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For until then the matter had barely been spoken of, as a new church building had been simply a possibility for the future. FOR UNTIL THEN THE MATTER HAD BARELY BEEN SPOKEN OF AS THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING HAD SIMPLY BEEN A POSSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE
me. 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. “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. 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 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
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