadership. The utilization
of modern agencies, and the use of
farm machinery have grently Increas
ed the cfTiciency of the farmers,
broadened their vision and made life
more satisfying.
The most serious enemies to coun
try' life are Isolation and drudgery, and
perhaps the worse of the two la iso
lation. It Is the curse of the coun
try. The hunger of young people for .
companionship bos been disregarded
and in various ways the social in
stincts have bad their revenge. The
fruits of modern Inventive skill and
enterprise have enriched country life
and afforded the facilities of banish-1
lng forever the extreme Isolation !
which used to vex the farm house-,
hold of the past. The telephone is a
great socia' asset In the rural home;
the rural free delivery brings the
world'B dally mesBage to the door; the .
parcel post delivers ten million pack-!
j ages per annum at a half million
, homes, and the automobile annihilates
distance, making isolation a myth.
The building of public highways has
brought communities and farm homes
closer together. j
I The Slave of Drudgery.
It la a dramatic moment on the
farm when machinery emancipates
tbe slave of drudgery. The evolution
of farm machinery is a continued
story of human ingenuity. One man
now, by the aid of modern mechanical
j devices, can do as much as five or
ten men used to perform and the
work is lca burdensome and more
. fascinating. The miracle of conquest
will lift the curse of drudgery that
has crushed the courage out of farm t
boys and caused them to retreat to the
cities. There are many labor-saving '
devices for the homes that can relieve
the wife of back-breaking tasks. Labor-saving
machinery has wrought
educational problems that have en
gaged the attention of the boys, re
lieved the housewife and added new
economies and values to farming and
has taken away self pity and given
them a genuine pride in their calling.
We need to take full advantage of
these facilities.
Co-operation the Key-Note.
Ono test of modern civilization ii
the capacity for co-operation. The
selfish days of the independent farm
er are rapidly passing and we are be
ginning to catch the vision and share
tho profits of organized efforts. There
are many farm machines adapted to
serving a community, but organiza
tion of farmers is required to pur
chase and operate them on a co-oper-,
ative basis, and new laws are needed
to permit those transactions.
r
With new buildings, belter equip
ment, enlarged grounds, and many ad
dition, to it. laculry, ti,e Univerniry
ol Oregon will begin Juxly-uinih
year Tuetdoy, September IS.
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Prop.
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as ninny sunpose. It is an active, virile
force, full of energy and powor and
the farmer should know his sell If he
would maintain Its productiveness.
Agriculture Is recognized as thn
greatest of all Industries nnd a pros
perous, progressive and cnllghtonc I
agricultural population is the surest
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t
pe nuu tho wondorful evolution