THE CHURCHES IN THE VILLAGES.
Attention has often been called to the unpalatable truth that the Church is weakest in the country, and this is a very serious matter for the future of England. It may with truth be said of rural England that Bishop Heber’s words, written of heathen lands, apply with terrible force to it,— 11 Where every prospect pleases, And only man is vile.” Our country population is fast losing its old rustic simplicity, and has not taken in exchange the larger knowledge of life which is possessed by dwellers in towns. The rustic simplicity having disappeared, what is left iu its place ? Nothing but the self-centred cunning which was always a characteristic of villagers. It is no wonder that the Church has a hard tusk before it in the country. But what we would insist upon is that this ie not realised hall as much as it ought to be. Bishops devote their energies to the pressing problems of town life, and, being only human, have not the time sometimes not the experience, necessary to arranole with the rural Question.—
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 258, 12 March 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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184THE CHURCHES IN THE VILLAGES. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 258, 12 March 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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