The Fellowship of the Least Coin is an extraordinary vision that was given to Shanti Solomon, the founder of this prayer movement. It began in 1956,* and in the years since there has been verse, and songs, written for and dedicated to the Fellowship of the Least Coin. Here is one example of a poem penned to express the miracle of the least coin.
The Least Coin
So small a coin,
Its jingle is scarcely a sound,
Yet it rings like a celebration gong
The whole world round!
So small a coin,
Its value is nothing worth;
Yet it buys what no millionaire can buy,
The gentlest gift on earth.
So small a coin,
It cannot bear the name of sacrifice,
Yet it ransoms from indifference a love
Beyond all price.
So small a coin;
Here it lies hidden in my hand
And now it is given, suddenly we are one
From land to land.
So small a coin,
How can the God of the universe be aware?
My whispered dedication echoes on and on;
He knows I care.
So small a coin!
By Mrs Margaret Knauerhase,** Australia
Dorothy Wagner of the USA succinctly described the Fellowship of the Least Coin as:
‘Like a pebble dropped in a quiet pool, an idea born in the heart of a woman of India has spread in ever-widening circles of Christian concern throughout the world.’
**Margaret Knauerhase (1914–2016) was the daughter of Winifred Kiek https://www.acw.org.au/the-winifred-kiek-scholarship. Margaret was awarded Life Membership of the South Australian Unit of Australian Church Women in 1993.
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