The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-18
LAKELAND SAYS
GOODBYE TO WEAR

Rev. Wallace Wear. who comes here
! this week to take charge of the pas
torate of the Baptist chruch, has been
given abundant proof of the high es
TEEN in which he is held by the mem
bers of the Baptist church at Lakeland
in the goodbye which occurred when
| he preached his last sermon.
The Lakeland Eeyning Telegram
has the following report of the &C.
| casion.
At the close of an eloquent ser
mon last night, Rev. Wallace Wear
resigned the pastorate of the First
Baptist church. Touching and beau
tiful were the words that fell from
his lips as he spoke to his people,
severing this most close tie-that of
pastor and people. After over four
| years of faithful and efficient service
| in this church, he answers the call
of his Lord and Master for service
in another corner of the vineyard.
These have been four years blessed
OF the Lord, over four hundred added
to our membership, largely by bap-
tism, a thoroughly organized Sunday
school and church, a costly and hand
some addition to our Auditorium, a
people free from the burden of a
lifted debt; all these facts bespeak
the work done by our beloved pastor.
moderator pro tenn. Resolutions were
read by Bro. II. H. Haldeman eX-
pressing the deep regret and sense of
loss the church sustained in accept
ing Bro. Wears resignation. Said
resolutions were adopted by the
church.
With sad hearts the church accept
ed the resignation of Bro. Wallace
Wear as pastor. Deacon Dan Sloan,
chairman of the pulpit committee,
Tread the recommendation from this
body. After a prayerful conference
together and due deliberation, they
recommended to the church Bro.
Lewis Entzminger, of Fort Worth,
Texas, as the man to fill the place
made vacant by Bro. Wear An in
vitation to preach has been extended
and accepted by Bro. Entzminger and
many heard him preach last Sunday
The pulpit committee have been in
conference with him in regard to his
Iplans of church work and recommend
him to the church. The church offer
was accepted by Bro. Entzminger and
church clerk instructed to wire at
fonce to Bro. Entzminger this action
of the church. Bro. Wear then
spoke of the friendship and fellow
ship he had enjoyed with Bro. Ems
minger and felt we had made a wise
choice. Bro. Davis added his hearty
rapproval and endorsement of this
action of the church and predicted
great future for our church and that
Bro. Entzminger would be one of our
great Baptist preachers of the future
What might have seemed an act of
discourtesy on the part of the
church, in seeking to fill place not
yet made vacant, was done so only
at the urgent request of our pastor.
He wishing the work that he held
so dear to go on without interruption
and that a leader be chosen at once
if possible to succeed him. In this
he showed his greatness and the
sweetness of spirit that actuates his
life. For the closing moments the
officers of the W. NJ. s. and the Of
ficers of the 7. e. l.. Glass and the
committee from these organizations
occupied the rorum. Mrs. w. D.
Edwards, president of the w. M. S.
in talk that came from her heart,
voiced the sentiments of the women
when she expressed her apprecia-
ton of her pastor and his wife. In
the name of the women Of the
church she presented to Bro Wear
and his wife a token of our deep
love and esteem, gift of silver, con-
sisting of one dozen teaspoons and
two salad spoons of colonial design.
Bro. Wear responded expressing how
deeply he was touched by this token
and of his deep appreciation and that
of his wife; that this token of our
love would be a daily reminder, and
Ihat we would be remembered in his
petitions to his Heavenly Father.
Thus closed one of the great and
leventful days in our church. the res
iignation of our beloved pastor, the
church recognizing and bowling in
submission 70 this call of God for