A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . n of thechurch, in March, 1882. During all the yearsof his service he was faithful, not only in hisattendance upon the regular meetings of thesession, but in all the duties of his office. Inhis personal life he was singularly blamelessand true; a man of gentle heart, of loving spirit;thoughtful, unselfish, kind, yet of strong con-victions and unflinching steadfastness. As achurch member he was exemplary ; always inhis place, a devout worshiper, and prepared forevery good work. As a church officer, he wasfaithf
A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . n of thechurch, in March, 1882. During all the yearsof his service he was faithful, not only in hisattendance upon the regular meetings of thesession, but in all the duties of his office. Inhis personal life he was singularly blamelessand true; a man of gentle heart, of loving spirit;thoughtful, unselfish, kind, yet of strong con-victions and unflinching steadfastness. As achurch member he was exemplary ; always inhis place, a devout worshiper, and prepared forevery good work. As a church officer, he wasfaithful in all duties, wise in counsel, discreet,spiritually-minded, cordial in all his relations,having favor with the people. His death hasdisclosed, in a way not even suspected before,hiswide personal influence in the community. Hun-dreds of lives will carry forever the ofhis life and the memory of his words and acts. On the following Sunday evening, July 30th,Dr. Miller preached a memorial sermon fromthe text: He was a good man. Acts 11: few extracts are here given :. Samuel M. Kennedy BIOGRAPHICAIv SKETCHES 221 Mr. Kennedy was a friend of those who weretrying to recover themselves from a sinful all know his deep interest in the temper-ance cause. Never did any young man, tryingto free himself from the bondage of the drinkhabit, turn in vain to him for sympathy,brotherly love, and help. He was a man without envy. It gave himno pain to see others of his fellow-workers pro-moted and publicly honored even above him-self. Indeed, he seemed to rejoice more in thehonor that came to others than that whichgathered about himself. He wrought solelyfor Christ. Every other name shone in palelight before his eyes in comparison with thesplendors that burned about the name of shrank from positions which would seemto give him prominence. Well do I rememberwhen I spoke first to him about becoming anelder. Our church was about to be organized,and he was one of the
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