The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-10
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THE LYON PARTY.

Lyon meetings. Is the Lyon party, Or
ii other words, the ORGANIZATION.
No great work, can be accomplished
without q definite plan and enough ca
Pablo people TO carry out its details
There is only one KIND OF success
worth while, and that Is BIG success.
and without oraanizatlop,this goal can.
mot be reari f.ii Pr. Lyon. in this re-
.spect llyesiup tctlastpreachns and is
constantly striving daily to do bigger
things and do them better.
He has graspsd this fundamental
principle which, ,rnderlies all great
successes, in BUSINESS, politics, mill
tGry achievements and all other world
~ activities, and has applied It TO re-
I iiglous work inra practical, forcible
tfaftter If organization is fundamen'
tally necessary in secular matters
must be equally applicable to the worl
Of saving souls Organization is tho
only formula for success on a big scale
and this one word is. the abracadaara
z az modern business that works with,
our any Of the magicians nonsense
I about 1t,
Take any Of the big business enter
prises of the present time as an eX.
ample and it will be found that the
foundation is organization.
This fact TT. Lyon has recognized
! ana applied we'll by surrounding him
self withsit capable corps of workers.
everyone Of whom is specialist in
hlssor her particular part OF the work.
His assistants are in fact part of the
great Lyon machine. He might be-
b likened to the hub and every other
A member Of his party n necessary spoke
j II. the wheel indespcnsibiy essential 70
Z easy motion and progress. 10 -
These statements should not in the
least detraei from an estimate of The
personal worth OF DR.. Lyon, but should
/ add to It. A man might have all the
J intelleeiual and oratorical powers in.
9aginablW and If he is unable 20 divide
or delegate part OF his work to otlier
capable hands, who are willing to do It.
he never could succeed on a big seal"
as he would be Limited by his indiviG.
palspcwer and endurance. The men
q Ex,,l, n e-,narvioae aiE,innrtly jnnr :,
4 without friction and in, noticeable
y way. This. DR., Lyon has so well and
capably done that success is ineyta.
Ole wherever he goes. He is in this
way multiplying his own power by the
number Of capable assistants he has
WHO are doing much, Of his work us
well as he could do II himself, and pos.
sibfy better. because they are trained
fortheir own special work. ...
This organization is then amplifiea
BY adding local recruits in each city
s he visits who are familiar with local
Z conditions and they Gun do much OF the
i work delegated TO them better than
any Of the Lyon assistants. In this
connection might be mentioned the
pastors OF the local churches, the lead,
ers Of the neigliborhOod meetings, the
! building and financial committees. the
choir, the ,ushers, and many other
bianches OF. the organization that sool
become trained to work in unison with
the great central mind of DR.. Lyon.
which is tile dynamo that Keeps the
machine constantly replenIshcd with
motive power.
These agencies extend their opera.
tons to every nook and corne: III the
city'reaching all classes of people and
1t Is no wonder that the Lyon party
have secured grip on this city such
as, no other force ever exerted before,
Wonder is often expressed as 10 how
T-.T Lyon is able to stand up under
such momentous load and heavy mon.
Isl strain and organization is the oniv
answer. His load is indeed heavy
one for a man of his physique but he
has mastered that first principle ~!
organization SO well that his work is
reduced to tho minimum. otherwise
he would soon exhaust himself and ac,
cetnplish little for his trouble.
Organization has been the law gov.
erning. all great successes not only 0!