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Show radeship are among the things on the I program. "Tho plan wan Inaugurated lu Lon- I don by Sir Baden Powell and has been taken up in thlj country by Ernest Er-nest Seton Thompson. The Y. M. C. A. in many sections of the couutry is also taking an active part In the movement, Tho movement has Irav-trlod Irav-trlod as far west ae Kannaa City, whore there Is every Indication that it will be a iacceaa." Rt. Bralnerd arrived in Ogdon Saturday, Sat-urday, having succeeded Rev. N. S. I Elderkln, who left here to accept tho pastorate of the CongreR.atlonal church in Lawrence, Kansas. The new pastor has a planlng personality nnd Ifl an earnest, enthusiastic talker. HI3 first appearance in the Congregational pu'plt yesterday created a favorable impression. P. BRAINERO'S INITIAL SERMON, A new movement which will doubt kss bo of itul interest to the dinger ding-er generation of Ogdn and also the jaunts ul boys lias ben lormally launched by Itev. Frank G. Hrainerd, the new pastor of the Congregational cliurcu, who delivered his lirst sermon ser-mon in Ogden yesterday. From the pulpit of the Congregational Congrega-tional church lust night Itev. Hrainerd iVlUered the lirst ot a berles of sermons ser-mons dealing with the boy question. His plan is to introduce In Ogden the boy scout Idea which has swept hiigland and which is now meeting Willi success lu many sectious of tho L'Uel. Crielly, as stated by Rev. Bralnerd, the boy scout plan is calculated to appeal ap-peal to the boy's animal nature by (aching him through those things inot acceptable to him that which will malcc ol hlra the sturdy, mau-ly mau-ly type. The tterotyped Sunday bthool training i. eliminated in this fl'.-w plan ior reclaiming the young-Mer young-Mer which in this advanced age Is oKeu louiul so hard to deal with. "The plan is to et.tubll.sh a number 01' camps about the cly," satd Kcv. Hrainerd lu a Standard reporter lait nlht. ' Jly means 01 these camps the boys are 1 aught certain signais, they make trips through these moun- j tains and In lact iLeie are couulltss tilings which are made to appeal to the boy's natural Instincts and through thete he is taught to do right. "He io pledged to do seune pert-on some good every day. He is required upon taking the initiation to pass several sev-eral shop windows and then describe the contents of oue of these windows. He is taught to observe. The boy .scout plan is quite rigid but not quite military. Among other things he Is taught while tiavellng to make u certain cer-tain number of miles per hour or per day aud thus there is a vaiuo to the physical training." Itev. ISralnerd tat'.d that his plan was to acquaint the people of his church with the boy scout idea but that It was not necessarily u movement move-ment to he carried on by the Congregational Congre-gational church alone, nor by tho churches of the city but by the wholo City of Ogden. He hopes to Interest every pastor in the city in the work, after which the citizens at largo will be linked to assist. Continuing further on tho subject which he Introduced last night Kov. Hrainerd said: "It must be admitted that tho boy-is boy-is just a human unluml and you must therefore appeal to his animal sldo first. Ar h result of a boy's animal nature he Instinctively leurns to bunt, steal, lie and do countless other things which he ought not to do. He must keep iu motion, there must be action and for this reason the .hoy scout plan Is for the purose of utrtkinr life Interesting while be Is hfing taught the better things. Out-door lifo organization aud tho value of com- |