The Nome nugget., 1928-12-01
INTO GREAT BEYOND

1 VI ib- k'ou iiSi IT t'hp '1J . died at his hon. here Saturday, after suffering stroke of paraly- sis on November 10th.
 i The following biographical sketch is taken from advance matter of the Associated Press:
 Dr. Edgar Young Mullins who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance and of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary. was. at the age of fifteen. full 1 fedged telegraph operator Before this young Mullins worked as printers devil and as typesetter in his home town of Corsica, Texas, where he had lived since he was eight years old He contributed a part of his wages toward sending his older sisters through college. After his sisters were graduated he was told that his father had found means to send him through college. He entered upon liberal arts course in the Texas State Az ricultural College
 Four years later, after his gradu ation, he wandered one night into the tent of travelling evangelist at Dallas That night he was among the converts He returned home and became active in religious work at his fathers church at Corsicana
 The youth determined to enter the ministry He entered the Sou thern Theological Seminary at Louisville Here, at the age of 25. Dr. Mullins received his de gree. Kentucky became his adopt el State His first pastorate was at Harrodsburg. Ky. From there he went to the Lee Street Baptist Church. Baltimore. where his work came under the notice of Joshua Lowering. president of the board of trustees of the Southern Baptist Seminary.
 Dr. Mullins left Baltimore to take the pastorate of the First Baptist Church at Newton Center, Massachusetts. then considered one of the most important Baptist pull pits in the United States since the Newton Center Baptist Theological Seminary was there.
 In 1899, the Baptist seminary at Louisville closed it's session with out president shortly thereafter the Baptist Argus at Louisville. wired Dr. Mullins for his picture. His curiosity was aroused He wen. to the telegraph office at Newton Center to investigate. The telegraph operator was out and Dr. Mullins Wa granted permission to flash his own query over the wire, Much to his surprise he found that the Boston office was calling New ton Center with message which invited Dr. Mullins to accept the seminary presidency He imme- diately wired his acceptance. In addition to his administrative duties Dr. Mullins wrote numerous books on theological subjects. A number of these have been trans lated into other languages. For three years he served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention and in 1923 was selected as presi dent of the Baptist World Alliance. composed of 12,000.00o religious workers.
 Dr. Mullins vas born in Franklin county, Mississippi, June 5. 1860. He was the son of the Rev. Seth ! Cranberry Mullins. Both his fath- CT and his ;.hcrs father were ; preacher-planters in the county. During his pastorate in Harrods- burg, Ky. he married Miss Ida May Hawley
 When Dr. Mullins accepted the presidency of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. a real test confronted him. Strife had torn the school in the closing months of his predecessors administration. This disturbed condition reacted through the entire denomination. All eyes were centered upon the new president. Many were watch ing for an opportunity to entangle him in his words or actions. In