Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1927-1928 Page: 15
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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HISTORY
The importance of teaching God's Word to the rising generation
cannot be overestimated. If people ever believe that
Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ the Son of the living God they
must be taught the Bible. The Holy Spirit tells us in Jno. 20:
30-31: "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence
of his disciples, which are not written in this book, but these
are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that believing you might have life through
His Name."
Realizing the importance of teaching God's Word to the
young people of their time Bro. David Lipscomb and Bro. J.
A. Harding began a movement in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1891,
which resulted in the Nashville Bible School, which later became
David Lipscomb College. Those who attended this school were
so taught and inspired with the importance of Christian education
that many of them sought to carry the idea to other parts
of the world.
Among those who were thus inspired was A. B. Barrett of
Tennessee. In the winter and spring of 1906 he was in this
section of the state preaching the importance of Christian education.
He enlisted the interest and sympathy of a few, and the
result was the beginning of Abilene Christian College. The
school opened in September, 1906,, in a small brick building
with only; twenty-five pupils. During the year the enrollment
reached seventy-five. The next year the faculty and equipment
were made better and the enrollment increased.
From 1908 to the fall of 1912 the school had a very checkered
career. Due to frequent changes in the presidency from
A. B. Barrett to H. L. Darden then to R. L. Whiteside, then to
Jas. F. Cox, and finally to J. P. Sewell, due to a lack of interest
in Christian Education, and due to hard financial conditions the
school had made little or no real progress up until the fall of
1912.
Bro. Sewell was himself a product of the Nashville Bible
School, and so he was thoroughly convinced of the importance
of teaching God's Word to the young people-so completely
did he and his good wife believe in this that they were willing
to pay the price of sacrifice that was necessary to build up and15
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Abilene Christian College. Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1927-1928, book, June 1928; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45915/m1/17/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.