Practical Bible Training School - Theologue Yearbook (Johnson City, NY)

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He Lived For Other! I The Pres IIQQI- BIIJIQ Tffnmiryg SQIQUOI I Bible SCIOQOI IDGVIK, 4G od works In as mystmious way His Wcrrvdfevs fo pf-rfor rrp? ' TI-IE OLD WHITE CITY HDTEI. WHITE CITY BEER GARDEN. KING I-If-ILL om MERRY-GU-ROUND SHELTER ' MOTHERS' PIEPIQRIIIIL I I yu than be Vixen with CIIVISL, .suck Illusc Lllings wI1irI1 we above, LUILUTU CIWLSL siLIcLIL on LIL 'fight hand of Godf' Col, 351,

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26 He Lived 1: or Otberf' notes of the Alleluiah Chorus in adoration of jesus Christ, then will the realization of the success of the comparatively small beginning be known. Bible conferences mark the achievement of another of Dr. Davis' visions. And soon or late to all who sow, The time of harvest shall be given, The flower shall bloom, the fruit shall grow, If not on earth, at last in Heaven. One of the earliest students at the Practical Bible Training School was G. Lloyd Hughes, shown in the 1 G. LLOYD HUGHES accompanying cut. He was a young Welshman from the Pennsylvania anthracite regions, called of God for definite service. He came to Lestershire and worked his way through school. He was a thor- oughly consecrated young man, who lived close to God, as an incident of his school days will show. Lloyd Hughes had been working at the time and, in his working clothes, was on his way walking from his place of employment to the school, at the close of the day's work. He was proceeding along a street when he felt an urge to call at a certain home which he was passing. He glanced at the house, realized that he knew no one there and continued down the street. However, the urge to stop at that particular house was so great that he retraced his steps and, because of his having working clothes on, went down the side of the house to the back steps, and up those steps. He knocked at the door, which was opened by a working man. Lloyd said, I beg your pardon, sir, but did you want to see me? to which the man replied, I guess I dog you were speaking on the street corner over in Stella the other evening, and I can't get away from it. I want to know how to become a Christian. Lloyd led him to Christ. Lloyd Hughes made it a practice of being present at the family devotional period, held each evening in the parlor immediately after supper. He frequent- ly prayed, Lord do not let me disappoint you. These times of worship were honored with God's presence, and bring blessed memories to mind. Lloyd went to China and proceeded to the south- ern part. He was possessed with a longing to preach the Gospel in Annam. He finally did have this pleas- ure which, however, was short-lived for during the heated season of the year he was stricken with brain fever and went home to be with his Lord. Lloyd lived a brief but brilliant life for God, and was an- other product resulting from the consecration of john A. Davis, A Gospel wagon was pressed into service and proved a great help in carrying Gospel singers and workers-also attracting the attention of men, women and children to the inspiring meetings they held. Musical instruments had a large part in calling the crowds. An incident in the life of john A. Davis is worth mentioning here. H. H. Wagner was one of the first students of the school, and one of the students to go out in the groups for platform meetings. One Monday morning he was waiting at the office for Mr. Davis, in order to make report concerning the meetings held while Mr. Davis had been out on an evangelistic campaign. When Mr. Davis came in, he had his offering from the campaign in coin bags, in a satchel. While receiving his report, he emptied the offering out on his desk and commenced to count it. At this moment, Miss Lena King, matron of the institution, entered. Mr. Davis greeted her and asked how the institution had been getting along during his absence, and whether or not the school's bills had been paid. She replied that they had not been paid but, on the contrary, there were several which were somewhat pressing. Mr. Davis then counted out three or four small amounts, saying, I need that for my grocery bill and that for . . designating other bills and, with a sweep of both hands, he pushed the uncounted offering over to Miss King and said, Miss King, take the rest of it. This is but one illustration of the unusual sacrifices of john A. Davis for the institution God brought into being through him. Rule your temper or it will 'ruin you.

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28 He Lived For Others VII. Behold, the Place Wherein We Dwell Is Too Strait for USU Il Kings 611. The School was rapidly growing and it was re- alized that it would be necessary to seek larger quar- ters with dormitory accommodations and campus facilities. just outside of the city limits of Bing- hamton, N. Y., there was a notorious amusement park known as the Wliite Cityf' The drunken- hood decreased in valuation. Residents of the neigh borhood feared to ride on the street cars going to and from that section because of the undesirable char acters so often crowding the cars. At this time Evangelist john A. Davis was resid DAVIS HALL, NOW KING HALL ness and debauchery of the place was unspeakable. Conditions, in fact, were so vile, degrading, and unlawful that a separate jail had to be erected on the property to make possible the immediate incar- ceration of those guilty of the more serious viola- tions of law. The property of the entire neighbor- ing on West End Avenue, in Binghamton, so that it was necessary for him to ride on this street car line on his way to and from the city. Thus, he was fa- miliar with the conditions existing on the cars and also to a certain extent with the conditions prevail- ing at the White City. This amusement resort THE PRESENT POST OFFICE The face is an index to the Soul.