This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...$500 a sufficient amount for the building of a suitable house, with a generous appropriation trom the Church Edifice Fund of the Home Mission Society. This effort, made with characteristic tenacity of purpose, was unavailing. Within a few months a Mrs. Thompson moved into the city and united with the little church. She ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...$500 a sufficient amount for the building of a suitable house, with a generous appropriation trom the Church Edifice Fund of the Home Mission Society. This effort, made with characteristic tenacity of purpose, was unavailing. Within a few months a Mrs. Thompson moved into the city and united with the little church. She offered Mr. Cook a subscription of $500 toward the proposed building, upon condition that the Board of State Missions pay into the same fund the amount of $1,000. His hope revived. He communicated this offer to the Board, stating his belief that with such encouragement he could secure on the field and from other churches in the Upper Peninsula enough to pay for the building. But the Board did not have the money. Again he wrote and again the Board replied, "No money." And again he made an appeal. He could plainly see that the crisis had come. To fail now was to lose Ishpeming. How a Woman Raised a Thousand Dollars At this juncture, Mrs. C. E. Conley of Detroit came forward, offering to try to raise the thousand dollars. A conviction had come into her heart that God wanted her to undertake the task, and that, therefore, she could perform it. Accordingly, with pen in hand and prayer in heart, she began addressing friends and acquaintances. Pledges and cash came. She secured $900, but the entire amount, $1,000, must be raised by a certain date in order to hold Mrs. Thompson's subscription. The last day came. The mail brought nothing. Evening was at hand, and she began to fear that the effort was a failure. But just as the sun was setting, a messenger brought a telegram from Mrs. McMaster of Toronto--a lady whom Mrs. Conley had never met--stating that one hundred dollars for Ishpeming was coming in the mail. This was victory. The writer ...
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