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This reader consists of diverse writings about Gould Farm,
considered the nation's oldest residential rehabilitation
community. The Farm now assists those with persistent mental
illness. Informed by a Christianity that was neither sectarian nor
doctrinaire, yet steeped in the Sermon on the Mount, Will Gould and
his wife, Agnes, founded the Farm in 1913. In addition to serving
those who arrive at Gould Farm as "guests," the Farm has assisted
refugees during World War II, hosted civil rights activists in the
1950s and 1960s, and sponsored three Vietnamese brothers who fled
their country in the 1970s. More recently, the Farm hosted a family
navigating the loss of a loved one in Iraq. One Hundred Years of
Service Through Community includes essays, letters, and book
excerpts about Gould Farm written over the last 100 years including
pieces by theologian James Luther Adams, author Rosemary Antin,
sociologist Henrik F. Infield, Haverford College's Douglas V.
Steere, and Appalachian Trail founder Benton MacKaye. The book also
includes a story of a brief encounter in 1961 between a Gould Farm
executive director, a guest, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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