, 1876-11-27
FAREWELL SERMON.

THE REV. J. u. WHITEHEAD BIDS AptEu TO THE
NOITil-sTAN BAPTIST CHuRCiI.
Tho Rev. j. NJ. Whitehead, pastor OF tho
Nortl'-star Baptist Church., corner Of Division
and Scdgwtek streets, ended q pastorate Of six
ycars yesterday, and at tho forenoon service
prcachcd bis farewell sermon. Hctook Ills text
from Second Corinthians, chapter u, verse II:
Finally, brethren. farewell. nc perfect, be OF
good comfort, be OF one mind. live tn peace, and
the God Of love and peace shall comfort you.
He 1rst spoke Of the triais aud trjbulat!ons
through which ILLS congregation l'ad to pass, but
nevertheless they had accomplished great denl
Of good. There was much good bclug done by
the central anu revival meetings; still he hc-
lIeved that not as much can bo aecom-
pltshed as by tue individual churches
themselves. The interest and influence in
on the work OF the Individual churches Unless
every member Of each church takes hold, the
meetings will not prove SUGGEST, nnl lot saye
u many souls as one Individual church could
central meetings out Of Idle curiosity, but the
Church of God was ttle home Of tho sinners.
lie hnl no confidence in tho work dune outside
Vi the Church. Il they. tncant to accomplish
anything u must be done inside the Church.
They might never again have such m oppor-
tunfty az there Was noW. He never agaIa eH-
pects to see such masscs conc together fH haE-
inony and unity ~ there were now. This was u
of tho three months which had been set aside
for this work. Il they meant to Euakc harvest
they must work, and work within the Church.
lie could look with pride upon tho work 1o.le
remained yet to be done If the go'ei work
goes on, they would soon be ahle to do more
good thau some q tho lnrgct md more pretcu-
uous churches. Ever sincn h0 came into tho
yerted mud suuls saved. There was a way by
which tho church could accomplish snoro ti,aa
ever. The brethren ati1 sisters must be loyul
to tho church.. They had been much crippled
III ust I'll list HpsH stc a e cRa1eh 81 ss do
hut not only must they bs loyal to their church
hut also 10 their past9r. They must Hnd no
fault with the preaclilug, ald should 60 10 the
praycr-mees!ags and work. The pastor could
not 70 to tnen, they tnust eolnn to him IT the
church. The doctor WIS not going AROUND ask
lug people wllctllrr thry wcro sick. II people
were taken ILL.,, they had to send ior him.
o Ms t1n n kG IL sy sdss4ss ss!asy M s I si Nsh x %
Ind now to sever. Ever siuce be lnl conc TO
iieut he had shared with their Joy and sorruw.
lie had Gono With thcnl through tic disastrous
time Of thu great eoniagra.ion, and assisted IL
as auy ono. lie admitted hs falle,!
In many instances, for there was no man
WIN WA perfect. But there was one thing Of
Which he felt proud, and that WIS Ills loyalty to
ti.s cl,urch.-to tic denomination 10 whic, hu
belongs. lie hoped from the bottom VI Ills
heart lint they would conttnnc to prosper, and
he would never ceaac tn take lively interest II,
their welfare. They must seek salvation iu
tllcr own church and not attend othrr churches,
which would help them but little. They must
nlsu uttcn.l to t'ier sabbatI.schooi aud aid tho
Superintendent. They hsd obstacles to
n,ilst Of foreign population who lid not speak
ti,e Euglist Language, but this should nut dis
courage tlcnl. Il should only spur tllc.n tn
more determined efforts. During the last part
of llls sermon the reverend gentleman WAS muvl,
affected, md the tears run down Ills cheeks pro-
fusciy. The congregation. and particularly tbs
female portion oI II, was equally, effected, alsd
there was hardly dry eye III the bpusr.
The Rcy. j. n. Whitehead is goiug to assumc
charge Of tho Suutl. Dclylderc Church, where he
will cunilncncc Ills labors next Sunday.