Seite 7 - Country Living (1946)

Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Chapter 1—A Call to Leave the Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Perils of the Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
City Living Not God’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A Loitering Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cities to Be Visited by God’s Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Results of Unheeded Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Imminence of God’s Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A View of Great Destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
God’s Efforts to Arouse the People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Peril to Those Who Remain Unnecessarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2—Avoiding Labor Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Withdraw to the Freedom of Rural Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Avoid Party Strifes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Labor Trouble Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Conflicts Between Trade Confederacies and Labor Unions . . . . 10
Preparing for the Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
To Preserve Our Individuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
In Disregard of the Decalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unions That Are Formed or Shall Be Formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3—An Appeal to Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Keep the Children From Hotbeds of Iniquity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before the Scourge Shall Overflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Souls of Children Versus Ease and Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Christian Qualities Better Gained in Retired Locations . . . . . . . 14
The Refuge of Country Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
To Secure Life’s Best Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Manifold Benefits of Active Out-of-Door Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Expect No Miracle to Undo Results of Wrong Course . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 4—Occupations in Rural Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Land to Supply Our Necessities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
With a Piece of Land and a Comfortable Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fruit, Vegetables, and Poultry Suggested for One Region . . . . . 20
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