The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21

susctating the LenoX church is a case in
point; and so Is the way I'm which he
started the movement that led TO the
building Of that great institutional
ant church In America
Grace Baptist church, Philadelphla
was Dr Conwel's second church; In
the Course OF Il few wears he built il up
from family struggling organization
into powerfully militant one. Then the
church building became far too small for
the people who tried to get inside
one Sunday while on his way to the
Sunday-schoolroom in the basement, Dr.
Conwell noticed a little girl trying to
foEce her way through the crush to the
school Her determined but Intellectual
struggles appealed to him. STOPPING
down. he picked her up, placed her on
his shoulders and 50 carried her into the
Sunday-schoolroom As he seated her on
u window sill, he remarked:
Never mind, Hattie, some day wen
have church big enough to hold every
body who wants to get in"
A few weeks later Dr. Conwell told the
little incident In his pulpit. And he added
the sequel. y short while after little Hat
tie Wiatt had died. but before she died
she conhded to her parents her dearest
secret She had remembered what the
preacher had said TO her as he seated her
that Sunday afternoon. She had so
longed TO help him get the church where
everybody who wanted to could get in
and here was her pOCketbook and tho
money she had collected among her play
mates for the new church And wouldn't
father and mother give the money TO the
preacher because she was going 10 go 10
heaven and couldn't but she had meant
TO when sho had got a little more
Hatties last request was granted. and
on that Sunday morning the man whom
she had planned TO help showed his hear
crs the little red book and the 81 cents
that the child had collected
That was all-and thcn-then how Hat
tie helped her preaCher One man jumped
N "a n n 4, fTRH nT-I IE T,,T
church. Another person FASTENED to sub
scribe $50 From all over the church
came a flood OF subscriptions. nearly
every offer having the same combination
the two magical figures, five and seven
IT was tho money thus subscribed that
bought the lot on which the Temple
stands.
Sixty-Four; Works Like Horse.
Another secret OF DR. ConweTs pho
romenal success Is his keeping cveriast-
Ingly at a thing until it IS accomplished
once he feels that he is In the right and
has the Lord on his side. His tenacity is
superior " anything. TO that OF the much
Vaunted bulldog, and he has the physical
by his guns until the victory IS gained
lie Is n prodlglous worker. every aux
Hilary institution connected with his
church has his personal dlrcction-the col
lcee. the hospital. the charitable organi-
Zation, the usual young peoples societies.
besides many others. He lectures
throughout the country and frequently
takes an active part In political and other
questions strongly before his city Now
only a few days short OF 6i years Of age.
he stin works with all the tiroless energy
OF a physically perfect aud mentally alert
man OF 80. But this is 10 be expected OF
a man who for a stretch OF fourteen
years was so busy that he could not find
the time 10 spend a single evening i'm his
own home with his family
II you are fortunate enough to secure
a ticket Of admission TO DIT Conwens
church tho next time YOU are in Phila-
delphiO. don { expect to hear man who
viii gain your admiration by n scholar
~ sermon, though you may disagree with
his Views, as I'm Dr Parkhursts case. IN
stead, look out Tor n simple. unyarnlshcd