The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-06

make will be no better than the pattern.
If you would be a true man, pattern ana
fashion your life after the worlds true
| ideal-Jesus Christ.
AT THE Y. NJ. c. A.
The assembly hall at the Y. NJ. G. "A.
was filled to overfowing Sunday after
noon to hear Rev. J. X. Pfohl's ADDRESS
on 1.-THE Strong Man. The speaker
chose as the basis OF his remarks the
first nine verses Of the 9th chapter or
Acts. He said:
MAN stands for strength. The two
words are closely associated. The ideal
man has a strong body. The day once
was when all battles and combats We're
settled in hand to hand conflicts. 1t
| therefore came about the chosen leaders
were always men who were strong physs-
cally.
| at was for this reason that so much
attention was given by the ancients to
athletics. The highest honor that could
come to a Grecian youth was to win the
crown of olives that went to the victor in
the lympie games.
| THE great man to-day, however is he
who is strong mentally. The thinker is
the leader. Brain has taken the leader
ship from Drawn. Battles and combats
with men and arms are things Of the past.
| But neither Of these alone, nor both
| of them, constitute the true ideal man.
Both the physical and the mental man
| will perish, pass away. 1t is only that
| which is spiritual that will endure. How
| important, then, to cultivate our spirit
ual nature. There is but one true ideal
and that is Christine ideal man ply
sically mentally, and spiritualy-the
enc altogether lovely. The only man in
the tide Of times that has been absolute
~ perfect us the Lord Jesus Christ, and
| he should be our pattern, our ideal"
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At the Presbyterian church on Sunday
| morning four new members were re-
ceived by letter and one on profession OF
faith. A statement with reference to
the erection of the new church was made
by the pastor, DR.. Daniel, after which
Mr.. ALI. A. Thompson, chairman of the
Finance committee, made statement
! to the effect that the committee already
had in ahand enough money for the first
, payment, and would have to make an
other payment within thirty days. He
said the committee confidently relied upon
+; the church to meet all payments prompt
ly The report is as follows:
| The Financial committee of the new
! church building, in justice to the great
/ interests committed to their care, desire
| that the congregation may be kept fully
| informed as to the progress of the work,
! in order that their interest and enthusi-
/, asm may be maintained and that they
! may be prepared to meet the response
bilities of the undertaking. The commit
i tee therefore submits the following brief
statement of progress
| The total amount subscribed was
/, $4,000. These subscriptions are paya-
; BILE generally monthly, or quarterly, or
at such times as are specified by the sub
! scriber, and it is understood that the
. completion of these payments is expected
! by the list of January, 1898, about two
years from the time Of the original sub
| scription made in September, 1895.
/ Very early, however, it became manifest
F, to your committee that the collection
+. of these installments ON subscriptions
! could not be carried forward at all rapid
| ~ until the actual work Of building should
/ have commenced, many of the best and
most willing subscribers preferring to re-
/ tain and use their money themselves I'm
| til it should be needed by the church.
The committee felt, to some extent, the
, strength of this position.
| 1t is now manifest, however, to the
| committee, as it must be to all, that the
| time for further delay is past and that,
| from this hour, the whole congregation
/, must summon its energies for the great
| work before it. The contract for the
| building of the whole church, including
| the Sunday School room, has been sign
| ed, and the contractor has given a hand
some bond; and it is understood that,
| with the exception of unavoidable inter
ruptions, the whole work is to be pressed
unto completion. The energetic contrae-
tor &C. G. Waring, of Columbia, s. c.,
is upon the scene That part of the
| church to be used by it's school is rapid
| ly rising. The building of this will re
| quire $500, to be paid as the work pro-
| crosses, in four payments; /. When floor,
| $1,75O; 2. When the brick work, includ-
! ing central tower and roof timbers, is
complete, $1,75O; 3. When slate-roof and
| metal cornices on, $500; 4. When the
building is ready for use, $4,000. The
treasurer has paid the architect for his
| services and continual advice, $500. The
floor joists Of the Sunday School room
| are now in place, and the wall built up
to that point, and the first $1,750 is due
and will be at once paid. These pay
ments, with few other minor ones,f will
| leave in the treasury small balance.
Meanwhile, the contractor is now urging
his brick-work to completion and it will
not be long until the cornice and roof
| timbers stand out before us. And that
| very day, your committe intends to pay
| $1,750 more. And thus we propose to
press the work and the payments until
all is done and the obligation for all is
satisfied. You will certainly ena BILE us to
meet this responsibility. And so the
committee confidently appeals to you,
upon the basis of this information, and
they are sure that they shall not appeal
F., in vain