Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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' T reaching to the Teople cJ ' Tancis c shury recognized the itinerant nature of his 1vor and denied himself the enjoyment of a home, ut, to the ' o an Without a ome there were a thousand firesides where he was an honored guest. On the frontier he stopped at every home and lifted men ' s thoughts to Qod, and instilled ideas of morality. Wesley urged his preachers to go into every house, c shury saidy I Ivould go farther, and say, ' Qo into every kitchen and shop, address all, — aged and young — on the salvation of their souls. ' Francis c shury It ' as the hest -known as well as the hest-loiped man in all (America; in every city in the Republic he counted his personal friends by scores and hundreds. In village and on farm, his name was familiar to all. He comforted many in their sorrows, and agonies, and like a tender, faithful shepheixi sought for lost sheep from V w Hampshire to the Southern S ( , cind from the (Atlantic to the lue Qrass Land of Kentucky. b . ' i sW,WA(

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■%ev. IsOilliam T avid kers, B.T). dedications to T)r. W. T . cAkers ' Whom, early in cAsbury ' s history, its founder called to his side to assist him in steering its course and shaping its destiny; ir iose noble efforts then made a rich conviihurion to the struggling holiness school; ivhose ripe scholarship, positive convictions and mellow spirituality still loom large among the influences u ' hich keep Qreater c.4sbury true to its purpose, broad in its vision and constructive in its doctrine; ue, with reveience, honor and deepest loi ' C dedicate this, the fourteenth ' o!i«7ie of ' • he cAsbwiaru, ■ .M .