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the fundamental social problems of the life of 

 the open country. 



Consequently, the rural pastor must have 

 special training for his work. Ministerial col- 

 leges and theological seminaries should unite 

 with agricultural colleges in this preparation of 

 the country clergyman. There should be better 

 financial support for the clergyman; in many 

 country districts it is pitiably small. There is 

 little incentive for a man to stay in a country 

 parish, and yet this residence is just what must 

 come about. Perhaps it will require an appeal 

 to the heroic young men, but we must have more 

 men going into the country pastorates not as a 

 means of getting a foothold but as a permanent 

 work. The clergyman has an excellent chance for 

 leadership in the country. In some sections he is 

 still the dominating personality. But everywhere 

 he may become one of the great community 

 leaders. He is the key to the country church 

 problem. 



11. PERSONAL IDEALS AND LOCAL LEADERSHIP. 



Everything resolves itself at the end into a 

 question of personality. Society, or government, 



