Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-30

REV. y. c. SATLoRs Address AT Elm STREET BAP-
TIsT CHURCH.
An unusually large congregation assembled at
Elm Street Baptist Church, yesterday morning.
to hear the farewell sermon Of Rev. n. @. Nay
lor, pastor OF tho church.
Owing to the severe Affections through which
MIR. Naylor has passed within the last six weeks
he was much affected and his references to the
death of his wife aud child within two weeks of
each other, caused many tear to drop during
the delivery Of his sermon.
He announced a. his text part OF the ist
verse OF the i3l chapter OF Isaiah g" Fear not
for have redeemed thee, and said that when
God chose people, it WAS not mere caprice of
His mind, but he always stood by His people,
aud He cares more for His children tAan for
those opposed to Him. lie does not promise 10
keep HIS children ous OF the fire, but 1t is when
we pass through the hres of ath.ction and the
waters of persecution that we feel the strong arm
OF God beneath US, ltis generally received OPT
Mon that when in adyerrity He ls frowning upon
Us, but it is when troubles bear hard upon us
that God whispers sweetly into Our ears, " fear
not for have redeemed thee
1t is true that God makes the sun to shine
upon the evil and upon the good, and sendeih
rain upon the just and the unjust, but the prom
i-e of special protection and peace only to
those who are HIS children,
Mr.. n then contrasted mans ways with Gods
ways, and showed the great djifereuce between
the two. lii personal reference, the speaker
said that two years ago, lie cams TO this lnf5nt
church single man. If any person had toll
| hun that within two short weeks every ambition
| OF his life would have been ualayZsd he could
not have believed 1t. " have lived years in
| two weeks time When ! returned
| home. instead OF meeting the LOVING
| welcome of my dear companion, there
was instead, cold lifeless form before me COW
cred with ice. o. II the brain would OILY stop
working for time o. il the pulse would only
stop beating, that l might for short season
| forget what have pas4ad through. But have
| been brought nearer to God. | have learned
more of CHRIST in the last Two weeks than / had
| known in all my lie befare. FdhuS, God
| caught me and whispered in my ear, ''iunr not,
| have redeemed tAre' Mr.. \. in drawing n
line between The world aai the rtaeaiaad, SAID
there were many church members who would
never get to Heaven, bnt only tan sineere fn-
| lowers of Christ who had baen re,eemed liz
| ssid that Henry Ward Bseeler in lls sermon
Mt the Tsiu Mountain had pfeeehed gradual
| deye plnent into Chiiegian SnCn dtmh&bit
heresles, said the speaker, drag uen and throw
them headlong into perdltiun. Je-ns redeemt
us wth his preeioua bUGd, and lie SILL baep hi
redeemed. = TN Alr. Naylor lot 10 grove fo
me- No. blessed wife, l Wijl luot gricve for tile
for ! know tlie5 leng redeemed l shall NEE
her. Good bye friends SINCE my comm
amongst you l have known nothing but kind
ness from YOU The hannies5 aud the tad.ce
Of Iny life has bseu sptut 8Ino 1gst yGG, and il /
| were possible / would gladly stuy with you
Next sunday, When an far away III Gi4tau
church preaching redecm.ns love. my heart VII
come back To Elm Street Church. ttlod bye
brothers and sisters with my parting words
would eXuort you to cling TO the cross OF Christ
Mr.. Navlor has received b uuaulmous call t.
| u congregation IN Iutteiowu, 5ioutgomcr
county, Pa, where he VIII preach nc&t sunday