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Show I FROM THE OLD TO NEW HOME Sunday-School Classes Say Good-Sye. One Thousand Strong They March From Old Presbyterian Presby-terian Church. Enter Big; Auditorium in New Church on Corner of C find South Temple Streets. tOne thousand strong, ih- congregation f the First Presbyterian Sunday-school marched from Its old home ill Second South and Second East, to the beautiful new church on the corner of C and South Temple streets. The procession streti hed out for the space of over two long city blocks, nnd was an Impressive slht. Dr. I'aden, ths pastor. Dr. F. L. Arnold, and Judge J. ' Roylc. led the small at my. primary department following, after which came the Intermediate, and older Jllble elasscn. Last Service in Old Church. Previous to the exodus, short services were held lii the old church. The DOX-ology DOX-ology was smiK hy all. followed by responsive re-sponsive reading of the 121et Psalm. After prayer the marching orders were given. iitd the mngrejfnilnii formed outside in front of the Collegia l- Institute. The. line of march was north to First South, west to State stre.-t, north to South Temple, Tem-ple, east on South Temple to the church .it C and South Temple. In the New Building. As the congregation filed Into the big Sunday-school room It was met by the sound of orchestra1 music id hy Prof Skelton i ivr a doen violins were play-In play-In the strains. "Brightly fJleanis Our Banner. ' The room, which is circular in shape, with compartments tor Sunday ichool classes In the gallery opening Into the auditorium. In a cool Krven. with llKht woodwork, aiul er attractive In .ppearance Roses, carnations and palms were used In profusion to beautify. After Invocation Mi conjrrcga t Ion sang, to orchestral accompaniment "Jerusalem the Golden Responsive scriptural read-irjR read-irjR was led b Superintendent of Bunday-senool Bunday-senool Thomas weir. The congregation then sang. "Raise tin- ,Sr.nB of Triumph ' The 23rd Psnlm was recited, the Primary department leading Our Cradle Roll." Mrs E E Bheperd then gave n hrlef talk on "OUr Cradle Roll." The lady s-Tld: "I can eafely say that we have the laYgest primary department in Utah, This l due to the faithful work of the teaeh- rs Many of us had not heard of the I r.vdle Roll until of late, although It has long been established nits r..u Iihs the names Of all Infants under three years of lg "c should have about Ki name- nf babies, but we have not "We should nave the names of all the baby brothers and Isters of members of this congregation We should have all children who are here aptlsed. We should have the name of all thosj- you know who do not belong to any iarticular church and of all those who never go to church If you will get III Hie babies, we cm pet the parents. We always have room for the children Never mind If your child is onlv (hue :' Old. Send that child We can take are of It Classify the Children. "We classify all children who enter here, after they leave the kindergarten work of thi- Sunil.i v-?.-hoo according to their rank in the public schools When they reach the Intermediate department they must know certain lliln- .d.,,,,1 t h Bible And then they graduate Into ths lutei mediate department on Children's day. We have the largest numb i ol hllrlren graduating this ve,,r that we ive ever had There will be fortv graduating grad-uating this year." Home Department. Rev 1 C Lincoln next spoke on "The Work of Our Home Department." He Raid (hat the home defiRrtment Is com-p"s com-p"s d nf those who ( nnnot , r,n.- to ( hurch through some providential interference and that they have signed a card promising prom-ising to do the regular work in their homes As members of this department ure two Invalid women, a business man S woman who Uvea 1r nw..x from anv Sunday-school, and many others. Mission Commended. .' I!;u1,?n sp,,ko brt,nv of the Southwest South-west mission, commending the work done Dy this ml9sioii.ir organization. Tie said thai it had dons ss much work as mam mission which Is being paid thousands of dollars a year Th orchestra played very well S hu-berfe hu-berfe "Serene.de" while me teacheri wen marking their roii books and the collection collec-tion waa being taken. Brief Talk by W. H. Alexander. "Th Boys anil ijlrls of OUT School ' was the subject upon which w ir Alexander spoke His address was strong and cm-I cm-I l afdzert the fact that God will not give us everything we ask In prHvor, but he gives us opportunities to R, i what we V . id Cn Of these Opportunities Is the B mdar-SChool. "The boy." saJd Mr I lander the h-.v nhn call his mother back number and his fathei The old Man." can never get to the top " Open to All. superintendent Weir spoke of the added opportunity for work since the Sunday-i Sunday-i ool now had room to welcome all The state of affairs had been like Cblna a "closed door" but now the floor was open, nd all children could be welcomed. Services Ser-vices closed with singing of "i Would Come to Jesus," and benediction by Dr I'aden. I Suggestions to Teachers, f'ractical suggestions to the Sunday-school Sunday-school teachers and workers were gUen ; st night by Dr. I'aden In the n W Pres-i Pres-i lerlan church ills discourse was verj interesting, and treated of teaching hih work by tens. The ideas advanced are ich as will no doubt be of great value to those who listened to the pastor's words. He said. In part: trwi net the f-tinday-s.