One Man's Journey Down BJU Memory Lane
My next and greatest mentor was the late Founder and President of Bob Jones University, Dr Bob Jones Sr. My first recollection of him was the opening message he preached at the beginning of my first year as a student at BJU. I had been used to mild mannered sermons, preached by mild mannered preachers, but when I heard Dr. Bob preach for the first time, it took my breath away. He was like a mad man, running all over the platform, hollering and screaming like a banchie Indian. I’d never heard anything like him. It was electrifying, mesmerizing and captivating. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I listened intently on every word that came out of his mouth. When the invitation was given to accept God’s call to preach, I was out of my seat like a flash of lightening and down the aisle I went, never to regret the decision of that night. That was my introduction to the greatest spiritual mentor of my life.
As I went from building to building on campus, I noticed sayings written on wall plaques and placed on walls throughout the campus buildings. At first, given my ignorance of scripture, I thought they were Bible verses, but soon learned that they were sayings of Dr. Bob Sr., many of which continue to stir me on to this day. For instance, “Do right till the stars fall;” has kept me from getting in trouble time and time again, and two of my all time favorites, “Never sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate”, and “It’s never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right,” have kept me on track for the last 60 years.
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