Franklin was a custodian at the Central Community Church in the heart of the city. He also taught Sunday School to the 9 - 11 year old boys. Hundreds of boys sat under his kind and wise instruction over the years. Franklin also liked to take the boys on outings like fishing. Some would get discouraged if they didn’t catch one immediately, but Franklin would always say, “Don’t worry son, God knows the fish that belongs to you, and that you belong to Him. If someone didn’t catch fish that day, they still knew that they belonged to God.
His quiet testimony won many friends to God. Even while sweeping the sidewalk in front of the church, a stranger would pass and Franklins’ kind greeting brought many a stranger to the church with the simple saying, “God knows that you are His.”
After more than fifty years of service, and untold number of souls that he touched, Franklin passed into glory. A group of his former Sunday school boys, now grown men, got together and purchased a plaque and mounted it on the front wall of the church facing the sidewalk. It read, “God knows that you are His.” In honor of Brother Franklin.
The Bible teaches us, “But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The LORD knows those who are his,” and “All who belong to the LORD must turn away from evil.” (2nd Timothy 2:19)
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