-hrs-il furnish a mod- rn Instance" Should Hnv one persen hold himself i (Sponsible ,,r be hel.l rrrp-tnslht for r,.e Imatnirtlon nnd guidance "f sli the children, chil-dren, youth and other learner In such a r imp? If ihor not u e)sr -n n such a r'n for head of thousands. l-sdrs r.f I hundred, leaders of fifties nnd ef.e,-lully for I leaders of tens? If thl audience was mad" up chiefly of Sundsv-sehool superintendents we could profitably magnify the ned of load-' load-' rs of hundreds or thousands, but as a for irretter number of us hue ben. are. or may be t. acher, we prefer to magnify th nfl. Of tha leader "f twenties and tens Some such ca circle was th llfs of th early Mth'dlst rhurrli. Nnthlnn -,wt ths uh-I uh-I pU torSl work of clans lender could ha h'ld I . hurhes together whose ministers had no I nlddlnK City, and Whose mrnihern were espe- I . lally dependent on pastoral car. Tho old- I faahlon-d Mcliiollst elirs leaders were the I tnoct potent factors In holding tuseihcr and I irnlnlrie the crude multitudes who wera I '. broiUtht within their ieirt, ,v protracted mestlnci and rvlnl flut for thm. John Wseley'S converts would have rn oiled out of the metlnp-house aiin'-t a fnsr a- h- snl his leaders of thousands gathered th'-m In gslHiagggggggK. Th Melhodlst church would not have been what It Is today, hod It not been for the work of Its drill serreants. Its class leaders. Ha rulers of twenties and tens Have Served Their Day. Such class leaden, havlns served th'lr day nnd (jem-ratlon are no lonj-er a pronilri'-ni fat toi in the education uf Christians. Tho general prayer meeting: nnd the Endeavor so-clMlss so-clMlss hnu In a m a tuk n their place as leaders of BftlOB and hunilreds; and me Sundny-i Imol teacher has taken their place with the twenties and tins. The best modern Ins leader Is a sood Sundny-schrol toucher It Is true at present that muny of our people do not follow any special rour of Bible study; but tho number la decreasing and We look for the day when systematic nihie study will be at least as common as regular alti nd-KDCe nd-KDCe nt the church services Such sjstematle study Is worth more In tho development of Christian character than the continual expression ex-pression of Individual experience. Aa the Ilihle teacher Is the best class loader, the bible class Is the bast typo of class N'otlro some of the duties which demand tho attention of ono of th inodei-n leaders Of the twenties or tens. We take It for granted thut. with othTS. he or she is at work under a leader of hundreds or thousands; effldaaci Of th school of hundreds will In no small degreo depend upon th" efficiency of tho clnssc. The teacher or leader of tens. niut act ss drill sergeant. In keeping up the discipline of tho school to which his squad belongs it Is easier to oppress disorder from the class-form class-form than from the platform at any rale It SEVSS time. (ad teachers and scholars tako care of the t-nr, and tho hundrod or thou .-ands Will tske rare of Incknselvcs. Care of Class Rolls To tho teacher or leader of tens a '.to be-longs be-longs tho raro of the class rollr. Weelei I e lass leaders were required to mark tlielr class books In the presence of th class, and Inquire about those who were absont If thll waa nwessary In a class of alult Chrlatlaoa, i' i much noi ntcasaary In i laaace modi up of all :....rls ..f i Mldrcn and outh. IHshrvele-l classes make n disheveled school. Solid claaM'S make n --dHl hooj Such teachers or leaders uf tens encourage attention as well a attendance. Ttiey command com-mand Interest hy being Interested; thry en-i-ourago their classes to taSpond bv h-nillng m the reaponsee; thi v enrourEe Attention i giving It. they make listeners by being listeners. listen-ers. One class Of well le.j and attentively rc.poni.lve scholars will help a lender of hundreds hun-dreds with the BttSDtlfln of a wholo school. A for the music that depends almost as much upon ths leaders of tens, bo they tcacj-er tcacj-er or scholars as It docs upon tho leaders of hundreds or thousand. If the clas leader doesn't know where the hj inn Is or doesn't try to sing, you will havo a dumb squad In that corner of your Sunday -school (in the other Imiid, as the unshaltercd music of one I. nnd held the Prltlsh forces steady at a crisis In tha battle of Waterloo, the singing of a ' v arnest and united classes will often stir a wholo school to follow the leader "A Penny a Week." So the benevolence of the hundreds or thousands thou-sands must begin with the tens This Is Illustrated Il-lustrated by the story of the birth of the class meeting. "T.et every member of the society plc a penny a week till the debt Is paid. ' suggested one "Many are too poor." suggested sug-gested another "I'll take ten of the poorest." said the hrst nnd visit thorn every week If they ian give It. I'll get It, If thej- cannot. I'll give or got ii for them When thl In. i-d. i-d. nt cajiie to Wesley's ears he exclaimed. "ThntV what wo want Tho Idea is big enough to cover the whole range of Chrl-tlnn discipline " So he started closs meetings everywhere with tho motto Justification sanctlflcntlon. and a penny a week" Con-verslon, Con-verslon, growth and active benevolence This suggested the more serious work of IhS class and class leader. The ola-o l.airr I am. th. Kphltual leader of 1 1 us, nn l still may l.e the pastor's lwst assistant. This Is tni" In tho matter of personal ministry min-istry or helpful Visitation, stoat of this hns to 'to with three classes: the careless who need car, the distressed who need help and Sympathy, and the Ineulrersi or beginners who need guidance and counsel. If all our lea.), i of tens showed such Interest In all those who belong to their cls-sses. more thnn hnlf ili families In our church, and half as many moro outside of It, would bo sure of Christian co-operation of a personal character. Ton think you cannot bo a leader of ten? Think. Aro thero not at least ten person wUoso lives you can help or hurt? If you think not. go home, take a peuc nnd a niece of paper, and make a list of those whose lives are llnksd with votir own most closely. To those whom jou think you enn help, odd those whom you know to have helped you BUCll orlentOtloj) will convince us thHt few of us are not leaders of tens nnd that all of us are members of tens or fifties v. ,, n others bad. May the Iord nf hosts lead ns all |