A Farewell Sermon / delivered on Sunday, October 23, A.D. 1842, at the Parish Church of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington

A pulpit farewell examines the seasons of human life and urges the careful use of remaining time with a Christian perspective. It treats childhood death, youth, maturity, and old age in turn, offering consolation to mourners, encouragement for spiritual progress, and counsel about duties and inheritances. Biblical figures including Hezekiah, David, Barzillai, and Mephibosheth are invoked to illustrate responses to shortened life, restored years, and the handing on of responsibility. The sermon emphasizes reliance on divine grace, the moral purposes of earthly life, and the hope of future life promised by the Gospel.