The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-31
MR.. HBISIG'S FAREWELL
Parmly Memorial Baptist's Pas
tor Takes Leave Of His Con-
gregatlon in a Com
munion Service.

The Rev. Theodore Heisig, who by his
| earnestness and s~ociability won the love
| and respect of every member of the
| First Baptist, now the Parmly memorial
| Church.. said farewell to his congregation
last night. The young people OF the
! church. with whom he was exceedingly
| popular, attended the service IN large
numbers, and some of the elder members
who have not been regular in
of late occupied front seats to hear the
| popular young pastor for the last tme.
| When the service commenced every seat
in he church was occupied, Many VINO
| expected to hear a long sermon on What
| the pastor had accomplished during a
| pastorate of three years n elght
months, or what he proposes doing in
| future, were disappointed. Pastor Helsig
told the congregation that the late Kew
| Wheelock H. Parnly was pastor emer-
titus when he undertook the duties OF
pastor of the the First Baptist Church.
He has visited during his passionate hum
dreds of people, he said, and given them
the consolation true Christianity affords.
He referred to the many whom he had
| married, and wished them long lives and
happiness.
REVIEW OF PASTORAL WORK.
He spoke in a touching manner of the
| funeral services h. had been called upon
to conduct, of the people whom he had
| visited in time of trouble, and said, as
a whole, there were many interesting and
pleasant things of which he would think
in future in connection with his pastor
ate.
IT, L. Tho oAJoo fa org finn for the
| ~kindnesses which had been shown him.
He referred with pleasure to the fact
| that the congregation of his church was
larger than that of n downtown
church, with the single exception of the
| Tabernacle. During. his passionate he Or
ganized a Young Mems League, which
has a large membership and Is now in
a nourishing condition. He also organ
lied a Young Peoples Society of Chris
tan Endeavor, and that, too, was pros
| pering. He spoke with pride of a beauti-
| full roll top desk which had been present
| ed to him by the ladies of the church,
| and also of a magnificent marble clock,
| a token of esteem from the young men
of the church.
WHO WILL SUCCEED?
Who will succeed Mr.. Heisig is not
known. He proposes spending part of
his time for the present in journalism.
| His text last night was aiken from John,
l., 9:-"Behold the Lamb of God, who
| taketh away the sins of the world"
He advised everyone to make Christ
| his example and ideal in all things, in
asmuch as He is perfect in everything,
| without a spot or blemish. He spoke
of the moral and spiritual beauty of
Christ, and told of a German sculptor
who, in a dream. saw Christ and at
tempted to reproduce what he had seen
in marble. For two years the sculptor
! worked, and, finally, calling in a child,
lsked her whom it represented. "A Great
Man." the child is quoted as saying.
For two years more the sculptor labored
and again had the same child view his
work. This time she exclaimed, "Suffes
little children to come unto me" The
sculptor was satisfied and happy.
Find Christ once" continued the pas
tor, "and happiness will always be
yours. Unlike a sailor who expects TIC
find safety by a lighthouse, but who
goes wrong and perishes, no one finding
Christ, our light, will ever go down to
perdition."
I'VE are told said Mr.. Heisig. There
is a life for q look at the Crncif1ed One
and also Look unto Me and be saved
saved through eternity
At the conclusion of the service, by
a special vote of the church, communion
was celebrated. Nearly all of the CON
gregation waited after the service to bid
the pastor farewell and wish him pros
narifV -GH IT.