The Newtown bee., 1893-08-18
REV MIR DELZELL'S FAREWELL.

An audience which completely filled the Congregational church, was present on Sunday morning to hear the farewell sermon of Rev S. w. Delzell, who ended his pastorate with that service. Rev MT Delzell took his text from John 15 II, ''These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.' "If man does what he ought to do," said the preacher, "happiness and joy will take care of itself. But when happiness is made the object of pursuit in life, just the reverse will be the result. 1 don't say there isn't joy of the world. There is. But it don't last long enough for a man bubble.''
 The secret of joy is shown in Romans s: ?, "For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the l law of sin and death.'' You fill a man | with the life of Christ and you give him joy. This joy comes as natural result l of fruit bearing. You need not seek joy. But get in right relationship with God and he will take care of the joy. It has been my purpose during my ministry here to preach the Word in the spirit of love. Perhaps I have wounded some. But it seems to me the time is so short, we can't deal too much with preliminar- | ies. Let us drive at the main truth. If anyone has been wounded over my man. I her of putting the truth, I feel very sor- the spirit of truth.
 l I believe in the second coming of the Lord. I don't know just how near it is. But he is coming. have preached the second coming, because it is one of the cardinal doctrines, and ibecause l have desired to have your joy full. Christ's joy has been fulfilled in me I believe. have been preaching to you for about two years, the idea of separation iron the world for Gods service. When yor come out wholly on the Lords side, al , will be right.
 want say to you, my friends in thi church, to-day, that you will prosper il true sense as you walk before God: Il this connection the preacher condemned church suppers, entertainments, etc., a! l not being in line with Gods work. II closing, MT Delzell spoke substantiall. !. as follows:
 My dear children: I am sorry to leave
 you and am sorry am not better ac T quainted with you than I am. But m.
 prayer is that you may be the childrel
 of God.
 My dear young friends: l am not a
 we'll acquainted with you as I wish
 was. We have had no young people,
 society in which to meet together.
 want you to follow the gospel as hay \ | preached it. When you choose busi ness, seek such one as you can hono I God in. Ask God about it. You prot
 ably won't want to go into the saloo
 business, or into the hotel business Ca
 though there is such thing as ten
 perance hoteD. Don't take up secula
 newspaper, fer if you do, you will hay ! to report the works of the devil. BI | my young friends, I do covet for 70 the character have endeavored to DO
 tray in my preaching.
 To the members of the church I sa, z God speed you. Pull together and pu
 upward. All pull together and may yo B. have the motive of prayer.
 My friends who are out of Christ, a Q going to say the last word to you.
 wish you would surrender to God. y you put of this matter, you never will happy. If you are out of Christ you al e lost, no matter what your moral chara
 ter may be. How long are you going d put this matter off. Ohl yield! yield
 Come, and may God bless you all is n
 prayer. <