The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-18

/ with the Holy Ghost sent down from
! heaven, and may multitudes of men here
i learn to love that Savior whom to know
is life and whom to serve is freedom.
when your young men and maidens
| choose one another for life companions
and on the bright bridal day the brill
| liant procession comes sweeping up the
aisle and all mems hearts are glad, may
| they always come in the fear of God,
| whom they have here learned to Wor-
| ship.
And, o mortal men and women, who
| have united to build house that will
| stand when you are gone, in the hour
| of your departure from the work of your
| hands and the worship which you have
| loved on earth, may those who then
| gather to honor your memory and look
| for the last time upon your face be able
| to say the memory of the just is bless
| ed let me die the death Of the right
| eous and let my last end be like his
And so, in all circumstances, bright
or dark, gloomy or glad, may the AL
mighty and merciful God dwell among
you, not only in this house, but in every
heart and home and may it henceforth
be in this community as it was when
John saw the consummation of all things
and heard a great voice from heaven
saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God
is with men and He will dwell with them,
they shall be His people and God himself
| shall be with them and be their God.
Few sermons have ever been preached
| here that we're heard with more pleasure
and genuine interest. DR.. Moore is one
of the foremost men in the Southern
Presbyterian church. He is man OF
voice is soft but possesses great carry
ing power SO that every one of the vast
audience heard him distinctly. He spoke
without affectation or effort, with only
now and then gesture. His sentences
were short but each one was a gem,
from which nothing could be taken and
to which nothing could be added without
marrng in some degree, the discourse.
On conclusion of the sermon, Mr.. A. A.
Thompson, chairman of the Finance COM
mittee of the church. told of the strug
giles of the congregation to erect the
building and appealed to all to assist in
wiping out the So 900 indebtedness.
Before the collection was taken Mr.. N.
B. Broughton for the Baptist Tabernacle;
Mr.. Joseph G. Brown, for the Methodists;
Mr. T. H. Briggs, for the First Baptist,
and Rev. M. w. Butler, Of the Chris
tian church, made brief talks congratu-
latng the Presbyterians on the compile
tion of their new church, and wishing
them the continued blessings Of heaven
in their good work
MR. THOMPSON'S APPEAL.
Mr. Thompson's appeal for assistance
in paying off the debt incurred in the
erection of the new church was as fol-
lows:
My Friends:-I am glad of this oppor-
tunity to express the qualification that
every member of the First Presbyterian
Church feels for the evidence of your
sympathy and interest that you have
given throughout the week, and that you
are here today to rejoice with us on the
completion of our church, which is
credit to the city of Raleigh, and bears
eloquent testimony to the devotion of oura
members to the cause of the Master. a
will take you at once into my confi-c
dence, and state fully and frankly what
we have accomplished and what we
need The congregation resolved five
years ago to build a new church and Sum
day school, subscriptions were taken
payable monthly, for a period of three
years and $4,000 subscribed. This was
spent in replacing the small wooden
building with the present large and well
appointed structure. We were then COM
PEELED to halt for more than year, I'M
til the congregation was able to again
subscribe. This was generously given
when called for, Notwithstanding the
fact that our congregation is not large,
nor it's financial ability strong.
With these monthly pledges we pro-
Nf 1nnn n a
from one of our financial institutions for
$1,000. to hurry the completion OF the
church. Every society in the church has
since then worked hard and increasingly, !
every member of the church has made
sacrifices to raise the funds needed, ana
vet We find ourselves with Il floating
debt of 100000 This s9j)1.5O Your
committee hopes will be raised today
have appealed to this congregation so
often. and you have responded so con-
stantly. that 1 hesitate to lay any furth-
er burden on your shoulders, yet | must
ask for thank Offering from you to-
day, which l know will be large ard liz
eral. To the members of our sister
churches, / appeal with confidence. first,
because | know you are generous and in
terested in our efforts; second because
until this church building was under
taken. no man now living can recall
single instance when he has been asked
TO contribute to any cause by this church.
Third. because this is an opportunity CT
giving expression to the good viii you
have for this church, which will not &C.
cur again in this generation. The mem
hers of this church have esteemed it q
privilege and a pleasure to contribute 10
the building of our sister churcnes, and
I know can safely count on generous
response, when you see the urgency CT
our needs and when you fully appreciate
what it means to this congregation 20
have its own regular work to provide for,
and in addition to raise more than $40
600 90 for the new church.
REMARKS OF MR.. BROUGHTON.
The Tabernacle Baptist church was
represented by a committee consisting OF
Messrs. N. b. Broughton, Jacob S. Allen,
R. n Simms. T. B. Moseley and j. H.