Law Of Attraction
The church has a well trained choir and an orchestra that would be a
credit to some of the largest theaters. Here Reverend Welshimer
serves the double purpose of supplying entertainment and at the
same time keeping the more "temperamental" members who are
artists employed so they, also, remain out of mischief, incidentally
giving them a chance to do that which they like best.
The late Dr. Harper, who was formerly president of the University of Chicago, was one of the most efficient college presidents of his time. He had a penchant for raising funds in large amounts. It was he who induced John D. Rockefeller to contribute millions of dollars to the support of the University of Chicago.
It may be helpful to the student of this philosophy to study Dr. Harper's technique, because he was a Leader of the highest order. Moreover, I have his own word for it that his leadership was never a matter of chance or accident, but always the result of carefully planned procedure.
The following incident will serve to show just how Dr. Harper made use of imagination in raising money in large sums: He needed an extra million dollars for the construction of a new building. Taking inventory of the wealthy men of Chicago to whom he might turn for this large sum, he decided upon two men, each of whom was a millionaire, and both were bitter enemies.
WE cannot sow thistles and reap clover. Nature simply does not run things that way. She goes by cause and effect. One of these men was, at that time, the head of the Chicago Street Railway system. Choosing the noon hour, when the office force and this man's secretary, in particular, would be apt to be out at lunch, Dr. Harper nonchalantly strolled into the office, and, finding no one on guard at the outer door, walked into the office of his intended "victim," whom he surprised by his appearance unannounced.
"My name is Harper," said the doctor, "and I am president of the
University of Chicago. Pardon my intrusion, but I found no one in the
outer office (which was no mere accident) so I took the liberty of
walking on in.
I have thought of you and your street railway system many, many times. You have built up a wonderful system, and I understand that you have made lots of money for your efforts.