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Excerpt from Country Life Conference Addresses The programme of the Conference put emphasis on three general subjects: Rural economics, rural sociology and rural religious pedagogy. Therefore the pages that follow are given mostly to the addresses of those who discussed these subjects Dr. T. N. Carver, formerly of Harvard University, but now di rector of the rural organization service of the United States Department of Agriculture, and Rev. Clair 8. Adams of the Presbyterian Department of Church and Country Life. Dr. Carver developed the lesson that rural ministers need to study the economic and social problems of rural communities as well as their bibles and commentaries and also gave them a new view of these problems. Mr. Adams gave two series of lec tures, one on rural religious pedagogy and another on rural sociology. He spoke out of years of study of these questions and from the practical view point of a minister who had made a notable success of a village pastorate at Bement Illinois. Mr. Adams also served as leader of the Conference in a way that won him the lasting friendship of those who attended. Two other important addresses are given, those of Dr. P. Adel stine Johnson, secretary of the Congregational Home Mission Board for Iowa, and Rev. William Hints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.