The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1917, Page 49

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The Lutheran Pioneer. 49

was the name of his little boy that had died. The
little brown fellow was called Benjamin Luke.

No one thought that the little girl lying ‘on
the floor of the orphanage building across the street
would live. They were almost compelled to pry
open the little jaws to get down some soup. ‘Then
followed days and nights of anxious waiting. At
length, however, the big eyes opened, and returning
health soon gave them a saucy luster.

Benny, in the course of years, grew up to be
a sturdy lad, and was liked by everybody. ‘The
little girl also grew in. body and winsomeness. At
length, many years later, these two met at a social.

Now there are seven chapters to Luke, all bound in

morocco.
to tell. —
Benjamin Luke attended the school at the
orphanage, and later took a course in’ manual
training at one of the mission-schools. Now, one
day a high-grade worker was needed for Sironcha.
All eyes turned to Benjamin Luke as the best man
for the place.

But that is not the story we set out

He took charge of the station, an
orphanage of sixty boys, a carpenter shop, an irri-
cated garden, nine outstations, a grammar school

_ for girls, twenty-five workers, and a farm on which

to raise rice, wheat, and peanuts for the boys. And
for this job he gets the sum of fifteen dollars per
month.

So well did Imke do his work that he soon be-
came known far and near. One day &n official of
the government came to Luke and said to him:
“Tf you will go to work for the government, we’ll
give you sixty dollars a month; and if you pass
the examination, which I am sure you can, we'll
give you two hundred dollars.” uke shook his
head. “Think it over,” said the English official.
“Sahib, I can answer your question right now,”
was Luke’s reply. “All that I am, all that my
wife is, we owe to the mission. Please do not men-
tion the matter to me again.”

Tuke’s orphanage is a cowshed with mud-floors.
The roof is made of grass; the sides are bamboo
and mud. He has sixty boys in this orphanage to
look after, and only money enough to feed twenty.

And still we hear people talking about rice
Christians and making the claim that the heathen
accept Christianity just for the sake of gain.
Surely, the example of Benjamin Luke should go
far towards silencing such uncharitable accusations.

Soo

Tie greatest and most exalted work we can do
is to proclaim the Gospel. — Luther.

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