Funneral Sermon
;:j-".- .» . ;'- />. "■ • '■•!- | A funeral^senlxoni was preached in I the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Halcombe, on §?n|ay Wening last by Mr Bowles, eoipjcoempratvog the departure of theirlate beloved pastor and brother, the' JJey J. Luke. The text, chosen was from Bev6lation, 14th chapter and-lflthl Verse. . After the resurrection of the dead had been fully . gone in to; the speaker gave~a resume of their deparfed pastor's labors, the disease from irbachi he suffered, and the wonderful patien<?e with which he bore all. Beloved by all, and respected especially in social -life/ apart from his minigteml office, gained him the good wishes and^syn^aihyMof those who knew him t The closing scenes of his life, with, his message to the people of ManSwatu," willloug fee remembered. the wet -weather a good congregation met together, the chapel being, full. The. pulpit was draped for the occasion by a friend, asd many were tiieiiears shed for him wao had just been tkken from their midst : «^oi deid^ but goj^e before."
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 79, 6 December 1883, Page 3
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164Funneral Sermon Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 79, 6 December 1883, Page 3
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