57 CENTS CHURCH

57 cents Church

Dear children of God, greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. What God can do with 57 cents? Today I am going to answer the question with a true story which happened in America. In Philadelphia you can see the TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH where more than 4000 people can sit and worship the Lord freely. And you can see the temple university with thousands and thousands student are studying. There is a good Samaritan Hospital helping and serving many people those are in need. A special SUNDAY SCHOOL building for more than thousands children can sit and learn God’s word. These all the buildings are built and rise for the Glory of God with the 57 cents of poor girl HATTIE MARY WATT’S SAVINGS.

There was a small church in Philadelphia. A little girl was standing and weeping near the church. There came the pastor of that church and inquired the little girl about her crying. She told that I could not enter into this Sunday school as it is crowded. She was very poor. Her dress and hair style showed that she was very poor. As she was brought inside the church with help of the church pastor and she was placed in a better seat. But she was thinking of the thousands of children who could not come inside the church and sit comfortably in the Sunday school. She decided to bring all the children those stand outside of the church without getting seats to sit.  She was saving money little by little for the Sunday school children. Two years rolled out, she fell in sick and death captured her.

Her parents called her loved pastor to do the burial service. As she was moved from her bed to clean and lay in the coffin, there fell a little red purse. The pastor Dr.Russell H. Conwell took the little red purse from the ground. He found 57 cents and a written note. The little piece of paper read like this “this cents money may use for building a big church instead of this small one, so that more children can go to the Sunday school”.

With much love she gathered and saved 57 cents for the last two years. The pastor read the letter with tears and he determined to read it to the congregation on pulpit. He read the appeal of little girl and he explained about her sacrificial love for the Sunday school children. This news spread through the city newspaper. A rich man from the town read the newspaper and he bought a huge area for church building and gave it to the Baptist temple church for 57 cents. All the congregation members started to give more donations towards this new church building. This little girl’s sacrificial giving was grown into $ 2, 50 000 within five years. This was huge amount in the 18^th c.

 

Dear friends, if you have time to visit Temple Baptist Church in Philadelphia, kindly do so it is a great witness for little girl Katie Mary Watt’s sacrificial love for Sunday school children. We can see her photo and loving and sacrificial face. And also can see her loving pastor Dr.Russell H. Conwell’s engrave photo.

Dear friends Jesus watched the poor widow who gave two pieces of coins and he appreciated. She gave more than others. Let us build the kingdom of God with our sacrificial giving. With 57 cents God can do great wonders? Are you ready to build the Kingdom of God with 57 cents? Katie Mary watt’s sacrificial giving is a great witness of Temple Baptist Church today. If you are blessed by this 57 cents church, kindly send a word to my email ID. revsjc@gmail.com.