, 1876-09-25

JnllltA nQt u HE1uOItlrAklult HuL WILL
Ing To cast itself Into the atns Of q pure and
lofty hope. The hand of such soul everything
in nature seems to grasp and ly " tn pull up
ward. Nothing fully assures 1t, hut n!l the,
voices Of earth, Of nature and rn'', OF Bible aud
Christ, nil the greatness Of tie world, all the
partings uf friends, nil the hours In thu temple
OF religion, ull The profound luuglngs at the
living A'H! the tears or rapture cf te dying ten
lcrly lca'l It md lay deepcr and deeper the
tally IN MI u1selout!cd light, Il viii tln,l lis
chief joy, mot III hoastlng Of what perfect knuwl-
edge Il posscsscl IN eArtl, but lii The memory
OF service duly rendered In fatlt ut the nltur
Of n Gud "wl.oln, not having seen, 1t loved"
THE REV. W. A. BARTLETT.
Ills FAREWELL To THE PLYMOUTH coNahRoA-
ri0v.
Plymouth Congregational Church was crowd
cd to uyrrilnw!s,g lust night, the occasion br!ng
tic official lcave-taklpg OF the pastor, Dr.
Bartlett, who has accepted call to Indian
npolfs Tic church was beautifully dccked with
ilnwcrs. Following is al nbstraet Of the tarc-
well discourse:
Finally. brethren, farewell; be perfect: be Of
Eoo! comfort; BE- Of one mind: i've IN peace; md
tls God Of love M! peace shai! lc with you'll
C0rlnfAidas, yisi., II.
dismiss any cxcgeticaI handling Of this text,
It suits nc as II Ia. Coriuth III some ways was
ANe NN"7of '' ooH'~ ways u's'.At. - '"ee
d great commercial centre. 1t WINS filed with
life aud mental activity, Unlike Chicago, Il
llad Its grandeur In the past, while this city
forecasts 1t for the future. this text Is Paul's
farewell unfollcd III this letter to the Corin-
th!ans, aud 1t contalns III II q summary Of all
divine bene3irtion. It tells liuw God may re-
fnain with a people, and Tint Is The snprcnest
blessing. "Bc 1,crfeet,'-that Is, liavc Il per-
f,.tinu of nrnpe Il RI ri pbnt1 comfort 't,..that
Is, rcacl, nftcr spiritual consolations "Dc
of onc mind ,D-tba. II. hc n INIT +, YOUR mr.,
nosos md ,Icsrrcs vi. .,vo In rcacc. .;,-n,,t hc
poscs u'sa ueS',es M r. i.so an E,,e, ,ss ~
atlons "thG God 9l love n',t peaec,n not thS
l;nu M wratl! att! hatred. "sla!l be with YOU"
w l'nyc to 10 with tbs text TONIGHT only SO
Tar as IN tlle rectal the history that
sec tht God laa bcen VII with % al'is p' pgo'~
pic, anu inter, hc.lce, tt'at 6oo Will DC with
thcm; Tor believe they havg " measure put
theinsclyca under these conditions That would
sers ihc p,essse; r, !; 6oa ~ aays IT, TO roe; IT,.
be littGd up into higher ahd 6riehter Issoela,
item. Men lint meet Simply by cyeSisht a,ht
physiea' contact aso no points ol union hcees-
anrlly' II We haye ilet ~ nlontai sonsmun9.y, "
Il VIZ have met III spiritual experience, II wy
have met unucr that uEllnc experience TIM TIM
God gives thrnllgh the Holy Ghost, We sl'atl
never pnt; wv ST uowh uhuer my satne
bcnBhaht tather, 1nst as We elt ul9er tne
same ttar, md sc shall 80 no tlorc out forever.
l!e cHIls. iher s|cclal auty IS 70 Know
TINT lie cnitf, u they can, nilt', whcn lucy
lityc nsccrta1ca y, ~ oDcy, u has beeh Known
TO thls lce ttas sslce tne en!ain'ty s that oetsl
oIllce lns leen to M slight. ! have been held
from sabnt lo sabbath, and dny to day nt tlrst,
by your partial eynpnthy anu nllcctfol,. GsttlnE
stronger any h,ofe reaay lor seIVlee, nave
nst never ss1'ec % tlat %dny l'aye fully M assatned
the pastoral relation. And there has been
debate, cren 70 this present. US u
whether Should aescnt n c. one ol
trcs s!!s ve 70 70 ,' g nr9a & wa ns some
cutca, the 1tl1cr To !nianapolts, n'id thc other
tU retfaln AeFc. have. inally, ils l beltevc
under thu guidance oi dod, with prayer, mud
uain, mud anguish, md soFrow, mu'lc y de-
vision. God unly KNOWS whether 1t be rtGnt ur
best: Landed np0i! this coast fron the l:ast,
atNl 1t WIS cmhankcd with flowers. ! set saLl
from II under ny re'lolence nf thcae sweet
auspices, nn! you tlhvo stressn tlse way between
thEsc t'owcr-mlnks very often Will! roses.
MY purpose tu talk over thu past,-tn scc u In
MY WY the PROMISE n achievement at the BE-
gi,nlg hui hccn iHlflllcss,--t sye whether the
sails clint were eet Ind strained harder towarl
md Lave cnusct us TO DRIFT. III two months It
will be eight years siirG began my ministry In
Chicago. II Is not sufficient to shy Tint the
rln.rei, haB tcrn cnlusged, that, lis ,uclllbcr-
ship lns inrge'y Increased, that wo hare
passed frun nlIn pnrt uf TIC city TINT was mt as
co,illodlul,s to another with Mrgcr altl granlrr
Acrs,lhlsludat Ions. These statistics tell very
small story, hut tho unwr!ttcn imwcr Of niin:
1stry VI tint length will never lc nscertaiaed
until tu Judgment Day. This Church 1lls
heen open to strangers fs.ln all parts u the
wurll,-frum the President Of the United
Stntrt, who las worsllrcd with Plymouth
Church, In tho newsboy upon the slrvtt; Rnl
there ,lo ,lla,, nlay tell: Vust spiritual powers
rutIlHte from every spiritual centre.
III thu first .,!ncu propose ts take n little rr-