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When Annie and I walked into the Mullen Heritage Center at Beulah, Rev. Sheila McCrea MacCallum was looking through Dad's scrapbook.

(The theme for the summer is music and Dad, who was a song evangelist with the Reformed Baptist Church, had shared a number of items for their display. Sheila was one of the evangelists he worked with when he travelled full-time in the 1960's.)

It was wonderful timing and we enjoyed hearing her stories.

She shared one from when they were in revival meetings at Elmwood Church of the Nazarene on Prince Edward Island. It brought tears to my eyes.

Dad was singing the song "Jesus Will Never Say No" as he played the organ.

(She sang the chorus of the song in that moment.)

In the middle of the song, he stopped singing and playing. He put his head down on his hands and in tears, he spoke the words, "Jesus will never say no."

Sheila said she felt led to stand up and have an altar call. People went forward.

Dad's heart is still so tender when he sings and talks about his Jesus.