The Country Church and the Rural Problem
Butterfield, Kenyon L.![The Country Church and the Rural Problem](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/185/18518758/CHSBZCOP0318518758.jpg)
Excerpt from The Country Church and the Rural Problem: The Carew Lectures at Hartford Theological Seminary
The country church faces a crisis. The agriculture of the nineteenth century was individualistic, extensive, even exploitative, and only toward the close of the period developed highly organized commercial aspects. During the present century American agriculture promises to be put upon an intensive and scientific basis, co-operation will...