The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1906, Page 60

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60 The Lutheran Pioneer.

Treading Out Corn in Palestine. ©

Our picture represents a threshing scene in
Palestine. You sce a man, goad in hand, driving
oxen over sheaves of grain that have been sprinkled
over a circular piece of level ground. The oxen
tread out the corn, and while at work are not muz-
zled, but are allowed to pick up food as often as they
wish to do so.

The picture reminds us of the preacher’s salary.
How so?. you ask.
What have those
oxen treading out
corn to do with the
preacher’s salary?
Well, if you read
1 Cor. 9 and 1 Tim.
5, 17. 18, it will be
clear to you. The
apostle there tells
the Christians that
it is their duty to
support and main-

tain those who
preach unto them
the Gospel, ‘as it is
God’s appointment
that those who
“preach the Gospel
should live of the
Gospel.” And he
reminds them of
what is written in
the law of Moses
(Deut. 25, 4):
“Thou shalt not
muzzle the ox when
he treadeth out the
corn.” From God’s
command that the
oxen shall not be muzzled or hindered from eating
while treading out the corn for man’s use, Christians
should learn that it is God’s will that those who
labor among them in the Gospel and sow unto them
spiritual things shall be provided for and main-
tained by those for whom they labor as “the laborer
is worthy of his reward.” “If we,” says the apostle,
“have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great
thing if we shall reap your carnal things?”

-— 2

Wirn Christ in the vessel, we can smile at-the
storm.

Treading Out Corn in Palestine.

Too Charitable. °

A colored preacher, speaking from the text,
“What is a man profited if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?” said, among other things,
that many lose their souls by being too charitable.
He saw that his congregation was astonished at
hearing such a declaration from the pulpit, and
then he repeated it deliberately, laying particular
stress on the words “too charitable.”

“P’raps dis needs
a little explana-

tion,” said he.
“Many people at-
tend meeting and

hear de sermon.
When all is over,
dey proceed to di-
vide, it out among
deir neighbors in de
congregation. Dis
part was for Mr. A.,”
it just hit him; dat
part was for Mr. B.,
hit him; dat part
was for Mrs. B., she
certainly needed it;
anoder part was for
Miss C., it just ex-
actly fitted her; and
all dose pow’ful
threats were for de
black sinnahs of de
neighborhood. ‘My,
dat was a pow‘ful
sermon, sure,’ dey
say. But dey give .
it all away, and
demselves are none
de better.” — Hz.

“Don’t Let Go!’’

A mother, with her three children, was clinging
to the wreck of the steamer Bohemian, when the
mother said she must let go and be drowned. Her
little girl said, “Hold on a little longer, mother!
don’t let go now! Jesus walked on the water and
saved Peter, and He will save us.” ‘The little girl’s
words of faith so strengthened her mother that she
held on a few moments more, when a boat was sent
to them, which took them safely to shore.