Daily Republican., 1884-02-04
|AREWELL SERMON.
REV. r. II. DUVAL Bids HIS
IRRIGATION FAREWELL
INTERESTING DISCOURSE.

le various aisles in order to q,
bdate the large number Of POI
ho had come fer the purpose {
bg to the farewell sermon of thei
ed pastor, the Rev. Y. Is. DuVa
about to take his departure
+ field Of labor. After the usua
voluntary the services wer
with prayer and o hymn o
after which the pastor read tn
raj lesson from the XCI Pssl I'm
that dwelleth in the secre
Il the Most High shall abid'
,he shadow OF the Almighty
owing the mornings lesson q
prayer was offered for the people
ere about to be left without .
hud divine blessing was invoket
be church and its people. Afel
Nearer My God to Thee" ant
ne a new member into tn,
the pastor, with q sorrowfu
dyanced to the desk Of the pulpit
bnonnred his text from the XIII
! OF PanI's second Epistle to the
Ahians, llth verse T.: " Finally,
rn, farewell. BE perfect, be OF
blnfort, be Of one mind, live in
and the God oflove and peace
: with you"
beulns his discourse the pastor
heart was not in a spirit Of ser.
ng On this, to him, u solemn
Ia, but he would endeavor to
en plain and straightforward
concerning their present and
happiness and to invoke on them
ck together with the friends as-
j, the richest blessings OF God
fher, that they might be the
prs Of His riches and faith.
is 10 scripture written, said he,
hyeytd his thoughts more fully
be words of Pau! Finally,
(p, farewell. BE perfect, be of
bmfort, he of one mind, live In
eni the God OF love and peace
b with you" When one Is about
hate the close and sacred ties that
pastor with a loving people, the
bidding them farewell IL in
hard task, and upon such an
n the word farewell" Is filled
world Of meaning. He then
fed to illustrate the power Of that
Srd, by quoting the dying words
hs, when he turned TO his friends
Ckc III his own language, which,
4ted to our native tongue, was sim
reweIl. Cyrusand Paul rilled that
bill 10 the brim Of warm, parting
bn, which signifies, on the part OF
hat spraketh, a sense that he may
eIl, be- we'll and do well. After
portray ing the power OF the
the speaker stated that on the
band some people use IL In a
manner and think no more Of 1t,
hpIy "tireweIl.
speaker in referring TO his call
khrr part of the Masters vine
bald he joined with the apostle
3buld nil the word farewell I"
the brlm, with heartfelt wishes
pey, his sorrowing congregation,
VI be well an.i do well In the
Dye oi the scripture he said :" My
desire and prayer TO God Is that
pple might be saved !" we are
to separate from those who have
loving and are loved. At this
Y took occasion 10 inform all
HON he had come in contact
bring his pastorate here, that if
hem had been or felt aggrieved
word OF deed or his, he humbly
hem 10 forgive, for he had never
bgly wronged any person. 81
you loving you az one people,
nepaEt loving you as one p ople;l
eye without one mark of dis,
2h between any member Of the
4 He exhorted his flock 10 be
bt, and went 90 TO show that re-
and we'll being fails not 80
IRON lack Of energy as from
sl'rd an incident that occurred
b" was stationed at Washington.
red man 10 fill large ca.k with
!. After III" man had worked for
timr he began to weary and made
marx that II appeared to him that
'ir water he poured IN the larger
sk became. Finally he was told
MN ihe cask, and upon looking
! discovered IA hole from which
'ltr was leaking out almost as
II was beng put in This, said
'r"Ncf, was Ike some of Gods
, VINO labor III vain and as apos-
re run ia vain, which Is likened
10 wasting Of good seed. Imper-
III a business man, no matter
or what his business
cations may be, without that
't'hr>s necessary In every capa-
human life, he can not succeed.
"Irh"SS is the salvation of men. |
'''" boy may he full of energy |
IF" untold quantities of midnight |
"AriuI over his book, but moth
or complete, conse-
! be tails. Those who continued
"'Fer, TO accomplish what they
"'k' Lad learned the keynote Of
cl"rred briefly to Herod's trou.
III Inisiortunes in times gone by !;
s'y'S over the audience before
III T"ld many who have waited
ny ministry here, are halting up
completeness. That was the
with Herod, he did not go
''hp'rtehess." Urging h is hear
~ completeness hs said "that all
mes were designated as first, Sec
t'tlrd class, which was the case
~ ,'IIoWtfs OF Christ Jesus. Many
were drifting like the
'ood Iefton the muddy banks of
you continue on in incomplete
u VIA not meet with the success
"'clphte but must necessarily
Il performing your labors here
yo' must bring every thought,
Iil action into requisition 1t is
men generates feeling and makes
i'f bringing every thought into
i"i 10 Jesus Christ. The whole
an Church is adjusted like a hu-
ny. We all JOIN together and
ut with that,body." AFTER dwell
rw minutes on that point, he re.
I" the modest people in the
who were opposed to many
zone openly aInoug Gods people
ked upon them as being merely
", while they held aloft and
rot join in the compact.
iSe people who held aloft from
'Iow.mcn and ca workers, he
\ man approaching a General,
's reviewing his company in ,
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