| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 5 |
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Lifelong friendships were formed during these years. Perhaps the most intimate was with Charles A. Dickey, whom he assisted at a newly organized mission in Allegheny which grew into the Fourth United Presbyterian Church. There – in Sunday school, in prayer meeting, and the pulpit – he was a conscientious and unassuming associate. One of the great joys of later life in Philadelphia was friendship and fellowship with Dr. Dickey, then pastor of Bethany Church.
When the seminary celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary, Dr. Miller wrote a hearty letter telling of his indebtedness to the institution. In this he said:
“By far the most lasting influences of my seminary life were its fellowships… That which has stayed with me most persistently during these years has not been the theology, the church history, the New Testament Greek, or the Old Testament Hebrew, but the memory of certain men and the impressions which they made upon my life.”
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