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"The trustees seemed much impressed, and it turned out that they were far more impressed than I could possibly have hoped, for in a few days one of them came to me and said that he thought it would be an excellent idea to buy a lot on Broad Street  the very lot on which the building now stands." THE TRUSTEES SEEMED MUCH IMPRESSED AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY WERE FAR MORE IMPRESSED THAN I POSSIBLY COULD HAVE HOPED FOR IN A FEW DAYS ONE OF THEM CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO BUY A LOT ON BROAD STREET THE VERY LOT IN WHICH THE BUILDING NOW STANDS
ld 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. “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. For until then the matter had barely been spoken of, as a new church building had been simply a possibility for the future. NEY 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 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 FOR UNTIL THEN THE MATTER HAD BARELY BEEN SPOKEN OF AS THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING HAD SIMPLY BEEN A POSSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE
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