The daily sentinel., 1902-01-20
RESIGNS PASTORATE.
Rev. Dwight S. BayIey Resign,
Pastorate Of Congregational
Church in Following Letter.

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Church in Following Letter.
At the conclusion OF the services last
night at the Congregational church the
following letter was read by the pastor,
Rev. Dwight s. Bayley, resigning his
pastorate OF the church.
The congregation, at meeting after
the services, deferred action upon the
resignation for one week.
To the Members Of the First Congrega-
tiensl Church OF Grand junction.
Ny Dear People:
The conditions under which 1 have
been working among you since my re-
turn in September have been harder for
me than you have at all fully realized,
although soYe Of you have given me
reason to believe that you understood
something OF what they meant to me
and that your hearts were tender in sym
pathy. Yet the breaking up Of my
home, so closely folio we'd by the loss OF
my dear baby, has sunk deeper into my
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also made the burden Of my work heavi-
or and at the same time rendered me less
capable OF bearing it IL has made this
place one OF sad associations. 1t has de-.
prived me Of that close, sympathetic, in
innate companionship which a man
must have il he is to face obstacles and
encouragement successfully. Without
home, without intimate companionship,
without much sympathetic friendship, 1
can neither be my best self nor do my
best work.
When returned last fall to take up
my work among you again, some Of you
expressed the fear that might not re-
main here. To all such kindly expires.
sions replied that felt it my duty to
remain With you, even though tho asso-
Citations were sadder and the conditions
under which worked harder than any
of you realized. felt thus because it
does not seem to me to be q true princi.
pie in life to seek always to avoid the
hard things just because they are hard
Further than this, entertained the hope
that God would enable'me so to magnify
His grace, in bearing the trials Of my al.
Fiction, that might win my people to a
deeper conservation to Jesus and His
work, and to q more sympathetic, hearty
cooperation in the church affairs. In
this hope 1 have been toiling and wait.
ing since my return in September.
In the meantime have been urgently
solicited to consider other fields OF labor
But have steadfastly replied that !
purposed to stay here until my hopes Of
larger usefulness should be fulfilled, OF
it should become clear to me that they
were not to be realized.
In these hopes have been more bit.
terly disappointed than can tell you
have therefore come reluctantly to the
conclusion that l am not likely to lead
this church into the united, vigorous
and effective work which it ought to do.
Hence, it is clear to me that, for the sake
OF the highest interests of Gods king.
dom, should give place to another, who
may be able to help you and to enlist
your cooperation in larger measure than
it has been given me to do.
l, therefore, hereby resign my pastor
ate Of the church, my resignation to take
effect 90 days hence, and to be subject,
according to Congregational usage, to
the advice Of an ecclesiastical council.
In taking this step wish to acknow.
ledge gratefully the generous treatment
accorded me by the church in the mat.
tor of my salary during the summer
months; also to express my deep appre-
citation Of the willingness and readiness
to help which some of you have con.
stantly manifested; and, finally, to ex-
press my earnest hope and prayer that
you all may be led in the future into .
deeper and sweeter experience Of the
things Of Christ, and into a nobler con-
secration 10 His service.
Wishing you grace, mercy and peace. 1
am, Faithfully your pastor,
Dwight 8. Bayley.