work as a country pastor. What do you
think of his rural church program?

39.--Make a list of the successful country churches and ministers you have
known and the chief reasons for their success.

40.--Describe the ideal country church of the future.

CHAPTER VIII

COUNTRY LIFE LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER VIII

COUNTRY LIFE LEADERSHIP

A. A Challenge to College Men

I. _The Relation of the Colleges to This Problem_

A new interest and sense of responsibility.
General college neglect of the rural call.
The stake of the city in rural welfare.
Rural progress waiting for trained leadership.

II. _Rural Opportunities for Community Builders_

The call for country educators.
The call of the country church:
Large tasks awaiting real leadership.
The modern type of country minister.
The call for Christian physicians:
The special need of country doctors.
The unique rewards of country practice.
The rural call to the legal profession.
Life opportunities in agricultural professions.
The call of the County Work secretary.

B. A Challenge to College Women

I. _Some Responsibilities Shared with Men_

A necessary partnership, and its increasing burden.
Responsibility for rural education.
Responsibility for rural health and sanitation.
Opportunities for religious leadership.

II. _Unique Opportunities for Rural Social Service_

The opportunity of the village librarian.
The specialist in household economics.
Demonstration centers of rural culture.
Womanly leadership in church and club.
The rural Association secretary.

CHAPTER VIII

COUNTRY LIFE LEADERSHIP

A. A CHALLENGE TO COLLEGE MEN

I. The Relation of the Colleges to This Problem.

_A New Interest and Sense of Responsibility_

It has been plain from the start that this book is a book with a purpose.
Its object was frankly stated in the preface and the author at least has
not forgotten it in a single chapter. These seven preceding chapters have
condensed the facts of country life in its strength and weakness and have
voiced the modern call for rural leadership. Every call for trained
leadership must come ultimately to the college man. Both the need and the
worthiness of rural life, its social and religious crisis and its
strategic signs of promise, b