The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-02
C0HWEll'S ACRES or
DIAMONDS" WAS GIVEN
At CHAUTAUQUA SUNDAY

well OF Phiiadelphia to Canon City to
deliver his great lecture, Acres of
Diamonds" had been looked. forward
TO by the people of this community
with much plaasurable anticipation
and its delivery at the Chautauqua
tent Sunday night was in no wise a
| disappointment to the most ardent
of his friends and admirers
DIR. Ccnwells lecture is old. but
ever new. paradoxical as that state
ment may appear. 1t was first given
by him thirty years or more ago and
has been heard in nearly every city
and town in the United States, but
contains homely truths of practical
helpfulness and worth that renders it
as fresh and stimulating now as when
first presented to the public 1t is
predicated on the gospel injunction
TO despise not the day of small things
and is an Inspiration to those who de-
sire TO get on in the world. as well
as an eloquent, delightful address
The theme. Acres of Diamonds"
was suggested to DIR. Conwell during
visit 10 India, where he was told
that the owner of the land on which
was afterwards located the famous
Goleonda diamond mine. the richest
in the world. sold the property for a
small sum OF money because ne be-
i,eyed it TO be worthless aid purchas-
ed other land that he hoped would
make him wealthy. The Investment
was disastrous and the purchaser
died a suicide in poverty.
There are great things to be gain
ed around Us every day" declared DR.
Conwen, but 10 benefit by them We
must keep our eyes open and think .
The central idea was that large things
are frequently made out of small
things. that when found seem ridicu-
lously easy.
DIR. Conwell is 73 years OF age and
is pastor of Temple Baptist church
in Philadelphia. one of the la .gest in
the city. as well as the president o.
al institution of higher learnin, with
more than s0co students. He was a
colonel in the army during y Cigll
var and his life since that time i.as
been dedicated to religious. char
liable and humanitarian enterprises
ard he has done work 30 has fell
lows that in the splendid ch .-acte- Of
its results ;iss been equailed by fer
men of the Anglo-Saxon ra :. Mil
;r,ns OF men and women .rvc heard
rfs lecsura a.cr.s af Di,,-araa and
hundreds of thousands of them have
read his books and have been stimu-
lated 10 a renewed endeavor for use
fulness and a better and nobler citi-
enship by them. Acres of Dia-
monds has been given more frequent
ly than any other lecture on the
American rostrum and is reputed to
be the greatest of its kind in the
world. Many Canon City people have
listened TO IL in various parts of the
country. some OF them as much as
twenty-five years ago. Several of
them were present at the Chautau-
qua tent Sunday night TO hear it for
a second and third time.
The iive thousandth recurrence of
its delivery was at the Academy OF
Music in Philadelphia on May 81.
1914. and was heard by nearly 5000
people. and the occasion was further
made notable by the presentation To
Dr.. Conwell OF an autograph album
containin gthe names of 5000 citizens
and $4,000. in addition TO the door re-
ceipis. which amounted 10 more than
$4,000. II. was a magnificent tribute
to a great and good man by his
friends and neighbors.
DR. Conwell advised his audience
Sunday night TO get rich, and this.
he said. could best be done by helping
others. The reaction of such a
course. he asserted. invariably helps |
the individual making the benefaction.
He has compiled the names and the
sourcas OF wealth OF 4.043 OF the
mu; u;ti-miilionaires of the United |
States and says that of the aggre-
gate only twenty-five or thirty OBJ
tanned their money dishonesty. or by
questionable methods. More than 81
reers in shop and factory and car
ried their dinner pals with them. OF
the total more than 340o began life
without cent OF capital and their
wealth today is $l.4oo. 900. 900. or an
average of $4,000. 900 apiece. He said
that $500 made theis millions by man
ufacturing articles that sold for less
than 5 cents. As a result these mil
lionaires have helped humanity far