A MISSIONARY Society sent several educated theological students to a mission field in Africa, and with them, a youth of little ability, as shoe maker and servant.
For many years this young man, with a couple of negro boys, sat in the shade of a tree mending shoes. When these students, one after the other, had all died of fever, and there was no one left to do the preaching, he said, “Now it, is time!” and he put his shoe makers’ tools in the box, and commenced to preach Christ. It was evident that no one else was mastering the difficult negro dialect like this youth, and in astonishment the natives heard this shoe maker tell of the wonderful love of God in Christ. Thus this poor shoe maker became a much used missionary, but the secret was, he was humble and faithful, and Christ was his theme.
How soon our short life will be gone! Let us be humble and faithful, and we shall be a testimony for the Lord, and a blessing to others, though we are weak, and with no gift.
ML 12/05/1909