Practical Bible Training School - Theologue Yearbook (Johnson City, NY)

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Continued from Page 8 This was a union made in Heaven. They adorned the doctrine of Christ together for a period of al- most forty years, a good example for young couples in these divisive days. Mrs. Mills was a great source of strength to her husband, journeying with him, sharing with him in all the vicissitudes of public life. The ministerial labors of Mr. Mills began as student pastor in the First Methodist Church in Ithaca, where he assisted DL Wallace E. Brown who later became Bishop. Following the years with Dr. Davis he served for three years as associate minister in the First Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Missouri. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church of the United States and served for several years under its Board of Home Missions in the Ozark Mountains. During World War I he was associate minister under Dr. Lincoln A. Ferris in the First Methodist Church, San Diego, California, giving special attention to work among the service men. Dr. Ferris was for- merly Vice President of Practical Bible Training School and pastor of Tabernacle Methodist Church, Binghamton. In 1925 Mr. Mills became associate pastor with Dr. Frank O. Belden at the First Baptist Church, Bakersfield, California, also a former Binghamtonian, pastor of Main Street Baptist Church, and close friend of the School. After a period in evangelistic work he was called to the associate pastorate of lane Methodist Church, Brooklyn, New York, in which capacity he remained from 1931 to 1938. In 1938 he was called to the First Methodist Church Mt. Vernon, New York, as associate pastor, a church made famous at that time by the prophetic ministry of Dr. Otho Barthlow. In 1942 Mr. Mills became the minister of the Federated Church in Redding Coxmecticutin which capacity he served until his retirement in 1946, when he and Mrs. Mills moved to Canajoharie, New York, to care for her brother, a business man in that city. ' Here at Bible School Park Fred Mills will always be affectionately remembered as a 'fsweet singer in Israel. God so gifted him and by training and dint of practice, he could preach a ser- mon in every solo, making a hymn live in the soul of the hearer as few men who have ever lived. Those of us who knew him will treasure all our remaining days memories of The Ninety and Nine, ,Pearls By The Way, What We Do Lives On, He Lifted Me, and several others, which were master- pieces. Singing was in his soul and came out through every fiber of his body to his very finger- tips, with the advantages of splendid training and with heart cleansed and surrendered, he sang thousands into the Kingdom. Small wonder then that he was interested in Heaven and made defin- ite arrangements about going there,-its the Land of Song, and the fragrance of hymning the Redeemer's praise perfumes the Edenic air. He was not only a singer of Gospel Hymns but authored several notable hymns himself. In Songs of Redemption And Praise, a hymn book compiled by Dr. Iohn A. Davis and john R. Clements and used extensively in the Davis and Mills campaigns, we note the following lyrics and music from the pen of Mr. Mills: Keep Confessing jesus, A Wonderful Gift Is jesus, Fellow- ship With Christ, and the musical score to a lyric by Maude Saunders entitled, Drifting. In the opinion of several, Fellowship With Christ was his most beautiful effort in hymn com- position. It testifies of his faith in Christ, his evaluation of human friendships, and reveals the beauty and poetry which filled his soul. .r , FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST As we pass thro' life's broad meadows Many times He finds us straying Our friendships cheer the way, Deceived by Satan's pow'r, But thro' all its lights and shadows When by His commands obeying None like Christ commune alwayg He would keep us hour by hour, But thro' all its lights and shadows When by Christ's commands obeying None but Christ commune allway. He would save us hour by hour. How He talks of peace and glory, Oh! whay joy to be soul-winners Of heav'n and joy we crave, And turn the chast'ning rod, 1 Then He tells the precious story Preaching Christ to wayward sinners How He conquered sin and grave, That their souls be right with God, Then repeats the sweet old story Preaching Christ to Church and sinners, How He died the world to save. Till their hearts are right with God. 'Tis peace to walk with Iesus For me I know He cares, Each day He grows more precious My griefs and joys He shares. ' Ma Lo Lowe 22 II -gi. g

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