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South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865 · scan page 25
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PKELIMINARY HISTORY, 17 My physicians give 1)iit little encouragement of my ever being able to preach nuich more. ****** "And now, my clear friends, may that God, ' whose path is in the deep, — whose ways are past finding out,' guide you, and Mess yju abundantly in your noble work, and send you a man after ' His own heart,' And should it please Him to restore me, to health, and permit us to labor to- gether, we will rejoice. If not, we will liow meekly at His feet, and say, ' Let the will of the Lord be done.' " Your sincere friend and brother in Christ, E. N". Sawtell." " Cleveland, Feb. 21, 1852. * * "So long have I been in the habit of contempla- ting that church as my own child, beloved and longed for, that now, to give it up, seems at times like the plucking out of a riglit eye. But, my dear friend, let our daily prayer be, that our mutual disappointment may be mutu- ally sanctified to us, — and teach us more and more our de- pendence on God, and the uncertainty of all human calcu- lations. The Lord docth all things well. ' How unsearch- able are His judgments, and His ways past finding out.' ♦ * * And now, my dear brother, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace ; praying that His grace may be suflficieut for you, and for all who are labor- ing with you; and that God may, in His own good time, send you a man after His own heart, to preacli faithfully the Gospel of His dear Son, and break unto you the bread of life." " Cleveland, April 5, 1852. " Your kind letter, announcing an invitation to Rev. Dr. Stiles to take my place in the new Church, has been duly received, with heart-felt gratitude to God for directing your minds to that man of God, — a man of all others in^ the large circle of my acquaintance I should prefer. i\Iy sin- cere hope and earnest prayer is, that God will send him to you, and o])en for him a wide door of usefulness. I can- not doubt but a blessing, — a rich harvest is before him, if he enter that field. He is a good man and true ; fervent, 9
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P004-0025. South Congregational Church history and catalogue, 1852–1865, printed page not verified, PDF page 25. Hallock, Gerard, 1800-1866; digitized copy contributed by University of California Libraries https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthco00hall/page/n27/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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