[In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon]@TWC D-Link bookIn His Steps CHAPTER Five 11/21
What would Jesus do? That was an end to the discussion. He went down the next day and found Mr.Powers in his office.
It lacked a few minutes of twelve and the superintendent said, "Come upstairs, and I'll show you what I've been trying to do." They went through the machine shop, climbed a long flight of stairs and entered a very large, empty room.
It had once been used by the company for a store room. "Since making that promise a week ago I have had a good many things to think of," said the superintendent, "and among them is this: The company gives me the use of this room, and I am going to fit it up with tables and a coffee plant in the corner there where those steam pipes are.
My plan is to provide a good place where the men can come up and eat their noon lunch, and give them, two or three times a week, the privilege of a fifteen minutes' talk on some subject that will be a real help to them in their lives." Maxwell looked surprised and asked if the men would come for any such purpose. "Yes, they'll come.
After all, I know the men pretty well.
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