The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-25
HIS WORDS IN PARTING
REV. d. M. JAMES DELITERS HIS
FAREWELL SERMON.

His Text "The Waters Thereof Issue Out
Ministry.
At the Second Congregational church,
Fair Haven, yesterday morning, a
large congregation was present to lis
ten to the farewell sermon Of Rev. d.
M. James. In addition to the usual
choir music, Mrs. Hettie Bradley Kelly
Of Hartford rendered the following se-.
lections: IT Will Extol Thee" from
Elijah; 20 Happy Day." and Peace I
Leave With Thee"
AT the close of the service many
members Of the church and congrega-
tion gathered around Mr.. James to bid
him bood-bye. He leaves tomorrow,
with his family, for Hinton, w. Va.
His sermon was eloquent and touching
and in part was as follows:
Text, Ezekiel 47:12: The waters
thereof issue out Of the sanctuary
This text suggests theme that can
very appropriately be considered at the
closing service Of my ministry in the
church. 1t directs our thought to the
hidden source of power in the church
OF Christ and gives us large and ex-
alted conception Of the place the church
holds in the redemption purposes Of
God
The river of life,' or the water Of
life, Is symbol Of moral influence
that appears very frequently in Scrip
ture. Beginning with the expression in
the second chapter Of the book Gene
sis, verse 10, "A river went out Of Eden
to water the garden the symbol ap-
pears with more or less frequency and
with changed forms until in the 22d
(the last) chapter Of Revelations, verse
IL, we read, And he showed me a river
of water of life, bright as crystal, pro-
ceeding out of the throne Of God and
of the Lamb, and on this side OF the
river and on that, was the tree Of life
bearing twelve manner of fruit, YIELD
ing its fruit every month, and the
leaves Of the tree were for the healing
Of the nations
I'm Psalms 46:4, it is said, There is
a river, the streams whereof made glad
the city Of Cod the holy place Of the
tabernacle of the most high..' The
prophet Joel 3:18, declares that "a foun-
tain shall come forth Of the house Of
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