. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri Country Life Conference. 197 that, because it is absolutely necessary that he be free of finan- cial encumbrance if he is to give his best service. Co-operate with your pastor, take an interest in your community, help your church, help your church to work with you, stand for all that is good, uplifting and helpful in your Rev. M. B. McNutt. CHURCH ADMINISTRATION. (Rev. Matthew B. McNutt, Glen Ellyn, 111.) On the way down here I heard a conversation bet
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Missouri Country Life Conference. 197 that, because it is absolutely necessary that he be free of finan- cial encumbrance if he is to give his best service. Co-operate with your pastor, take an interest in your community, help your church, help your church to work with you, stand for all that is good, uplifting and helpful in your Rev. M. B. McNutt. CHURCH ADMINISTRATION. (Rev. Matthew B. McNutt, Glen Ellyn, 111.) On the way down here I heard a conversation between two farmers on the way to the conference, and one said, "Where are you going?" "Going to ; The other said, "Pretty good place to go, isn't it?" "Yes," he said, "Indeed it ; And I feel that way myself. I find the farmers feel that way. It was my pleasure to speak here last year at one of the gatherings. I am sure that I enjoyed it very much, and I learned a great deal. I like to come back here to speak, not so much for what I may be able to give to the conference and to the farmers of Mis- souri, but for what I may be able to get. It was my privilege to serve a typical rural church for a period of twelve years, and for the last two years it has been my privilege to visit hundreds of rural and village churches, and as near as I can see from my study of the rural church, the thing that is lacking the most is administration. I find that there are many rural fields, communities where there are abundant resources in both men and material to make a good, strong church. If there was only more attention given to administration. I find in a great many instances where the rural pastor is trying to do it all. He must, instead, try to train leadership in the community to carry on the work. Now the country church is one of the great factors in bringing about a more satisfying social condition in the country, and I am sure tha
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