16.--What can a church federation accomplish in a community? In a county? In a state? 17.--Why is a permanent resident pastor so necessary to country church success? What must be done to make this to any extent possible? 18.--What should be the "minimum wage" for a country pastor and how can this be secured? Illustrate how this has been accomplished near Cleveland. 19.--Should denominational home mission boards help pay the salary of their ministers in over-churched communities? What can be done about this? 20.--Draw a rough practical plan of a modern church building costing not over $10,000, and suited to rural needs. 21.--Suggest a practical plan of work for laymen in the country church. 22.--Discuss the religious usefulness of a community social survey. What local facts would you try to gather? 23.--What do you think of the opportunity and importance of Sunday-school work in the country? 24.--Why is the Bible particularly well adapted to people living in the country? 25.--Why are rural Sunday schools often so unsuccessful? 26.--Discuss possible improvements and suggest how you would accomplish them. 27.--What do you think of the general plan of the Rural Young Men's Christian Association work? 28.--Tell how it is helping the country boy. 29.--Discuss the working principles of this "County Work." 30.--Describe the broad opportunities for community Christian service which come to the County Work secretary. 31.--What Christian work in country villages needs to be done by the Young Women's Christian Association? 32.--Why do you find so often to-day a "two-mile dead line for religion"? 33.--What work in the surrounding country can be in a prairie church at Plainfield, Illinois. 34.--Do you believe in the permanent usefulness of the church in the open country? 35.--Tell the story of modern country church success in a prairie church at Plainfield, Illinois. 36.--What were the secrets of the success of that particular church in the open country? Is there any reason why 10,000 other rural churches cannot learn to do the same? 37.--Who was Johann Friedrich Oberlin? 38.--Discuss his remarkable life 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_