Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-26
FAREWELL ADDRESS
OF DR. }. S. kORNFELD TO HIS
CONGREGATION LAST FRi-
DAY NIGHT.
Spoke Feeln9iy Of tlis Work Here
SOON LEAVE FOR HIs NV WORK
ships Made.

1hs Farewell sermon OF Rabbi J. $
kornleld. who leaves next Sunday for
Montreal. Can. where he has accepted
a call to the Reformed Jewish church.
WaS delivered at the temple OF tho
AsMle Emneth conereation Friday
night. The church was crowded To
the doors by the members Of the
consfe&aton and the friends of the
popular rabbi Il was a tit6ine fare.
we'll offered TO enc Of the most pro-
gressive Jewish minister's who ever
visited the state OF Arkansas
After conductng the regular open
ng services Dr. KornteIa be9an with
his farewell address as follows
My friends, it is with deep emotion
and a heart full Of love mingled with
regret that appear before You TO-
night 10 say Il last word of farewell
10 the people have learned to love.
The occasion is one of peculiar
solcmnity 10 me. for AN 10 bid fare
We'll TO the first congregation il has
been my good fortune 10 serve and 10
leave the flock that ! WAS first callod
TO tend young in ministry and lneN
pprienced in the work Ia which | have
been called. You took The Nonthfu
shepherd to youl, hearts and mad
hin welcome and he has. learned 20
love and prize this people more than
he can say in words,
Man S achievements are not engraN
en- on stone or marble, hut written IL
the temple of memory With figures
thai Will not fade. What | have ac-
compIshed among you. in the labor
OF love. you know and appreciate "a
we'll as |. And now the time has
come for us to part.
My friends, farewell IS a word that
locks one door and opens the other.
II closes one stage of mans life
and opens the other to larger fields
and greater opportunities. While
am loathe to leave you have the
right to leave you, for there is an
opportunity for greater things aheaj
and there is not one among You that
ould seek to hold me back You
will bid me God speed in the new
field TO which | am going, and | am
snre your prayers will be with me.
u have accomplished everything that
set out to do when came among
you, and feel that have not lived
and worked among you in vain.
want to thank each and every member
Of the congregation for the noble as
sistance rendered me at all times and
the ready response With which you
have met every appeal in behalf OF the
church and the work of the church.
THE Ladies' Temple society has
done splendid work. In this society
II have realized my highest hopes. ALI
that | would ask of you is that you re-
main ever steadfast, unmoVable, ever
abounding in the work of the Lord.
And | trust that the Lord will stay
with and prosper this church in the
future as he has done in the past. 1
shall always love the good people i'll
the church at Pine Bluff.
"And to the good people of the CITY
in other churches than ours do | want
to say goodbye The welcome to me
by the people of the city in general
has been most cordial and [ have
many of them the truest and best OF
friends. To the other clergymen
would say that we have worked as
brothers in all works for the ctys
good, and I have the kindest OF feel
ing toward ali the Christian ministers
of the city
''In saying a last farewell to you
all. can only pray that every good
gift from the great God above shall
be yours forever"
After an eloquent prayer for his