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The rest of us were so jealous of his winning throngs that we couldn't see the good in him. And it hurt Dr. Conwell so much that for ten years he did not come to our conferences. But all this was changed long ago. THE REST OF US WERE SO JEALOUS OF HIS WINNING THRONGS THAT WE WOULDN'T SEE THE GOOD IN HIM AND IT HURT DOCTOR CONWELL SO MUCH THAT FOR TEN YEARS HE DID NOT COME TO OUR CONFERENCES BUT ALL THIS WAS CHANGED LONG AGO
 you have patience with them, may afterward be of help.” And he went on to talk a little of his early years in Philadelphia, and he said, with sadness, that it had pained him to meet with opposition, and that it had even come from ministers of his own denomination, for he had been so misunderstood and misjudged; but, he added, the momentary somberness lifting, even his bitter enemies had been won over with patience. I could understand a good deal of what he meant, for one of the Baptist ministers of Philadelphia had said to me, with some shame, that at first it used actually to be the case that when Dr. Conwell would enter one of the regular ministers’ meetings, all would hold aloof, not a single one stepping forward to meet or greet him. “And it was all through our jealousy of his success,” said the minister, vehemently. “He came to this city a stranger, and he won instant popularity, and we couldn’t stand it, and so we pounced upon things that he did that were altogether unimportant. R PERFECT WORK FOR THOSE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PATIENCE WITH THEM MAY AFTERWARD BE OF HELP AND HE WENT ON TO TALK A LITTLE OF HIS EARLY YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA AND HE SAID WITH SADNESS THAT IT HAD PAINED HIM TO MEET WITH OPPOSITION AND IT HAD EVEN COME FROM MINISTERS OF HIS OWN DENOMINATION FOR HE HAD BEEN SO MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISJUDGED BUT HE ADDED THE MOMENTARY SOMBERNESS FEELING EVEN HIS BITTER ENEMIES HAD BEEN WON OVER WITH PATIENCE I COULD UNDERSTAND A GOOD DEAL OF WHAT HE MEANT FOR ONE OF THE BAPTIST MINISTERS OF PHILADELPHIA HAD SAID TO ME WITH SOME SHAME THAT AT FIRST HE ACTUALLY USED TO BE THE CASE THAT WHEN DOCTOR CONWELL WOULD ENTER ONE OF THE REGULAR MINISTERS MEETING ALL WOULD HOLD ALOOF NOT A SINGLE ONE STEPPING FORWARD TO MEET OR GREET HIM AND IT WAS THROUGH OUR JEALOUSY OF HIS SUCCESS SAID THE MINISTER VEHEMENTLY HE HAS COME TO THIS CITY A STRANGER AND HAS WON INSTANT POPULARITY AND WE COULDN'T STAND IT SO WE POUNCED UPON THINGS THAT HE DID THAT WERE ALTOGETHER UNIMPORTANT
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