Tom's First Friend

How happy I was when Tom was taken in by a young man and his sister, whose own little brother, also named Tom, had recently passed away unexpectedly. Amidst their grief, Philip and Meta determine from the start to raise Tom, who has never heard the name of Jesus, as unto the Lord, and for His glory. Their efforts and hard work pay off at long last when, even though he encounters many trials, tests, and tribulations along the way, Tom gives his own heart to Jesus Christ, who becomes Tom's first real Friend.

As the story of Tom's daily life in Philip and Meta's household progresses, we see their bonds of love and affection grow, until Tom truly becomes their “own, own Tom.”

Remembering his roots, Tom is convicted by the Holy Spirit as a young man to go back to the alleys from whence he came and win lost souls for Christ, that the “unlovely ones” in London's back alleys might find salvation, peace, and true freedom in his own Savior. What he finds there will bring as pleasant a surprise to the reader as it did to Tom himself.