Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-04-23
Elder Errett's Farewell.

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! Sermon of Elder ERRETT, at the request
of several Of the friends of this gentle
man. we copy from the Warren cores
pondence of the Mahoning Register. We
were not present at its delivery, or we
should have spoken of it before. In pull
pit eloquence, Mr.. ERRErr has no supe-
riors in this vicinity, and his departure
will be regretted by very many who
have been his listeners. AS he will re-
turn here for his family, before taking
his final departure, if his arrangements
can be so made that he could preach on
the Sabbath, it would be gratifying 10
many:
Elder ISAAC ERRErT, long connected
with the Disciples Church at this place,
preached his farewell sermon Sunday
evening last. A crowded and interested
audience was in attendance. His text,
l blush to say. | do not recollect, but the
principle inculcated, was the great me-
cessi,y of abiding Christian faith. He
skelched a brief history of the rise, prog
ress, and fell Of all the monster systems
If error which have in successive ages,
cursed this world, anil pointed the be-
lever to the Scripture, ''Lo L am with
you always" dc. Rome once held
sway over the whole known world /; CO.
lossal in her proportions, mighty in her
power, and, TO the eye of sense, impreg-
nable TO the attacks of all mankind
When at her height, within her borders
Christ arose, the Prince of Peace, and
sent his eleven poor, unlettered, ragged
followers, without purse or script, TO
subdue this monster power. He was
thought to be a designing imposter, and
his disciples deluded madmen ; yet they
went forth c%onquering and to conquer.
and centuries after, when the temporal
power of Rome had been weakened by
the spread of the gospel. Martin Luther,
a poor, meddlesome monk, arose, and in
the face of Popes. and Kings, and Elec-
tors and Edicts, bartled against spiritual
dominion so successfully, that now Ro-
manism has sway only in the weaker of
modem nations ; her political imbecility
a Kissing and a by word, and her
Eternal City" a mass of stupenduous
ruins. When the Pilgsim Fathers quit
ted the land of their nativity because of
persecution, and cast their lot on the in
hospitable shores of New England. sur
rounded with peril on every hand, the
eve of sense would have said it was all
in vain (; yet from the seed planted on
Plymoth ltock has sprung up the might
est, the freest, and the most glorious fab
ric the world ever saw. And now, when
We look abroad over the entire globe,
and see the darkness of heathenism al
most universal, civilization and chris
tianily only here and there shown by
small bright spots. our hearts sink with
in us, and we are ready to despair ; yet
at this time, with all this darkness over
shadowing, the commerce and destinies
Of the world are in the hands of Chris
tian Nations, and Bibles are printed in
every tongue and circulated through
every land.
The foregoing is but meagre outline.
Nothing short of the accurate pen of a
ready reporter could have done the Revd
gentlemen sny'hing like justice. The
discourse throughout was a mastery
treatment of the subject, Astounding in
strong points, and expressed in the speak
er's usually beautiful language. Mr.. E.
is, l understand, intending TO take up his
abode in the wilds of the far West. By
his departure the pulpit loses a shining
ornament, and the cause of reform an
efficient advocate. Elder JOSEPH KING,
a young man of worth and promise, who
has been the regular Pas.Or for some
months, still continues the charge.