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And I was utterly amazed, for the spokesman told me that the entire ten thousand dollars had been raised and that the land for the church that I wanted was free of debt. And all had come so quickly and directly from that dear little girl's fifty seven cents." AND WE WERE UTTERLY AMAZED FOR THE SPOKESMAN TOLD ME THAT THE ENTIRE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS HAD BEEN RAISED AND THAT THE LAND FOR THE CHURCH THAT I WANTED WAS FREE OF DEBT AND ALL HAD COME SO QUICKLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THIS DEAR LITTLE GIRLS FIFTY SEVEN SINCE
ht thing to accept this unexpectedly liberal proposition, and I went over the entire matter on that basis with the trustees and some of the other members, and all the people were soon talking of having a new church. But it was not done in that way, after all, for, fine though that way would have been, there was to be one still finer. “Not long after my talk with the man who owned the land, and his surprisingly good-hearted proposition, an exchange was arranged for me one evening with a Mount Holly church, and my wife went with me. We came back late, and it was cold and wet and miserable, but as we approached our home we saw that it was all lighted from top to bottom, and it was clear that it was full of people. I said to my wife that they seemed to be having a better time than we had had, and we went in, curious to know what it was all about. And it turned out that our absence had been intentionally arranged, and that the church people had gathered at our home to meet us on our return.  WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO ACCEPT THIS UNEXPECTEDLY LIBERAL PROPOSITION AND I WENT OVER THE ENTIRE MATTER ON THAT BASIS WITH THE TRUSTEES AND SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WOULD SOON BE TALKING OF HAVING A NEW CHURCH BUT IT WAS NOT DONE IN THAT WAY AFTER ALL FOR FINE THOUGH THAT WAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE WAS ONE STILL FINER NOT LONG AFTER MY TALK WITH THE MAN WHO OWNED THE LAND HIS SURPRISINGLY GOOD HEARTED PROPOSITION AN EXCHANGE WAS ARRANGED FOR ME ONE EVENING WITH A MT HOLLY CHURCH AND MY WIFE WENT WITH ME WE CAME BACK LATE AND IT WAS COLD AND WET AND MISERABLE BUT AS WE APPROACHED OUR HOME WE SAW THAT IT WAS ALL LIGHTED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND THERE IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE I SAID TO MY WIFE THAT THEY SEEMED TO BE HAVING A BETTER TIME THAN WE HAD HAD AND WE WENT IN CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT AND AS IT TURNED OUT IN OUR ABSENCE WHICH HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY ARRANGED THAT THE CHURCH PEOPLE HAD GATHERED IN OUR HOME TO MEET US ON OUR RETURN
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