Spring Arbor University - Echo Yearbook (Spring Arbor, MI)

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ff' Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bo-ugh! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. -GEO. P. Moxuus

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BISHOP B. J. VINCENT lin memnriam Bro. Gaffin was a man of many gifts, a fine sense of appropriate- ness, an interesting conversationalist, a hater of evil and a lover of righteousness. His great soul shone, in his fervent prayers and spirit-filled testi- Iln illliemnriam Occasionally there appears among men, a spirit of the Hrst magnitude, lcingly and gracious-a character true and com- pelling, creating a most salutary atmosphere and attracting to the front and to action, the noblest and best in those about him. Such was the case in the person of Bishop B. Vincent, the son of Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Vincent, born at Ypsilanti, Michigan, August 15, 1877. He filled most acceptably varied important offices in the church. He was Principal of Spring Arbor Seminary from 1905 to 1909. In 1931, the church conferred upon him her highest of- fice. 1-Ie was permitted to serve in this capacity but a brief period, being called after holding but five conferences to his final reward, and his earthly worlc was finished. No, not finished for there is bequeathed to us, the legacy of his sacred memory, which will continue to enrich our lives. f'The memory of the just, is blessed. MRS. M. C. AYLARD C monies, by his earnest solicitation for the interests of the 'QMissionaries of the Cross , his eagerness to see , for he could not hear, the testi- monies of the saints both old and young, and his fatherly tenderness toward the 'QChildren of the Sabbath School . The years of faithful, efficient service in the ministry both as a pastor and a district elder were appropriately matched by his labors in behalf of Christian education, as Financial Agent for Greenville College for a time, and as Financial Agent, Treasurer or Trustee of Spring Arbor Seminary. At the latter place many monuments, both spiritual and material remain to express the value of his forty-three years of effort here. His going home brings deep sorrow, but the memory of his de- votion constrains us to follow his Christ. MERLIN G. SMITH. REV. H. D. F. GAFFIN Page Nine