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"At a meeting of the church trustees I told of this gift of fifty seven cents  the first gift toward the proposed building fund of the new church that was some time to exist. AT THE MEETING OF THE CHURCH TRUSTEES I TOLD OF THIS GIFT OF FIFTY SEVEN CENTS THIS FIRST GIFT TOWARD THE PROPOSED BUILDING FUND OF THE NEW CHURCH THAT WAS SOME TIME TO EXIST
rs of the kindly, tall, dark man! “I said to her that I would take her in, and I did so, and I said to her that we should some day have a room big enough for all who should come. And when she went home she told her parents--I only learned this afterward--that she was going to save money to help build the larger church and Sunday-school that Dr. Conwell wanted! Her parents pleasantly humored her in the idea and let her run errands and do little tasks to earn pennies, and she began dropping the pennies into her bank.” “She was a lovable little thing--but in only a few weeks after that she was taken suddenly ill and died; and at the funeral her father told me, quietly, of how his little girl had been saving money for a building-fund. And there, at the funeral, he handed me what she had saved--just fifty-seven cents in pennies.” Dr. Conwell does not say how deeply he was moved; he is, after all, a man of very few words as to his own emotions. But a deep tenderness had crept into his voice. IKE TO TAKE HER IN A ROOM BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL WHO CAME I SAID TO HER THAT I WOULD TAKE HER IN AND I DID SO AND I SAID TO HER THAT WE SHOULD SOME DAY HAVE A ROOM BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL WHO SHOULD COME AND WHEN SHE WENT HOME SHE TOLD HER PARENTS I ONLY LEARNED THIS AFTERWARDS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAVE MONEY TO HELP BUILD THE LARGER CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL THAT DOCTOR CONWELL WANTED HER PARENTS PLEASANTLY HUMOURED HER IN THE IDEA AND LET HER RUN ERRANDS AND DO LITTLE TASKS TO EARN PENNIES AND SHE BEGAN DROPPING PENNIES INTO HER BANK SHE WAS A LOVABLE LITTLE THING BUT IN ONLY A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT SHE HAD TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL AND DIED AND AT THE FUNERAL HER FATHER TOLD ME QUIETLY OF HOW HIS LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN SAVING MONEY FOR A BUILDING FUND AND THERE AT THE FUNERAL HANDED ME WHAT SHE HAD SAVED JUST FIFTY SEVEN CENTS IN PENNIES DOCTOR CONWELL DOES NOT SAY HOW DEEPLY HE WAS MOVED AFTER THIS AFTER ALL A MAN OF VERY FEW WORDS AS TO HIS OWN EMOTIONS BUT A DEEP TENDERNESS HAD SWEPT INTO HIS VOICE
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