The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-05 00:00:00

FAREWELL BERNON BY THE REV. F. D.

ADDISON.

The It.. F. D. Addison presched his farewell
sermon in Trinity Church on Sonday. After so
earns t snotsi in behalf of the Weymouth Hospital,
t'.e r •v. geootlem on c echo in I--" An I now, dear
bre thre.o. with Va. snort to prom Aso • good sad holy
con, my alowariabin among you come, to an en I.
Not my atawas lehip for Go I in this worl I. I, like
all my brethren in the ministry, am sent to preach the
Gospel, and we mut never cea.e t declare it while
life lute sal the p ower it given. Bat thoes who
know me have long been swore of my convictions that
a chande wee desirable, both for wadi and you. It
is a crest charge—a wont im;rortant sphere of labour,
net ii..g cr•at sir ngth and activily of iddy and min
al Iv. gr•-at-r then ninee at we are has left we. I
on, tlo-refoores, thoroonghly eatisfied Os to the rightnam
••1 th • step I have 10k .n. I know it is beet for all of
u. Y.. 11. I fail certal^, .1•1 hays an active sod
en,rzeti • mini.toy in the midst of yon. while I, Ain
wonting to. o I's 'service, loot without the multiplied
Cares letiCh eat, 'Way lot h •re, shall have time to
rfl of, a spew. I trans. to chink of the past and re-
m AM tits pr.-sent. before I em celled away to my
Divine Sla.t r to give an account • f my stewardship,
With resuect to the in thy w •rks I have been
permitte Ito talc.. port In bee,, I mull r ether not my
elan'h, only that 3. razor!. that ina.t futpw set
institution—the ir,ho ol—ae regard. the nature of the
church services, th • maim:son mot of tbe perish clubs,
and in son. o'lser reapects I leave the parish better
than I loom I it. I claim no are-lit for this. I
have been but on among moil w.flurs,
and not the na ot efficient. Still, thou.ds I
cutlet b-lp it 100, onyeelf an uopr &able servant,
th.,t with oo 0r...,. rgy, more oievotloto, wort greater
result" might have twat, attained ; atilt I am most
thankl.ll tor ti.. molosor. of oactwore which bag been
:raid ql me. I live seer the musk now to others,
null pray be "oily hat the same Almighty Father,
who has bY a my help sot stay .s many years. may
',so b. with them ; al4io them into wise olvcisiens ;
give them the inward power od Hi. Spirit for their
rk ; so direct them that it may red sun•l to His
41 ry a ;•I your everlasting goof. Of the unvarying
kin.lnew I have received from all nf you throughout
my ministry here I dare not low Mast m... 11 to
seek. I bare loon I trims I. and dear friend., in all
ranks of life. Icon only say may God continue with
thorn and ble,s th• no. I alao to leave you with one
paltior w ii of Ad, —N o'er cease to give the
heartiest .upprort both st your hospital and y nor
▪ 00l I In the one y on 111.6 taking part in the
lirectest manner in yogi. Saviour's work no earth ;
it as • blows I work ; it is for, for beyond • work of
merY humanity ; It I. eanctlal by Him. You ere
...relay Him In tbs b -.ii a .4 His ardlering p And
Imola, I c .usael you, by all Vla 111.tbAs yon to
eye islonort to y..ur .W. 0.0. Remember. m I have
• &hi beta^, that cost ere lo oldie.: up the WrYlautlVl
of the future ; yon are so, .king it what it is to he.
Vili you hone its ;Ay • to-r-ly for this world, merely
utilltuden, whew, hot.i ot.l selling mak* the whole
.4 life ; or will ~,.., 1.,c it nplass where God is
(canal awl Ills church I ov-ol ? f caomst doubt your
answer. But you mist koep in min I, that it depends
upon what you olo—Day. upon what you ang—in Your
present life of every day. You are moulding the
future to your own Menem; whether good or
bad. Lee it dever bs soil, then, that the good
which I. saice,l at school Is undone at house ;
that the pro c•pt of the ,eaeher coonoot 'outlive the
example of the oment. N o, let all work together for '
Mel, good and holy came, add be mmand that Mod

will more richly blase you—la your bodies as er•Ill as
your souls—for triir w cid lig web as the neat. BUS I
toUst not keep you longer. It Is hard to say farewell,
yet It mii4 be said. I pray that God may ever be
with you, In lifs an I I. or in • rr..w, in
all way, ditibted by Hie g Ila °vide' C. But above
all I commend you to Hun sod to the wor I of Ilia
grace. wive.. is .ble to build you up, and to give you
au Lobed:sacs ain .ng .11 them which are sanctified.
An fr t,e duty of t .-day•-11-orrintwer Atm words of
lii, Lor 1 Jesus, how lie sal I, 'lt is inure bleweito give
than I. receive.' I hope to meet many ol y. o t
day at the Isones so I, a. c t • Hid preemie,
ma, He be with us in the fume.. of lit, grata, and
leave His peace with us!