Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-08


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i{i lche services In the Bapt tist church at
Seneca on the 4th Sunday In November
deserve more than o. pass'' = g 81 Ice.
Tho OCCASION 4 was tho closing of DR..
hts S tyi siya yoars sefYice as pastor OF
the church. S His preaching made no Of
fort at an epitome of his long and sue
cessfnl service, but was as the heart OF
the pfeachsr being poured out to the
people whom he's loved, x, Iu this there
were many rsminders of many sermons
preached IN form or days with sretoioinp
at the results of some and regrets at the
lack of fruit in others. A large con gre
cation was present and listened iptently.
But 1t is not SO much of the praae ching
who know the lovely oharaoteE HbffSS the
man need not to be told Of THE. No
common place resolutions were passed
by the church. The occasion was5 one
which precluded tho Appropriateness OF
formal words of approval. But 1t Is ia
show the high appreciation Of the people
here who kneR him SO we'll that tb;s 40,
cord is made. At the instance IF the
members of tho church, one of itY mem
bers arose while the services wer being
concluded and securing permissio aSspolke
as follows: 5-l q y &.jt Ii. r
DIR. MANY. Tn tb;s nart;no hour
when orr hearts arc howed In a arrGy
over the seyeranoe of ,yo,,r relationsbiy
with us as pastor. wa as n chnrSh ond' as
n neonle beg to say tbat vnmr twa,we
wears Of faithful. earnest Cbristian min.
fstry has been to ma n benediotion. as,d
wilt ever leave it's ;nnress atamned mon
this church, aud upon our hearts. as a
hallowod and nrieeIace ,,ar,,,,rI, tE.,t finn .
cannot efface. We feel that We maLe M
error when we saw thai not onlv the Ran.
tist church OF Seneca has known bles.
sing in these wears. but 0ur whule town
and community have cause To reioice,
that we havo enjoyed the pure example
of your Cbristian character md wi,a
oounsei. II needs no retrosnecti On, view
however, nor the,presonco Of this partin o
hour for us to realize what Won have haen
to us. Since the hour when Won frat
oame into our midst. twelve yeara ap0.
bearing in your face and words tho I'm.
press Of CGrist's own loyo, and down
through all these wears, when we have
found YOU flawloss and unsworyine, we
know and reioiced tnaG tho Master was
lending to us of his best, In tho early
days of your ministry wo learned that
wo had q friend and counsellor in our
daily walks of life, one who helned ia ia
reioico when we we're blossod with tho
Joys of life, and when we woro called to
walk in our Gethsomane. with hearts
torn with heaviest anguish, there, too,
VIC found you close by our side, holping
us to bear our crosses and tenderlv com,
forting us when all else failed, Wo have
in our houses suspended on the walls the
portraits of our loved ones who havo
gone before. They are amongst tho
things we fondly cherish. Likewise wo
will cherish tho lifo portrait of our loved
and absent friond and pastor which nc
ture is indolibly impressed upon our
hearts. When We contemplate this image
thus loft with us, wo will fcel tho i'm
pulse of an effort to be Eko it, 1t will
low wi,ure YOU have endeayored to lend
US wo will become moro patient, moro
charitable and moro earnestly devoted to
our Mastor's work. You have spol1en
day about the bonds of affection OK
listing between tho great "Apostlo to the
Gontiles" and the church founded by him
at Phillippi and of his commendation of
thoir steadfastness in tho faith. Theirs
was happy relation. There is another
inspired record in tho lifo of this grand
apostle which gives us an account of a
scene on II lovely scashore, Our expert
ence of this day teaches lis how bitter
was tho grief of the Ephcsian elders
when assembled on that scashore TO say
farewell. "rhey all wept soro and foil
upon Paups neck and kissed him, sor-
rowing that thoy should see his face no
more" That parting was never forgot
ton by those early Christians and it left
Its Dcnediction upon those that follow.
They had boon blessed by tho Gospel
whlch their faithful leader had brought
TO them. we have been peculiarly
DloSSc0 IN this same way during all
thesc Ewelve years: The Lord pointed
out TO !aul other 1ields in which he had
samo Iullhg providence now speaks
10 us. our prlyatlon means that another
community shall learn to love him whom
we we love so much and that your lifo shall
oloss 0hem as IL mas biossed us: 1t is
oma ourn tn fooI thn hoo,,;",. ;n t pu, l,.'es,
resnons;hiiitv roat;nn nnon na ",rhnv ,rhrnrn,, u,
own ton,.s ,,,o ,,IJ ~ M
your S31 m9IK' You VIII thlnk OF us IN your
to worr for tho M,sto,. shoiI hn 81 stronrt1'