Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-04-14
nnv. pn. roDD,s FAREWELL.

kBnVs 1Rs AVOOSS AR1 ~ HAAs l
his Parting Sermon delivered Before
q Large Conxregasion Yesterday
MerninE-Men should Nos Mourn
over she Fast but Live In the Future.
There WAS Q large congregation at the |
Church Of the Redesmer yesterday morning |
10 listen to the closing sermon of Rev. DR.. |
John e. Todd, until recently pastor of the |
church. large bouquet Of Gala lilies stoed
upon the table before the pulpit.
DR.. Todd chose his text from jeremiah !, 8:
"Thsy shall ask their way to Zion with their
faces hithsrward."
II was In the darkest period Of Jewish
history, said he. that Jeremiah uttered this
prophecy. Jerusalem was devastated, Its
people were enslsvsd In far of land. The
situation was apparently hopeless. The
few survivors wasted themselves in
despair. Then tho spirit Of prophecy
arose. Great are the praises of contentment
and great the dispraisss Of discomfort. But
discontentment urges the world onward.
What !. the moving force of society but the
achievement would be impossible. The
hope Of the world lies in its discomfort.
There 10 great deal of sneering at faith,
but II II only religious faith that Is above a
sneer. The whole business of this world
rests upon faith In things unknown. The
tendency of keeping the face towards the
future ID 70 secure the greatest happiness we
dwell upon past experience, but such remin.
isoenoes are % often tinged with sorrow az
as with Joy. II has been said, If the Lord
almighty held me out knowledge in the one
hand and the pursuit of knowledge in
the other, would choose the latter.
It is In the pursuit whore the pleasure and
achievements is but a source of dying satis-
the future also tends to develop the most
noble qualities of our character. Those
| whose faces are toward the future are those
who lead the onward march of time There
was one such man among the apostles. He
pressed forth and his influence on the world
will be felt forever. But there are but few
to listen to the important teachings of
history. The world wants not men who are
forever living in the past or the present. but
young men who are living in the future and
whose face IL continually illuminsd by its
light The remembrance Of sins and follies
| is poor spiritual food. Turn to the
plans and hopes, and vistas of the
future. A determined will alone
can conquer the glowing images of
but little future to which to look, but that
depends upon the horizon of our faith. If
the limitless years of God are ours, then we
have q boundless future to regard. What
power this idea has to lift men up, to stimu-
late them In heart and Hfe Let the dead
past bury it's dead and let its grave lose its
Iomnipresence.
We have come, my friends, to a point
where your path and mine must diverge. Fol
myself, should be migrate did not grieve
over the separation. Yet shall not sit down
and mourn over the situation. have a work
to do. There is future to look to. And
You also have work to do. Do not think
things will not be as they have been In this
church. You have q new pastor. Treat
him as You have me, kindly, loyalty
I expect to come back some time t.
see you again. There is q land fairer thar
that of oranges and palms. In this land
fair with sublime hope, we shall meet again
With this land In view and the beauty Of it,
limitless shores, bid you an affeetionats
| farewell