A Faithful Laborer in North Carolina
By Editor
A touching, earnest note comes to us from an aged laborer in the cause, Elder D. T. Shireman, of North Carolina. For fifty years he has been laboring in the missionary work, handicapped by a lack of education which he longed for, and yet reaching precious souls by the earnestness and devotion to the Master's cause. For a number of years he has been establishing schools for orphans and needy children in North Carolina. Having established them, he has moved on to a more needy field, leaving others to carry on the work established; he himself taking the hard part of gathering the children, building the schools, cultivating land, fitting the children for real work in life. Two serious accidents have happened to him of late, in one of which he fell into a well a distance of thirty feet with a mass of rock and cement. Recovering from this he had another fall which injured him even more, but he is still pressing on. He always has a needy field; these have appealed to his heart more, and they may appeal to other hearts. His present address is Toluca, North Carolina.