The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-10
OR. K|LGO PREACHED
Sermon Defeating fuquay
Methodist Church.
Elegant New Church at This Popular Resor
Opened for Worship Without Cent of
Dbl.
Especial to News and Observer

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Fuquay Springs, N. c., Nov. 9-Yea
terday was glad day to the people of
| Fuquay Springs and to the Methodist
people in particular, marking as it di!
the completion of their elegant little
church and setting it apart TO the eX-
elusive service and worship of Almighty
God.
This church stands as monument to
the devotion and liberality of the people
of that whole community, and especially
to the marked liberality Of those three
large Drained noble hearted and true
| men who constituted the building com
mittee, Drs. J. A. Sexton, j. M. Judd and
Mr.. j. d. Ballentine. No community can
boast of three better than they.
The church was dedicated by DR.. j. G.
Kigo, the eloquent and erudlte Presl-
dent of Trinity College, at Durham, N. c.
The first lesson was read by Rev. G. T.
Adams, Of Raleigh, and the second les
son by Rev. j. o. Guthrie of the same city;
after which DR.. J. C. Kilso was formally
introduced to the audience by Rev. j. Q.
Guthrie.
His subject was taken from john, 14-8,
o and 10 philip saith unto him, Lord
show us the Father and it sufficeth US
&C."
DR.. Kilgo said in part;
Philip was not seeking TO crafty curl
osity, but was impelled by a sense of his
needs. The profoundest craving of the
human soul is to know and possess God.
Where shall l find Him, how shall /
know God? This is the worlds question,
and it must find or it will invent a God
in accordance with it's conceptions OF
deity. 1t is impossible to promulgate
atheism in normal minds. Mans soul
cries out for communion with God, is a
uu,n that IS evident by the cravings OF
humanity in the past. Human nature
proclaims it's satisfaction at seeing the
Father, at sufficeth u.s."
Christ wondered at Philips stupidity III
not seeing the Father in the Son, in his
person and in his works. His works and
words were the manifestations of the
Father. God was fully revealed in Christ
God has been always coming into the
world. His power and voice are seen
everywhere, in nature, history. law and
providence. Tn power on Sinai God re-
vealed himself to Moses, but in Christ he
revealed himself to human thought and
sentiment.
NO man KNOWS the FdlneF save the
Son" True but all his children are Sons.
Christ only revealed the Father fully for
He only knows him fully. He reveals
God from his own consciousness and did
rot like others see through a glass.
The world saw God Immediately. Christ
was the most self conscious and self cent
cred character that ever came into this
world or existed. He says: Il am the
Way, the Truth, the Life, the Vine, the
Bread, the Drink of man." Christ was no
egotist for all he said of himself was
true. Others taught sublime truths, but
Christ taught Himself the sublimest truth
OF all. In him God is fully revealed to
the world.
Christ gave as proofs of his divinity His
divinity His inherent horsepower over
matter. He paralyzed wind and wave when
boisterous and cures human paralysis.
He went into the grave alone and crap
pied with death in his own dominions and
conquered him, brought not the Natural
Law into the Spiritual World" but the
spiritual law into the natural world.
He showed Philip Gods forgiveness
when he received and pardoned the peni-
tent woman of shame, he was then show
ing the Father.
Do you want to know how low the
Fatherhood of God carries him to save