"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." "Except ye... become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." These words of Jesus came very forcibly to my thought the other day, after witnessing the demonstration made by the Sunday School children in regard to sending money to the Building Fund of the Mother Church in Boston. For the last year our Sunday School, a class of twenty, has been self-supporting. The scholars have bought their own Quarterlies, defrayed Christmas expenses, and after presenting the Reading Room with a beautiful palm last winter, have now in the treasury fifty-six dollars and seventy-six cents ($56,76). As the members of our church were sending a contribution to the Building Fund, we thought it would be well to have the Sunday School represented.
We decided to have a meeting at the close of the Sunday School and get the voice of the children on the matter. When told how much there was in the treasury, one little girl said, "I think we should give all."
An eyewitness thought, "All the superintendent or one of the teachers will take care of that; they will not be allowed to give all, the half is enough." Another little girl immediately stood and said, "I think we should give all." Then a third and fourth voice said, "All." The superintendent then said, "All in favor of giving all, rise." All rose, there was not one dissenting voice. One little girl said, "When we are ready to build our own church we shall have a lot more, but this church has to be built now, and I think we should give all."
