Mid America Nazarene University - Conestoga Yearbook (Olathe, KS)

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IN MEMORY OF REVEREND JAMES DOB ON In December a friend ofmine died and went to heaven. He was Jimmy Dobson, and hundreds of others called him friend, too. Jimmy Dobson was an evangelist. He had a gift for proclaiming the gospel, for calling people to repentance and faith in Christ for pardon and peace. He was a holiness evangelist, who believed and demonstrated the power of God to cleanse the heart from sin and equip a life for service. Can you imagine the joy that one who has preached and lived the gospel experiences when he beholds Christ in all His glory? I can image Jimmy saying, Lord, I told folks that you are real, but I didn't know HOW REAL you are! Even in heaven, freed from the limitations of earth, the heart that loved and the lips that spoke will not be able to describe fully the grace and truth that is Jesus. It is good to know that Jimmy is with the Lord and is discovering that glory which forever exceeds our imagination and speech. Jimmy Dobson was an artist. He sketched and painted beautifully, and he taught the craft to others in our colleges. He had an eye for form and color, for light and shadow, for line and texture that many of us lack. Artists are better equipped to appreciate and experience the beauty of this world than are other people, for artists see with their souls. This being true, how my friend must revel in the beauty and majesty of God's better country which are unrivaled by the most splendid scenes that meet the eyes of earth's pilgrims. No one could be better endowed to revel in the splendor of heaven than a Christian artist. There are, I am sure, constant raptures in the heart and praises on the lips of Jimmy Dobson as he looks around his new homeland. Thank God for the better country. And thank God for people like Jimmy Dobson, who make the journey and convince others to join with them in responding to Jesus' invitation, Come and seen! -W. E. McCumber

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