Asbury Theological Seminary - Seminarian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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nadie fos WILLIAM EARL BARBER Bill was born May 18, 1919 in Dalton, Georgia. He was “born again” July 12, 1936 in the Methodist Church in Dalton. He entered Asbury College in 1939 and received his call to preach in 1940, Graduating from Asbury College in 1943 he entered Asbury Seminary. Two years 'Bill served as student-pastor of the Crothersville, Indiana, Methodist Charge. | thank God for our Seminary and faculty; for the privilege of tarrying these years in Preparation for His work; and for the friends and scholarship donors who make an institution such as this possible. In the words of Paul, my testimony is ‘| am debtor.’ 'l am ready, ‘lam not ashamed.' ' HAROLD ARTHUR BRABON Harold was born in Flint, Michigan. He received his B.S. degree from Hillsdale College in 1934. Seven years a research chemist in Henry Ford's soya-bean laboratory, he developed a washable emulsion- type water paint for interior decorating. Through a picture of Stanley finding Livingston in Africa, God called him into His service. Upon graduation, Harold and Margaret plan to go as missionaries to South America. “I rejoice in Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God who bore Calvary for me. Once | was blind but now | see. Once | was servant fo my own carnal nature but now I'm free through Christ my Lord and the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit.’ MARGARET ROUND BRABON Margaret was born in 1920 on a farm in Northern Ohio. She re- ceived her A.B. degree from Asbury College in 1942. On June 28, 1942, she married Harold Brabon. Together they entered Seminary in 1943. During her three years study, Margaret has been speech instructor in Asbury College. mn For 18 years | sought in vain for a peace within my heart. God heard my heart cry and led me to Asbury College. Christ saved, sanctified, and called me into His service. ‘And the peace of God which passeth all understanding’ keeps my heart and mind through Christ Jesus. My heart yearns to ‘bring forth fruit that shall remain.’

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idee DAVID ALTON BUDENSIEK David wes converted at the age of 12. He attended Junior Col- lege at Miltonvale Wesleyan College in Kansas and graduated from Marion College, Marion, Indiana. David is to be commended upon his excellent work as secretary of the Seminary Christian Service Brotherhood this year. Upon graduation he will enter the Wesleyan Methodist Church, “Born and reared in an earnest Christian home. At the age of 12 God convicted my heart for sins committed. | contessed and God forgave. Yet wrestling against sinful habits and a carnal nature, | saw in | John, 3:8 a present deliverance and accepted the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord!'' HARRY WILLIAM CHATTERTON Harry was converted at Romeo Camp meeting in August, 1938. He entered the Kentucky Mountain Bikle Institute and was one of the “nine survivors of the 1939 flood in which he was washed ‘two and one-half miles down the creek. In 1941 he graduated from the Bible Institute and from Cascade College in 1943. He is pastor of a Methodist circuit in southern Indiana. ‘After being reclaimed in the summer of 1939, | commenced train- ing for the Lord's service. In accordance with His promise, God cleansed my heart from sin and called me to be a holiness missionary- teacher in China. Jesus is dear to my heart and by His grace | shall fulfill His call. CHARLES LOUIS CHILDERS Charles was converted in Indiana at the age of 16. One year later he was sanctified and called to preach. For eight years he pastored in the Nazarene Church in Kentucky and Texas. In 1937 Charles mar- ried Lorene Dixon. He graduated from Lindsay-Wilson Junior College in 1942 and from Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Texas in 1944. My life is not what | had planned it before | found Christ as my Saviour. My plans have changed; my viewpoint has changed; my purpose has changed; my life itself has changed. But | certainly thank God for the change. God has indeed given me ‘Beauty for Ashes.’ '