The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-30
/ A W r EN c E
WILL TALK
TONIGHT

It Is indeed seldom that the people
of Ogden have the opportunity 10
hear so weilknown 4 man under SO
favorable conditions as they Will have
In hearing Marion Lawrence at :
O'Clock this evening He is TO speak
in the Methodist church upon the
theme which has made his name one
well known TO all the religious work
ere 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 re-
ligious convictions and lived up to
them He WAS superintendent OF a
Sunday school In Toledo and made II
to be so successful that 1t became
very famous. not for its numerical
size. but for Its religious and pracu-
cal efficiency. Then the lnternation'
oil Sunday school workers took MN
and made him an international lead.
er and he has been doing the real
field work of this great body OF work
ers ever since. Much, very mucn'
those who know say, OF the success
OF the great International sunday
school work is due to him alone
The services this evening Will open
with an attractive praise service IN
which well known singers VIII take
part. after which Mr.. Lawrence VIII
deliver his famous address.
Meeting This Morning.
The First Methodist church was fill
ed this morning with interested lis
teners during a very instructive ses-
sion OF the Sunday School convention.
Rev. Brainerd led the morning deyo-
tional meeting, after which the morn
ing program was followed.
Mr.. c. A Wymnn had prepared sew
eral charts and diagrams to make
more Vivid the points of his Talk on
the Organized Boys Class. Mr., Wy
man is the leader of the organized
bows work in salt Lake City. AS
worker among boys In the Y. M. c. A.
there he has drawn the various boys
clubs and classes into one federated
union. and at the close Of the morn
ing hour steps were taken to feder-
nte the BOYS clubs of the state into
united organization.
Mr.. Zimmerman. n Salt Lake lay
man, who had had extensive expert
ence in adult Bible classes In St
Louis before coming 10 Zion. and
whose enthusiasm has already made
him q power there. told Of the meth
ods and plans which he 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 weak
ness OF Christian result when the IA
thor spends Sunday with the paper,
the mother spends it In getting q 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 Effective Organi-
gatlon. This was q question meeting.
and Gr Lawrence answered them all
with readiness and clearness that
made the hour as entertaining as it
was instructive The great power OF
Mi Lawrence is hi3 sanenesS, He Is
no impractical dreamer. Having been
for 81 years the superintendent OF the
Toledo school, he could draw from his
own experience for the solution of
each difficulty presented,
Quite a large number Of delegates
arrived today at noon These inchd
ed the Salt Lake and Springville del.
egates The attendance today from
out of town was the largest in the
history of the association, and US
this is the twenty-fiGth state conven
ton, that is saying much,
The musical numbers which were
given during the morning session We're
worthy OF especial mention. Mrs
Dalrymple sang with much sweetness
of tone and expression Bernhardt's
Suffer the Children to Come Unto
Me" as a special number.