Identifier: countrylifecount01carn (find matches)
Title: Country life and the country school: a study of the agencies of rural progress and of the social relationship of the school to the country community
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Carney, Mabel, 1885-
Subjects: Schools Rural schools Country life
Publisher: Chicago, Row, Peterson and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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re is some foreign opposition where there is a mixture of racesand not a church for each. As yet, there is little racial commingling inreligious matters. The church often has no interesting message forthe people; it does not get into their lives. Bigotry and worn outdogma do not draw men. The laymen are not enthusiastic in 95%of churches; even church members do not train their children inchurch attendance, and they often exercise very little authority overthem in religious matters. 44 COUNTRY LIFE AND THE COUNTRY SCHOOL The floating tenant population and the foreign element, who carelittle for a strict Sabbath, tend to break down religious influence. Theadverse influence of the renter in supporting the church, or any moralor religious community organization, is noted several times. Is the multiplication of churches, because of denominational divisions,a factor? In more than 66% of cases, perhaps, it is a factor. Somedo not understand; several think it does not touch the problem; a few
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Play in the Rock Creek Community Scene from a Fourth-of-July celebration inaugurated by the church.The push ball for this game was made by the boys think it the biggest mistake in villages and small towns, especially inthe West. Does it aid or hinder church work? It aids in a fair minority ofcases. Competition stimulates; there are too few churches to coverthe ground (South and West) ; there must be at least a Catholicand a Protestant church, and one for each foreign tongue. It hinders in the major number; sometimes by sectarian prejudice,often by dividing the financial support. The South and far West re- THE COUNTRY CHURCH 45 port less hindrance than would be supposed. A few cases of federatedor union churches are mentioned. What proportion of churches might be wisely eliminated by consolida-tion or federation? The usual reply is 33% or 50%. A small minority-feel that 90% might be eliminated. The feeling that there is a growingharmony among denominations is manifest. What changes in

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