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Show LAWRENCE WILL TALK TONIGHT . i ft is indeed seldom that the people of Ogdeu have the opportunity to hear so well-known a man under so favorable conditions as they will have in hearing Marlon Lawrence at X o'clock Uils evening. He is to speak la the Methodist church upon the theme- which has made his namo one veil known to all the religious workers work-ers of two continents. Mr. Lawrence Is one who Is well known by virtue of real merit. He was. like D- L. Moody, a successful business man who had strong religious re-ligious convictions and lived up to them. He wan superintendent cf a Sunday school in Toledo and made it to be so successful that It became very famous, not for its numerical elze, but for its religious and practical practi-cal efficiency. Then the International Internation-al Sunday school workers took blui and made him an international leader lead-er and he has been doing the reaj field work of thiu great body of workers work-ers ever 6lnce. Much, very much, those who know say, of the success of tho great International Sunday school work is due to Mm alone. Tho services this evening will open "with an attractive praise service In which well known singers will take part, after which Mr Lawrence will deliver his famous address. Meeting This Morning. The First Methodiat church was filled fill-ed this morning with interested listeners lis-teners during a very instructive session ses-sion of the Sunday School convention. Rev. Bralnerd led tho morning devotional devo-tional meeting, after which the morning morn-ing program was followed. Mr. C. A. Wyman had prepared several sev-eral charts and diagrams to make more vivid the points of his talk on the Organized Boys' Class. Mr. Wyman Wy-man is the leader of tho organized boys work In Salt Lake City. As worker among boys in the Y. M. C A, there he naa drawn the various boys' clubs and classes into one federated unlun, and at the close of the morn ing hour steps were taken to federate feder-ate the boys clubs of the state into a united organization. Mr. Zimmerman, a Salt Lake layman, lay-man, who had had extensive experience experi-ence in adult Bible classes in St. oula before coming to Zion. and whose enthusiasm has already made blm a power there, told of the methods meth-ods and plans which ho had found to be practical He dwelt much upon the Increased power which comes to any church or school when the adult members are enlisted into one live, earnest adult class, and of the weakness weak-ness of Christian result when tho father fa-ther spends Sunday with the paper, the mother spends it iu getting a big rocker, and the children are sent alone to the Sabbath school. Marion Lawrence was received with enthusiasm when he opened the Round Table upon Infective Organization. Organi-zation. TIUs was a question meeting, nnd Mr Lawrence answered them all with a readiness and clearness that made the hour as entertaining as it was instructive The great power of Mr. IawTenee is his saneness. He is no impractical dreamer. Having been for 31 years the superintendent of the Toledo school, he could draw from his own exppcrlence for the solution of each difficulty presented. Quite a large number of delegates arrived today at noon. These incbid-td incbid-td the Suit Lake and Springvllle delegates. del-egates. The attendance today from out of town was the largest in the history of the association, and as this is the twenty-fifth stale convention, conven-tion, that is saying much. The musical numbers which were given during the morning session were wurthy of especial mention. Mrs. Dalrymple sang with much sweetness of tone and expression Bernhanll's "Suffer the Children to Come Unto Me" as a special number. |