Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
DIR. CONWELL FINDS EAST AND VEST
NACCORD UPON NATIONAL ISIS UES
People, Awakened From UtoPian
Dream Of Perfected World,
Trust President
Capital and Labor in Closer
Harmony With Compromise
Spirit Prevailing

60 900 men on strike--shipmen ana
trades in sympathy. But the spirit OF
compromise and tho disposition to be
fair, to 10 at least part Of the way 10
meet the othe rfeliow, were alive. There
was a time when toilers and employers
doubled up their fsts"-and DR.. Con-
we'll doubled up his-"and shook them
and said, Not cent! Never! we
won't Weld an inch.' But they were
saying. Let's be fair. Let's De feason-
able And finally they agreed 10
arbitrate."
Fear No Panic or Hard Times
Doctor Conwell found no fear OF panic
or hard times out West feop'e
not boarding their money, he saio' pu.
were delaying investments oecause '"s'
did not know just how TO invest
The churches In the west nave su'
down" greatly during the war. ne SAL
but he was not dcwnhearteo auou' -,. '
There has been so mucn wa w..
that neople have often been too busy
TO 20 TO church." he SAID. INC ma'
claimed 40 much interest and attention
that the church had to lose some. lhey
had many war meetings on SUNDAY out
West. while we had comparatively rev.
Their Sunday is quite different from
ours. They have theatres, Daseoaii,
everything on Sunday, almost thal 'hey
have on other days
"The war brought religious revival
in France and England, but we were nv,
near enough to 1t for That our feNNa'
will come later. ! know IL VIII coihe.
It always has after a war. In 'he tnicS
op 4, Ue did not turn 70 religion, thouen
,,,a ,vopId have II we had lost more meh'
As we begin to realize more the iosson
we have suffered we will turn 10 re-
Ypion. 1 look for league OF churches
something like the proposed ieasue u
nations-a sort of federation III "nlci'
all will strive together for common aims
and vet each will retain lts own III,
dividuality and integrity rituai anu
dogma.
n.s;r. for Church Federation
"There ia a growing desire for some
auoh Arrangement out West, JUST as 'nere
10 here. Why. a week ago sunday ioui
men sat together in the baptlst ieihpie
"a Roman Catholic, a jew, a lnltariaf
and a Friend. When / came mere th'rty'
six wears ago a Catholic would never
enter n Baptist church ana IL ne nau
the Baptists would have thrown MIN ou'
bodily" ,,. ,,e
Doctor Conwell said the west SUI
farad f,r moro than the East from IN
suenza Many of his lecture dates had
IN be cancelled because of the prohibitior
of public gatherings. He was aoie u
deliver his famous Acres OF Diamonds
only seven times and more than eighteeI
engagements were Cancelled AcIes y.
Diamonds" has now been delivered oll
times. Tonight in the Temple WI
be delivered again and February - IL
the Temple Doctor Converts new rec
ture. What Made Abraham iancoil
Laugh" which he delivered on his tour
will be heard.
"I suppose there is much eagernesi
here TO hear the new Lecturer suggested
the interviewer ..,. =,
NO, said Doctor Conwen III II
lust the other way. 1T seems peopi'
are not SO much interested IN tha. I'M
more they hear Acres OF DIAMONDS .n'
more they want to hear It. They tei
me nearly every seat is Sold
Doctor Conwell has Just completed
history of Temple University In which III
describes the fulflllment OF MS ides
aeainst stress Of many difncuities' II
a he describes his experiences VIII
many thousand students whose hves M
helped mold and whom he inspired WIZ
that wisdom for which Doctor Coh"ei
has become famous.
This history. which Is really an IN
innate account of one of the creates
achievements Of remarkable lie. VIII
appear in the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
beginning next Monday.