The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-29
DR. HARWOOD'S FAREWELL.
HOOK HIS LEAVE OF TRINITY CON-
 GREG ATION YESTERDAY.


 Present at the Service.
 Yesterday morning Rev. Dr. Harwood
 preached his farewell sermon at Trim
 ity Episcopal church on the green from
 the text Jeremiah 26;2 and Galatians i11,12 There was large congregation, nearly ali the members of the church be-
 ing present. The doctor spoke substan-
 tially as follows:
 All that is best tr human endeavors.
 in human achievements, and in human
 hope may be said to come to us by the
 word of the Lord. There is a strange
 tendency in human nature to fall back. Left to ourselves, we improve neither t mentally nor morally.
 The prophetical office may perhaps be called the sublime office of the Chris
 tian church. The command to Ego preach the gospel in all the world'' is Q command always in force. The Church of Christ is on a march and that is it's marching order.
 We cannot act as maohanesI we are taught to serve God in the spirit of son. shlp and the whole influence of the word of God in Christ is to make us gentle, upright and pure, and to teach that good shall triumph over evil. The suprem- acy of the conscience is a noble right and duty of man; it Is light by which we can be guided. Through Christ we learn the supremacy of the conscience, the awful force of law and the all con- Iquering power of love, which transforms life and gives us the assurance that the life beyond is in store for all. ! fha aIoea ef Fia carv,ooy,i T0y. wood spoke as follows relative to his severing his connection with the church and parish, which he has faithfully served as rector for so many years:
 The hour has come to which I have been looking forward for some years past. I strike my tent to-day prepara- tory to my last march in life. How long it shall be, whether hard or easy, I cannot venture to predict I cannot say much. There is a sacredness in | this hour. I should be sorry for my self could I regard it with indtffer- ence. I have served you long in the ministry; mo one knows as we'll as how many have been the deficiencies | and imperfections of my work Often | 1 am oppressed with a senSe of hurnfli- ation when l consider how little I have done; how far short my achievements have been when measured even by my own standard But the work, such as | it is, is done. I cannot bring the years back again, nor correct amy of the errors of my long period of service. cannot undo anything. beg you not to remember ray ineffective work; and I also beg that I may have, and con- tinue to have some place, at least, in l the world of your affections You have | been kind and patient, and in times of personal and domestic distress I have felt your generous sympatl1ies. I leave you with charity towards all. l And I bless God that there are no heart burnings, nor matters of dissension and l discord among you, You cannot ex- pect to think just alike, but you can live heartily together in the unfty of the spirit and in the bonds of peace. Great things therefore, may be reason ably expected of you. You are in con- dition to move onward and upwards. Your energies need not be devoted to the repairing of any fallen walls. There is mo enemy to threaten, nor is there any war of factions to be dreaded or anticipated. If they who are en- trusted with the administration of your affairs be wise, the parish will remain in a long, bright morning time, though one by one, personally, you must follow the course of the sun, when and as he sinks below the horizon. The par ish remains though you disappear from it forever. The parish shall be as a tree planted by the water-side, which shall bring forth it's fruit in due season. Covet earnestly. as the apos- tie wrote, the best gifts. Be large Hao ~iY1cr tO on1. aJTf hp will of God and to adore the doctrine of Christ, our Saviour, in all things. Your opportunity is great; your respon- abilities still greater. You must con- slider your own personal religious life and character the development of the power inherent in a living faith, and then you must consider the influence of the parrish as a public concern un- der the highest obligation to promote every good cause in the community. These are the lines along which you must move if you will look for the ful- ness of blessing. Surely, it will be a delight ito me, if I can say in the years to come, though I be absent i'm the flesh yet I am with you in the spirit toying and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. My prayer is that you may be blessed in the choice of a new rec7 tor; and my authorization is that when he come, you shall, as have no doubt you will, trust in him with all loyalty and genrous fidelity.
 Brethren-I will say no more. be- hold and grasp the hands of the living while memories of the dead crowd upon me.
 Life! we've been long together Thro' pleasant and through cloudy
 weather;
 Them steal away; take thine own time, Say not, good night-but in some fairer
 cline
 Bid me- Good morndngl
 PRAISE FOR THE CoLU1EBIA.