Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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L r l 5 l l r l l I s I l f. I I V r l 4 ereezs-R The Aelettrerroeerige ' f-345' Rev. Jerm weerey Hegreee, D.D. EV. JOHN WESLEY HUGHES, D.D., founder of Asbury College, was one of the most successful pastor-evangelists of the Kentucky Con- ference thrrty five years ago He found that young people converted under hrs mrnrstry and gorng away to college often backslrd whrle securrng therr educatron and he determrned to found a school where young converts could secure a college educatron and at the same trme grow rn grace and develop a deep and genurne sprrrtual lrfe The small begrnnrngs the steady growth the hnancral struggle the stub born opposrtron and the gracrous vrctorres won at Asbury College under Dr Hughes leadershrp rf wrrtten down would make a large and rnterestrng volume Throughout the fifteen years that he was presrdent and owner of Asbury Col lege he occupred the charr of theology and phrlosophy He was a steadfast belrever rn the Word of God He had rmplrcrt farth rn the atonement wrought out upon the cross by esus Chrrst and fully recognized the personalrty and presence of the Holy Ghost and so far as was rn hrs power the school was drrected and controlled rn harmony wrth thrs stalwart farth Dr Hughes was a true drscrple of ohn Wesley He was a firm belrever rn the orrgrnal doctrrnes of Methodrsm he understood these doctrrnes belreved them and taught them wrth a cleamess force and eamestness which rmpressed them rndelrbly upon the mrnds and hearts of hrs students He rmparted to the young preachers under hrs rnstructron much of hrs own sprrrt of eamestness and holy zeal and out from hrs classes there went a body of powerful preachers and successful soul wrnners The sacrrfices he made and the rntense labor he put rnto hrs fifteen years of servrce at Asbury have been amply rewarded by the successful and frurtful servrce of pastors evangelrsts and mrssronarres who have gone out rnto the world wrnnrng great multrtudes of souls to our Savror Hrs students belreved rn hrm they loved hrm and they took de lrght to talk together over the rntense eamestness wrth whlch he pounded the old Meth odrst cloctrrnes rnto them Hrs prayers have followed them and now that he rs facrng toward the evenrng of lrfe he looks out wrth joy over the great harvest held rn whrch those educated under hrs care and drrectron are laborrng for Chrrst and humanrty A the evenrng of lrfe draws on apace hrs soul rs mellow wr h love and he holds wrth strength enrng grrp the great doctrrnes of the Brble expounded and proclaimed by the fathers and founders of the Methodrst Church findrng sweet comfort and peace rn the fulness of salvatron and the assurance of blessed rmrnortalrty Hrs love for Asbury Colle e abrdes and he watches the growth and progress of thrs school wrth rntense rnterest and a Jealous desrre that rt may never depart rn doctrrne experrence and practrce from rts orrgrnal purpose and arm God grant that the evenrng of hrs lrfe may be long that hrs sun may frnally go down rn a radrance of rmmortal glory H C MORRISON l , mt -. . . . . . . ' - fr I , ' . . . . . ' X Q l - l . . . . . kr . . , l. I ' . A s N' ,-FJ'-1:4 T? 7..fg e' aNg?5?'F2 ,e 12 H-'- e A f f e -Y W - 'ff ' ' - Y f - ' ' '- Qgbo 7 lx' l 1 F l tl , F tl l l 3 S QI Q!

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