The churches at work . o assist in standardizing the local charitiesand to mold and work with all uplift societies. A min-ister naturally has a perfect census of the town and acard catalog containing the names and much life dataof the leading key men and women of the has this information in his possession because heeasily secures it during his pastoral contacts, for heconsiders all the people not connected with any churchas belonging to his parish, and if his is the only church,he regards all the people as his own and has all of theirnames. The normal church, however, not only emp
The churches at work . o assist in standardizing the local charitiesand to mold and work with all uplift societies. A min-ister naturally has a perfect census of the town and acard catalog containing the names and much life dataof the leading key men and women of the has this information in his possession because heeasily secures it during his pastoral contacts, for heconsiders all the people not connected with any churchas belonging to his parish, and if his is the only church,he regards all the people as his own and has all of theirnames. The normal church, however, not only emphasizesits spiritual message and its transfiguring power, butreaches out into every kind of community betterment:good roads, safe sidewalks, strong bridges, suitablefire protection, pleasure grounds, censorship for mov-ing picture films, and public improvements which taxa-tion cannot make possible. One man who gave aschoolhouse and a library to his town was completelytransformed by the cultural value of his benefaction.
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