The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 63

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message to those who would want to harm her, so
that they might refrain from carrying out their
wicked purpose and become her protectors and bene-
factors? And would you not want her to learn the
same sweet story of Jesus’ love that has brought
such great satisfaction and happiness to you?

Yes, by putting ourselves in the place .of those
* who have not the light and comfort of the Gospel,
we can in a measure realize the misery and woe of
heathenism. And this realization will result in our
thanking God for His undeserved mercy to us and
in the desire to bring others the blessings and happi-
ness we are enjoying in Jesus and His salvation.
F.J.L.

Another Piney Woods Fire.

Our readers will have in mind the outstanding
work Superintendent George A. Schmidt has been
doing for several years at the Piney Woods In-
dustrial School at Piney Woods, Mississippi. This
school is run somewhat along the same lines that
Booker I. Washington conducted his famous school
at Tuskegee, Alabama. Pastor Schmidt has here
found a fruitful mission-field, and God is richly
blessing his labors.

About two years ago the school lost one of its
main buildings by fire, a loss which greatly crippled
the school in its work for a while. Now, just as the
institution was gradually recovering from the blow
given by the fire of two years ago, comes the sad
news that another, and even more devastating, con-
flagration has destroyed the girls’ dormitory to-
gether with most of its contents. But we shall let
Pastor Schmidt tell our readers of the sad visitation
in his own words: — -

“On Friday night, February 3, while we were
in chapel, a contest was being held between two
groups of students to see which could best recite
Luther’s Catechism. We were just about to begin
the contest, when the fire whistle, or siren, on the
campus sounded. That ended the meeting. Boys
and girls immediately rushed out on the campus to
find that the building serving as dormitory for girls
and for many workers and teachers, the bake-shop,
the kitchen, the hospital-room, the domestic science
department, and the dining-hall (all under one
roof) was on fire. It started near the top of the
building, evidently from a defective wire. In less
than three hours, although there is some fire-fighting
equipment on the ground, — hoses, axes, & tremen-

dously high and large water-tank, — there was noth-

ing left of the building but a pile of brick and ashes.
There was no insurance. The building is a total
loss. Quite a number of girls lost everything they
had, as their trunks were burned, though possibly
fifty trunks were thrown out of the windows.
Nearly all the girls lost all the clothing they had
except what they wore to chapel that night. Some
who came in clothing of their friends saved nothing.
Mr. Steinmeyer and Rev. Wisler will remember the
fire of two years ago and the havoc caused by it.
“Tt was hard for me to send the telegram I did
because I know the difficulties under which our
treasuries labor. But Piney Woods — because of the
same conditions —is suffering correspondingly more
than when the former contribution was made in the
case of the fire two years ago. I feared that Jones
might shut down and that my confirmation class
would be scattered before confirmation, ete. It
seems, however, that he will try to carry on, and
I hope the Mission Board will be able to add to the
kind words which were sent, and which encouraged
Jones, also some financial help.” F.J.L.

Why He Cobbled Shoes.

A good story is told about Dr. Carey. This pio-
neer missionary was a shoemaker, or rather, as he
himself put it, a cobbler. ;

He used to go about from village to village
preaching, his soul filled with the love of God.

One day a friend came to him and said, “Mr.
Carey, I want to speak to you very seriously.”

“Well,” said Mr. Carey, “what is it?”

The friend replied, “By your going about preach-
ing as you do, you are neglecting your business. If
you only attended to your business more, you would
be all right and would soon get on and prosper; but
as it is, you are simply neglecting your business.”

“Neglecting my business?” said Carey, looking
at him steadily. ‘My business is to extend the king-
dom of God. I only cobble shoes to pay expenses.”

The Christian’s every-day business is only. to
“make a living”; his real business is to make lives.

Bulletin, Buffalo Institutional Missions. ~

God Cares — Do We?

“Forget not that your first and principal busi-
ness as a disciple of Christ is to give the Gospel to
those who have it not. He who 1s not a MISSIONARY
Christian will be a misstnc Christian when the