Show l I 1 + LED IY LITTLE CHILE t7 Large Crowds Go to Hear I r i I the Boy Wonder II t THREE SERMONS rIN ONE DAY r li Speaks in Seven Language iL and Sings Hymns 1 Great Interest Aroused in the Nine t YearOld Preacher Who Will Hold Services Throughout Week After seeing more of Lonnie Lawrence Law-rence Dennis the child evangelist t the i people of Salt Lake pretty generally + indorse the statement of the mlnlstei i t f 1 k f s H4 t r h2 q7 l j I O 1 1 fi lt I p 2 1 t f 1 1 ya4 i g 2 R r i A J N 4k + yL f i f t t v zl 1 j tllra Si i Lonnie Lawrence Dennis who introduced him as the wonder of the twentieth century in the way of a preacher i It Is not that he Is a lemarkable i preacher If he were an adult he would be considered no more than an ordinary evangelist But to see a child of 9 years address a great Tiasemblage i of people with the earnestness of tic ti-c prophet and the language of a man to l see him conduct all the details of a religious if r ligious service as well as a fortyyear old minister to hear him sing hymns of his own composition that compare favorably fa-vorably with the numbers in the Methodist t Meth-odist hymnal to hear him address r Swedish people in their own tongue r I nil this Is enough to astonish the scientist scien-tist as well as the lay observer I Lonnie preached three sermons yesterday yes-terday In the old armory building In x the morning he adapted his discourse n to the surroundings Taking the nativity r na-tivity of Jesus as his subject he pic t I I4 tured the lowly manger in Bethlehem and said there was nothing inappropriate D t inappro-priate In conducting worship in a spot that lacked style and elegance There were many Scandinavians In the audit audi-t ence and the young preacher delighted + them after the service by speaking to them In their own tongue and proving 1 that he hud at lent a colloquial knowledge knowl-edge of the language 1 Ye must be born again was the 1 the text in the afternoon The fame of 1 the evangelist has spread abroad and Its the audience was twice as large as the 1f one present in the morning little tt Lonnie cited the case of Nlco emus as i similar to the circumstances of the 11 tit educated and cultured people of the present day who fear to court derision I by speaking gospel truths in public i = Incidentally he defended the expression of religious enthusiasm by shouting and t other demonstration using a novel 1 metaphor l 1 iou see a piece of paper moving in fM the street You cannot see anything I moving It but can feel the wind blowing blow-ing BO you know it is the wind thai Is mating the paper The wind does not I move you but It does move the paper I 1C a man wants lo shout and sing that 1 I may be his way of expressing his religion re-ligion At this service seventyfive or a bun dred people held up their hands for i prayers I The crowd present in the evening q was still larger than those of the day The large auditorium tea almost filled z Owing to the fact that he spoke I from t I I the platform In the center of the enclosure I en-closure Ionnle had some difficulty in making all hear him The fault however how-ever was with the shape of the building build-ing and not withthe voice of the little speaker His text was from the Int2I r 5 n vlew between Paul and Agrlppn inS In-S I which Agrlppa says Almost thou per II I suadest me to become u Christian Lonnie is evidently a great admirer J oC the character of Paul lie tol1 of Pauls many trials and dangers his miraculous deliverance his release from prison by an angel and his triumphant I i death J have fought the good light c r J t I have finished hiy course I have kept the faith You can nil go to heaven If you dots do-ts he done Bald the Infant evangelist The Lord will always deliver you If you trust In him The devil promises you beautiful things and shows you all kinds of tempting pictures but when you go after them they turn t out to be false the sweet becomes bitter In conclusion Lonnie expressed the hope that all his hearers might die the death of the righteous and their last days be the moat glorious lie Insisted that every one should bow with closed eyes as he delivered the Hun prayer lie read two hymns of his own composition and sane them himself him-self In company with his mother and one cr two other colored people The great majority of the people at the evening service were white and all of them were greatly taken with the young preacher When the benediction had been pronounced hundreds crowded about the platform to get a closer look at the Juvenile phenomenon and to catch a few words from his lips He wan sitting In n chair engaged In conversation con-versation when an old lady came rushIng rush-Ing toward him God bless you God bless you she exclaimed Lonnie looked at her in mildeyed wonder See r have one of your pictures continued the old party waving the trophy which she had purchased for 10 cent In front of his face IjOiinlc saw All this time the lady had been draw Ins closer and closor Now she reached out her arms and darted her face toward to-ward Lonnies mouth exclaiming God bless you with great unction The little evangelist had evidently been up against this sort of thing cforc Throwing his head and body to one side he evaded the threatened salutation saluta-tion and said with all the dignity of a Kirtlareh Excuse tar please overenthusiastic lady retired disco dis-co mIll ted Lonnie has visited tlta Tabernacle I The visit was mudc I Saturday afternoon In company with Rev Mr Cole of the A M R church Have you investigated the Mormon faith he was a lied last night It doesnt bother me It doesnt bother me at t t 1171 he responded Thinking that the views I of a nlne year old man on the much IacusHed theology of the Latterday Saints would be Interesting the Inquirer pressed the boy for a more definite answer an-swer Finally he said TL would not do for me One of the Mormons told me that people of my color could not go through the Temple He said It was because the black angels md fought with Lucifer against hell < n Now the flood wiped all that out lldnt Ill Didnt It r know that Gods Is no respecter of persons If Brother oles skin is black and yours Is white should that make any difference in you befog saved Havent the people of my race as good a right to go to heaven as If they were white Who told you that colored people could not go through the Temple I dont know who he was only he vns a Mormon But Mormonism teaches a good deal more They believe that new revela I ions are being continuously made hrough the priesthoods and the nu horitles of the church What do you think of that Lonnie had evidently not given this phase of the question much thought hut he had an answer ready Shaking J his curls he said God will give one man a revelation just as quick as another He la no respecter specter of persons This little fellow comes nearer being iL modern Admirable Crichton than any of our other contemporaries Without avliig passed a day in school he reads everythIng plays wonderfully well on a piano or organ uses a typewriter peaks in reven languages and can In t elligenlly discuss almost any subject oJ f a religious nature He has heen ex mined by students in New York and many other centers of learning and has astonished all of them by his precocity Te will preach at the Armory every < venlng during the coming week and may give an afternoon lecture on edu atlon Thursday or Friday Our Reputation For reliable goods has beenfirmly cs abllshed In this city When you buy of us you always get the best for our stock Includes the leading brands Utah Liquor Co 223 South Main st |