Show Maker Make of a Ar Artificial Limbs Establishes Beach Mission Ey By y G Service SOUND BEACH Conn Oct 8 8 A lost leg or a lost soul ere are the same to the Rev nev Harold Bax Bax- Baxter Baxter ter Liebler of ot Sound Beach Hell He'll help you jou whichever It Is IsHo Ho He Is a II minister who leads a double life but one that bears dis dis- disclosure closure Week days he makes anti arti artificial facial limbs Sunday he dons his vestment and preaches without pay payIn In a little wayside shrine he built his own hands His IUs Is the story of at a young man with a passion for service who would not let sickness deter him nor banishment from his calling keep him from the work he loves lovesA A RECTOR AT TWENTY When still In his he was ap appointed ap- ap appointed appointed pointed rector of or St. St Pauls Paul's River River- Riverside Riverside Riverside side Conn after having ha been on the staff of Trinity Church and curate at St Lukes Luke's New York Six years ears of ot hard Intensive work w Tk for the Lord at Riverside Riverside- preach preach- preachIng preaching ing the gospel visiting the sick helping the wayward and wayward and then t a 0 complete nervous breakdown Foreign travel built up his health somewhat but when Just 30 he was warned by a 0 specialist No more heavy church work work work- no more big league preaching My faith resigned me to my misfortune In the way Father rather Lieb- Lieb Liebler ler explains It So So I got In ire a I sunny airy factory In this little town making artificial limbs I 1 liked the work But the call of at the pulpit was too much for forme forme me Working over an arm or a leg I 1 dreamed of ot a a. little wayside chapel somewhere like those that give gl succor to the weary off ort the beaten paths of Europe I found myself saving every penny penn One day I knew I would build the church of my dreams A lot of ot things went Into this little church besides the wistful dream of or a devout young man Memories of or a II certain old wo shrine that had meant a 0 consecrated moment In his own life on life on old Mexican Mexican Mexican can print of an early Spanish mis mis- mission mission mission sion chairs picked from odds and ends In second-hand second stores In Paris a a. holy water font from far away Rouen an altar piece from a movie set an altar lamp strangely enough was stolen and contributed Three years ago to almost a day alone In a mood of great consecration turned the first shovel of at dirt for the foundation After work vork on Saturdays and on holidays he dug the cellar made the forms for the concrete mixed It poured It In himself He even enn did the In Interior In- In Interior interior decoration WORLD NEW SHRIVE I For little St Saviors Savior's Mission l of ot Sound Beach stands a II veritable world new wayside shrine with an world old-world atmosphere of ot religion and hospitality It Is as It should be a picturesque little cement church Spanish in design with a abasement abasement abasement basement finished for social events and a II capacity for seating upwards of 50 in its foot by chapel Though situated on the lonely stretches of oC Sound Beach his church has attracted the attention of ot the surrounding country and the con con- congregation congregation congregation volunteered to finish It The women made the vestments the men take turns clearing ur u up the mens men's grounds mens men's club of ot Sound Beach contributed offerings from the congregation provide the run run- running running running ning expenses Father Liebler sen serves senes es free I 41 don dont don't t care how many people come como cometo to church he said fald If It their hearts are right of what matter how they dress It Is the quality of mind and soul that fit lit a a. person to retain his peace with Oed God In this rushing twentieth century And the people who v come here have the tho devotion the deep religious faith that could remake the world If there were only more of It |