Donald B. Fullerton
Dr. Donald B. Fullerton | |
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Rev. Dr. Donald B. Fullerton | |
Evangelical Christian | |
Residence | Princeton, New Jersey |
Parents | Henry S. and Bessie B. Fullerton |
Occupation | Missionary and Campus Minister |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Donald B. Fullerton (July 6, 1892 – April 9, 1985) was a Christian
Student, soldier, and missionary
Student days
Dr. Fullerton was the son of Henry S. Fullerton, a Wall Street Broker and country gentleman,
The audience did not allow anything humorous to escape it; and once in a while it fairly howled over lines such as the one which announced that Abigail, quite mature as played by Fullerton, was but fourteen years of age. However, the performance was by no means marred by such unexpected outbursts, and after the first few minutes of the performance the audience even took Abigail seriously. Fullerton, in this pathetic role of the unfortunate heroine, had one of the most difficult parts to play, and he not only kept it from appearing ridiculous to his fellow students, which is in itself a feat, but he also played it well.[7]
World War One
After the entry of the United States into the
On 11 November 1918, the unit's last day in combat and the day of the
It was on the 11th that we paid our first visit to Ferme Boulaine. Some one had discovered there a barn full of hay, and as our horse were short of forage we began to carry it over, but presently an infantry officer who had two horses stabled there placed a guard over it and refused to let us have it. We never found out exactly what his reason was, for surely there was hay enough for all of us, but when E Battery encountered the difficulty Lieutenant Fullerton solved it for the time being by arranging with the infantry officer to let each of his drivers carry over an arm load of hay. The infantry officer thoughtlessly forgot to ascertain how many drivers E Battery had or how they might be identified and as a result we drew all the hay we needed.[13]
After the Armistice, he was promoted to
Small piles of stones were all that remained of what had been quaint stone villages in 1914. For miles, hills and valleys presented a continuous kaleidoscope of shell craters, trenches, dugouts and barbed wire entanglements. All canal locks and bridges were blown up. Rows of tree stumps lined the roads and canals where wonderful avenues had either been chopped away to open fields of fire or shot down by heavy artillery, leaving a mass of twisted splinters pointing in every direction.[15]
He also wrote of the purpose of writing the history of the unit:
It may also give a faint idea of what we accomplished to those who were not so fortunate as we and who wonder why some of us don't talk. For their benefit be it said that there is a certain sanctity about a battlefield. Then, too, a soldier holds dear certain accomplishments but naturally is backward about mentioning them. There are other morbid memories he would like to forget and he does not like to prolong their existence in his own mind or start them in the minds of others.[16]
Missionary work
In 1926 Fullerton decided to pursue missionary work, intending to go to the
Leading the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship
Founding PEF
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Dr. Fullerton attempted to return to the mission field in 1929 despite his health troubles, sailing out on the
In 1937 the Bible classes led by Dr. Fullerton developed into a formal student organization, the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. The first undergraduate president of the PEF, Archibald Fletcher of the Princeton Class of 1938, wrote to The Daily Princetonian that:
The purpose of this Fellowship shall be to provide an opportunity for students at Princeton University to enjoy Christian fellowship one with another, to bear united witness to the faith of its members in the whole Bible as the inspired Word of God and to encourage other students to take, with them, a definite stand for Christ on the Campus.[20]
Ministry years
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Dr. Fullerton moved to Princeton in 1953 to fully devote himself to the work of the PEF.
Dr. Fullerton was constantly about his Father's business. When he met a new student, it usually did not take more than thirty seconds for him to get on the subject of Jesus and the gospel. Then Fullerton would talk with the student as long as possible and necessary, to discern his spiritual condition, to present the gospel, to answer questions, to urge a decision. When we students sought to lead others to Christ, our main strategy was usually to maneuver them into a situation where they could have a good talk with Dr. Fullerton. Not every student who talked with him was converted, but many were. It seemed to us that, humanly speaking, if anyone could get the gospel through to a Princeton student, it was Dr. Fullerton... the greatest part of [PEF] was the godly example of Donald B. Fullerton. He was not a perfect man, but I am yet today an imitator of his, since he imitated Jesus.[24]
Retirement
Dr. Fullerton continued teaching Bible classes until 1975 and attended prayer meetings with the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship through 1980. He died at the age of 92 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is buried in the
References
- ^ "Obituaries". The Town Topics. April 17, 1985.
- ISBN 978-1579102784.
- ^ Frame, John (24 May 2012). "Remembering Donald B. Fullerton". Frame-Poythress.org.
- ISBN 978-0738537528.
- ^ "Successful Season of Princeton Summer Camp". The Daily Princetonian. September 20, 1912.
- ^ "The "Comedy of Errors"". The Daily Princetonian. March 3, 1911.
- ^ "Favorable Criticism Given Jew of Malta". The Daily Princetonian. April 1, 1912.
- ^ "The Alumni '13". The Princeton Alumni Weekly. XVII (35): 849. June 13, 1917.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. 26.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. VII.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. 191.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. pp. 197–8.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. 87.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. 103.
- ^ Crowell, Thomas Irving (1920). A History of the 313th Field Artillery U.S.A. p. 111.
- ^ "The Alumni '13". Princeton Alumni Weekly. XXVII (9): 264. November 19, 1926.
- ^ "Mauretania Sinks Car Float in Bay, Plates Bent, Ordered Back to Pier". The New York Times. November 28, 1929.
- ^ Frame, John (24 May 2012). "Remembering Donald B. Fullerton". Frame-Poythress.org.
- ^ Fletcher Jr., A. G. (12 October 1937). "Announces Evangelical Fellowship". The Daily Princetonian.
- ^ Rusten, E. Michael (February 1, 2005). The Complete Book of When and Where In the Bible and Throughout History. Tyndale House Publishers.
- ^ "Missionary Speaks at Gilbert Church" (PDF). The Wilton Bulletin. July 14, 1948.
- ^ Johnson, Barbara L. (October 1, 1980). "Pastor Edward Morgan of Westerly Road Church Gives Last Sermon after 24 years of Service". The Town Topics.
- ^ Frame, John (24 May 2012). "Remembering Donald B. Fullerton". Frame-Poythress.org.
- ^ "Obituaries". The Town Topics. April 17, 1985.