Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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0n oard S P IJery early in the voyage he subjected himself to a pitiless examination, e dissected his motives, and iveighed his ambitions —the result was this: ' Whither am I going? o the M§u World. What to do? .y ' o gain honor? VH£ , if lynow my oivn heart, ' o get money? Mp; I am going to live to Qod, and bring others so to do. Here is the un- covered secret of cAsbury ' s life in America.

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I u (zyKccepiancd of the Gall ulJhen John ' Wesley issued the call for Ivorkers for the Nclr ' isJorld, shury heard, went to his l riees, hearkened to Qod ' s foice, and volunteered. ' Who shall say where the influ- ence from this decision nill end! Ke became the John Lesley of the Western World. TTT CTX S ±ijSk 54 X ' l?

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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(