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She wants aggressive men, who do not hesitate to break with 

 tradition, who fear God more than prejudice, who regard insti- 

 tutions as but a means to an end, who grow frequent crops of new 

 ideas and dare to winnow them with the flails of practical trial. 



She wants trained men, who come to their work with knowledge 

 and with power, who have thought long and deeply upon the 

 problems of rural life, who have hammered out a plan for an 

 active campaign for the rural church. 



She wants men with enthusiasms, whose energy can withstand 

 the frosts of sloth, of habit, of pettiness, of envy, of back-biting, 

 and whose spirit is not quenched by the waters of adversity, of 

 unrealized hopes, of tottering schemes. 



She wants persistent men, who will stand by their task amid 

 the mysterious calls from undiscovered lands, the siren voices 

 of ambition and ease, the withering storms of winters of dis- 

 content. 



She wants constructive men, who can transmute visions into 

 wood and stone, dreams into live institutions, hopes into fruitage. 



She wants heroic men, men who possess a "tart, cathartic 

 virtue," men who love adventure and difficulty, men who can 

 work alone with God and suffer no sense of loneliness. 



THE growth of sectarianism is shown by the number of de- 

 nominations found in rural communities. The following is taken 

 from a study made under the direction of Dr. Warren II. Wilson, 

 showing the number of churches in six counties in Ohio. 



Denominations No. of Churches 



Apostolic Holiness ............................ 7 



Baptist 



M issionary Baptist .......................... 47 



Free Will .................................. 14 



Union ..................................... 5 



Colored ................................... 4 



Primitive Baptist ........................... 1 



Separate I'apt ist ............................ 1 



i From Dept. Church and Country Life, Bd. Home Missions. I'lcsliytn ian 

 Church, N. Y. 



