Missionary Letter from Frederick Lewis to wife Agnes
Mid 1880's, Wales
(This letter begins on page 3)
...will get something off the farm and that you won't be
cramped for a little means to make you comfortable for the winter. Don't allow yourself to suffer or any of the
children as long as we have anything, but the Lord will work things all right
if we do right. I am not afraid to trust
Him in those matters. I bought a coat and
vest last month and paid for them both all but give shillings. The money came and I hardly knew how the Lord
was doing it all. Now I am able to
return Brother Mantle his five shillings and have a few ahead to help along the
way. A little money with the blessing of
God seems to go a long way. I am very
careful how I use it, and by doing so, I don't seem to need much. I was down as low as four cents a few days
ago and felt rich as a king, but it wasn't long before I got some more.
I met a man
yesterday who heard me preach in [Treherbert].
He came up, shook hands, and asked me how I was getting along.
He asked me if I
would accept a shilling to help the work along, which I did, and thanked
him. He keeps a large hotel. I preached in front of his place two or three
times. This is the way the Lord carries
on His work. He will never forsake His
servants, and I know it.
I hope old Jane
will get better now but you think I have said enough this time. I am glad that Adlinda and family are well
and that you are still true to each other.
Continue in those things and God will bless you. If we can get through this estate, Satan will
not have power over us in the next to perplex our feelings. His reign will be over and the victory will
be ours.
May the Lord
bless you all as a family is the prayer of your affectionate husband and
father.
Frederick Lewis.
