[citation needed] Most notably, he wrote and compiled biographical sketches for Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians (1911), which is a landmark text in Pentecostal and Charismatic history.
[2][3] Biographical sketches include Girolamo Savonarola, Fenelon, Madame Guyon, John Wesley, Charles Finney, William Booth, and many others.
[4][5] Lawson was editor of The Marked Reference Bible, which was an expansion on The Christian Worker's New Testament which he had published in 1924.
The four colors represent the primary topics of salvation (red), the Holy Spirit (green), temporal blessings (brown), and prophetic subjects (blue).
Owing to the exceptional privileges which have been given to him by the providence of God, the compiler of this volume is able to give to the world the very cream of religious thoughts concerning God.″[11][12]