The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-03
ADVANCEMENT OF
EDUCATION THEME
OF fine ADDRESS
DR.. S. W. LAWYERS Address at
DixieIand Church on Christian :
u ia
Education Movement

DR.. S. W. Lawler spoke to a large
congregation at DiXieland Methodist
Church Sunday night. and the follow
ing resume OF his address has been
prepared by one Of his hearers:
'Dr. Lawler said the Methodists of
Florida have no college. Their col
lege was reduced to ashes in January,
and but Tor the liberality of one lay
man not the Methodists OF the state.
but one single man--our boys and
girls. 800 Of them, would not be in
college today.
If our Methodist children are tO
he educated in schools under the d l..
rection and control of Methodist peo-
pie we must first biuld, said the
speaker. Then he told the audience
how that thousands Of young men and
young women were turned from the
doors of the educational institutions
all over the country the past year,
and predicted that they would be
standing before the doors next year
in still greater numbers because OF
the agitation of the question OF edu-
cation given by the Christian Educa-
ton Movement. More people than
ever before will desire to give their
children the benefits of college train
ing.
DR.. Lawler expressed confidence in
the people of Florida, and said Of
course they would put up the money
and build their college. OF this he
had never had doubt. The plea he
makes is for practical religion in the
home. backing up the efforts put forth
in our educational work.
conditions in this country are far
from ideal, according to DR.. Lawler.
Capital and labor are not adjusted,
men misconstrue each other and
there is not that universal spirit OF
brotherliness that should exist. and
he says things will not get right fG-
another generation or two. He as
serts that the men of the land are re-
sponsible for conditions as they eX-
list, and they are simply reaping the
fruits of their sowing The reaping
process must go on, and men must
pay the price for their folly. even if
il is Il bitter dose Whatsoever q
man soweth that shall he also reap
man cannot neglect his home and
devote himself TO money making,
Sabbath Dissertation and the like,
without paying the price, and there
are many whose dollars are burning
in their pockets today.
DR.. Lawler said he was always in
terested in big things and was glad
the church he loved had projected 4
movement that included in its scope
something worth while.
when the call came for men to
20 across the water and shoot and
kill and make widows and orphans
we gave our very best, our noble
sons, while we backed them up by
our love and our prayers and our
dollars, and now when the call comes
for our sons and daughters in joyful
service to our Lord we will not with
hold them from our Great Captain :;
when the call comes for our dollars
to build institutions of learning to
make better men and women the peo-
pie of Florida will not be found want
ing. We made our sacrifice to shoot
and kin and we will manifest the
same spirit of heroism to heal and
make alive, and our people will go
over the top with the shout Of vic
tory as our boys did as they scaled
the heights in France.
"A large congregation listened