In order that I might not hamper him in any respect, I declined the generous offer of our church to make me their "Pastor Emeritus." As my pastorate began on an Easter Sabbath, in 1860, so it terminated at the Easter in 1890.

Before an immense assemblage I delivered, on that bright Sabbath, the Valedictory discourse which closes the present volume, and which gives in condensed form the history of the Lafayette Avenue Church.
Our noble people never do anything by halves; and a few evenings after the delivery of my valedictory discourse they gave to their pastor and his wife a public reception, for which the church, lecture-room and the church parlors were profusely adorned; and were crowded with guests.
Congratulatory addresses were delivered by Dr.John Hall of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, by Professor William M.Paxton, of Princeton Theological Seminary; and congratulatory letters were read from the venerable poet, Whittier, the Hon.

William Walter Phelps, Mr.
A.A.Low (the Mayor's father), General William H.Seward, Bishop Potter and Dr.Herrick Johnson, besides a vast number of others renowned in Church and State.

On behalf of the Brooklyn pastors an address was pronounced by the Rev.Dr.L.T.

Chamberlain, which was a rare gem of sparkling oratory.