Transcribed from the 1842 J. G. F. & J. Rivington edition by David Price. A FAREWELL SERMON, DELIVERED ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, A.D. 1842, AT THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY ABBOTTS, KENSINGTON. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BY THE VEN. ARCHDEACON POTT, M.A. * * * * * * * * * * PRINTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARISHIONERS. * * * * * * * * * * LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. G. F. & J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL. * * * * * 1842. * * * * * TO THE PARISHIONERS OF THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON, THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE, WITH EVERY FERVENT PRAYER FOR THEIR WELFARE, IS INSCRIBED, BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SERVANT, J. H. POTT. A FAREWELL SERMON, &c. ECCLES. iii. 1. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” WHEN time draws on to a close with us, the last opportunities should be carefully regarded and applied to some such purpose as may show what has been the chief aim and the main design of past endeavours. A sad thing it would be, indeed, if the last portion of our time were to be reserved for some single effort: for who can accomplish at one step that which a daily progress only can effect?