The Jack Miller Archive

Enrolled in September classes in Philadelphia. At some point, Jack became a deacon in the church. But I don't have record of that. Presbyterian Guardian:22:Oct 15, 1953, 190.
Bob & Keren & Rose Marie Interview 1:

RM: So so by that time I was with three babies well yeah Paul was three months old, but they paid for Jack's ticket to go to Westminster and then sent us a check, one every month so we sup — Jack supplemented our income by by working part time. In the mean time he was going to seminary well and and a year later Barb was born and I was getting pretty worn out and Jack was sick a lot. Just because we had no car and Philadelphia winters were were brutal when you had to stand out in the corners and wait for street cars or buses to come. So at the end of two years he he was he was sick a lot and he said he said I can't go on. And he was straight A student there but.. #3:54:37.7#

RM: Bob Bob Demoss was (inaudible) they picked us up in their car, brought us to church, and that's when he and Harvey Conn became good friends. Yeah so that's kind of kind of another story, but so after two years he said we've got to leave. #3:55:7.8#

RM And so we we left and then they just pled with Jack to stay but he said we won't, I just can't go on like this. I can't, so he applied for, see Dr. Van Til had a good friend in this little town in (inaudible) in the dutch community. So he he had, I guess he must have talked about Van Til, he suggested that Jack (inaudible) school there wouldn't Jack apply for a teaching job. Well Jack's bent was always philosophy but but that will all all they had open was a was English. So that's why he ended up getting his doctorate in English literature. So we were there from '53, I'm sorry '54, we moved there in '54, and then Jack taught there, started working on his Ph.D., church plant was starting... #3:56:25.3#

When Paul was three months old, we moved to Philadelphia so that Jack could attend Westminster Seminary. We lived in Germantown in a second-floor apartment with four rooms. This is where our fourth child, Barbara, was born. Our sleeping arrangements were interesting. Roseann was in the front room, Paul was in the kitchen, Ruth was in the second bedroom and Barb was in the hallway. Moving to Philadelphia was a cross-cultural experience. In addition, winters were cold; summers were hot. I was used to the gentle climate of San Francisco. But God provided every need. I was content.

Living in Philadelphia was not easy. Jack took public transportation to seminary, often standing for long hours in the wintry cold waiting for the bus. After two years, he became ill and I was also very weary. We decided to return to California. Barbara was almost a year old; Paul was two, Ruth three, and Roseann four.

Miller, Rose Marie . NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD (Kindle Locations 3359-3374). New Growth Press. Kindle Edition.