The church of the open country; . serve a society. Hemust have the support and allegiance of others in anorganized group. For this reason men organizechurches, charities, schools, and city governments,in order that groups of men may through team-work minister to societies. The school-teacher whocomes into a community serves through an organ-ization, and represents a group of people devotedto the problem of education. The pastor who min-isters to a country community is strengthened by theallegiance of his fellow-officers and of the denomi-nation behind him, of which the symbols are in hisordina
The church of the open country; . serve a society. Hemust have the support and allegiance of others in anorganized group. For this reason men organizechurches, charities, schools, and city governments,in order that groups of men may through team-work minister to societies. The school-teacher whocomes into a community serves through an organ-ization, and represents a group of people devotedto the problem of education. The pastor who min-isters to a country community is strengthened by theallegiance of his fellow-officers and of the denomi-nation behind him, of which the symbols are in hisordination and installation. They fortify him forhis service and his leadership of that people. Serving Marginal People. To serve a society isnot a quantitative matter. It is not like packing ap-ples, or shoveling coal, in which every apple andevery lump of coal must be handled uniformly. Thefirst thing to learn in social service is of the people in a society do not need to beapproached. We serve a society by helping the. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CAZENOVIA, NEW YORK DR. PERSONS, THE PASTOR, REACHES THE COUNTRY SECTIONS BY EVANGELISM The Principle of Service 157 marginal people in that society, to help whom is thebenefit of all. These are the children and youth,the working men, the renters, and in general, thepoor, the sick, and those who are about to die. Mar-ginal people are the people on the edge of the so-ciety, who must struggle to maintain themselves init. Those who are well-to-do or well fixed do notneed to be served. It is their business to supportthe community leader: and if he makes good amongmarginal people, they will gladly sustain him. Forsocial instinct and a sense of social unity com-mand them. The Marginal Conscience. All organized thingsare valued by their marginal parts. The economistssay that wages are fixed in every scale of pay byestimating the value to the employer of the lastman he hires, the man who is just productive enoughto stay in the shop. Other
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