Excerpt from Problems of the Town Church: A Discussion of Needs and MethodsThe dawn of the twentieth century comes with new emphasis of the fact that the church is in a transition period. We have lost the momentum of the Old before we have caught the swing of the new. That [10 large gains Of membership have appeared in such a period is not strange, that no general upheaval or ecclesiastical revolution is imminent is reason for thanksgiving.In the oncoming of new conditions the city has felt the pressure first, and the struggle for read justment is there most evident. In the churches Of the towns and country the transformation is largely in the future, but cannot be long delayed. To-day the spirit and methods Of the nineteenth century are yet operative in the town, and their failure to solve the problems of the case is seen in a state of lethargy and indifference rather than in an active breaking away from the church.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.