THE KING’S BUSINESS
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The Shop Work R. C. Lewis, Superintendent.
T left Los Angeles November 20th, go- ing directly to Chicago, visiting the Moody Bible Institute and the Pacific Gar den Mission in the evening. Then went to Columbia, S. C., to visit my mother, where I held meetings among the young people in the churches and at Brookland, S. C., an adjoining city. Then to Baltimore and the missions in New York City. Then to my own home church, the East End Presby terian Church of Pittsburgh, where I con ducted meetings and gave stereopticon lec tures of the Bible Institute and young peo ple’s work on the Pacific Coast. Then to Oakmont, near Pittsburgh, where I held Bible Study classes in the Presbyterian Church. Next to the place of my birth, Belle Vernon, Pa., where I conducted re vival meetings in the Presbyterian Church and gave a stereopticon and held a Bible Conference. Preached and' gave a stereop ticon lecture in Charleroi, Pa., and gave a Bible chart talk on the stereopticon at Eliz^ abeth, Pa. Next I came into the oil coun try of Pennsylvania, conducting meetings in the First Methodist Church and United Brethren Church of Bradford. My primary purpose was, first, to see my mother at Columbia, S. C., and next to present the Gospel to the members of my family still unsaved, and last to present the work of the Bible Institute. There were many blessings attending the trip and I have reason to believe many souls found rest and peace in believing in and accepting Jesus Christ as Saviour. M r . L ewis was at the Industrial Iron Works holding a meeting one day last week, when one of the men came to him and asked him to visit his home, asking him to have a talk with his stepson, who was a hard drinker. ' This man had finally be come so discouraged with his stepson that he had told him to leave the house, and never come back; he afterwards regretted
that, however, believing that he wouldn’t want his Lord to treat him that way. He asked his stepson if he would stay home if he invited Mr. Lewis to the home. The young man answered in the affirmative and so Mr. Lewis came out the next evening. Father, mother, son and stepson gathered together ready to hear the words of Mr. Lewis. The father began by expressing the enjoyment he had received in the meetings at the iron works; then Mr. Lewis began to talk with the young man on the point ot sin—that Jesus Christ did not come >pri marily to save the drunkard, or the thief, or the pickpocket, or the gambler or har lot, but to save the sinner, and went over those points so that the young fellow would feel that he was a great sinner and in need of a great Savior, and then he showed him the way of salvation. They talked to gether at some length, when the mother in vited them to sit at the table and have some cocoa, cake and some dainties. They sat around the table, chatting on generalities, and then went back to the parlor, where Mr. Lewis said: “Now, let’s get down to business.” He first said to the father, “You have never made a public confession of Jesus Christ as your Savior, have you?” The Father answer, “No.” But he further replied, “I purpose as the head of this home to start tonight for God.” “Very well,” the worker replied. Then turning to the young man he said: “You have con fessed that you are a sinner and that you need Jesus Christ and need him badly. Are you willing to receive Him tonight as such ?” The stepson replied : “My life has been such that I really see the need of a power outside of myself to come to my aid.” “Then you recognize the only power is through the Lord Jesus Christ?” He said, “I do.” Very well” ; then he said, “Let’s tell Father all about it.” All got down at once upon their knees. - Mr. Lewis first prayed that the Lord who had honored
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