. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . llhelped; when lonesome they barn-raisings and apple-peelingsand corn-huskings afforded social rec-reation. Their love feasts were the oc-casion for the gathering of people frommiles around. And they sang and prayedand visited and ate together. Such gatherings are called communitygatherings now; such methods of ex-changing work are called neighborhoodcooperation now; it is customary now totalk of community surveys to get the in-formation about each other that our doc-trinal and denominational enthusiasmsof yesterday found out as a matter ofdaily
. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . llhelped; when lonesome they barn-raisings and apple-peelingsand corn-huskings afforded social rec-reation. Their love feasts were the oc-casion for the gathering of people frommiles around. And they sang and prayedand visited and ate together. Such gatherings are called communitygatherings now; such methods of ex-changing work are called neighborhoodcooperation now; it is customary now totalk of community surveys to get the in-formation about each other that our doc-trinal and denominational enthusiasmsof yesterday found out as a matter ofdaily course. But our fathers did notknow then that they were handling thecountry problem well. They did whatseemed to them the wisest, in theirneighborhood, their environment, theirgeneration. We should draw a lesson from thosedear fathers and set about handling theproblems that new orders of thingsthrust upon us, with the same commonsense and wisdom that was displayed inthose days of yesterday. December1916 The Missionary Visitor 411. We live again amid those childhood scenes. Theirs was the day of the pioneer. Ifliving in old settled communities theywere at least affected by children andneighbors farther west. We talk asthough this was long ago; but it was not,and such a condition yet obtains in manyplaces. But ours is the day of settledcommunities, greatly increased wealth,complex civilization and untold pioneering to luxury! Thesesound like terms of life that are farapart, but almost before pioneeringleaves the back door, luxury enters atthe front. We have bridged the chasmbetween them almost in a we are precipitately confrontedwith a problem that calls loud for propersolution. We see our sons and daughters leav-ing home and going off to college. Thefarmer lads of the pioneer communitiesof yesterday are today the peers of anycitizens in the land. The pure blood,the pious homes and the healthy countrylife of our church has developed a gener-ation of boys
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