The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-19
NEW PASTOR HEARD
Rev. DR.. Cave At the Pres
byterian Church.
DR.. Moment breaches Strong Sermon
at Night and the Congregation
Enjoys Both Services and
Some Splendid Music.

Rev. DR.. Cave, who is here from Pa
ducah, KY, to take up his pastorate at
the Presbyterian church, was greeted by
a large congregation Sunday morning.
He preached a most admirable sermon,
his text being from the third chapter of
Judges, twentieth verse, Il have a mes
sage from God unto thee" the theme be-
ing Gods message to man. In the be-
ginning of the sermon DR.. Cave COM
mented first on the personal character
of the announcement as being a message
OF death to Eglon, King of Moab. who
had lifted up his hand against the church
and the living God
DR.. Cane then in response to his ques
ton Does man need message from
God and could he have gotten along with
out the Bible? said that man needs the
message because his conscience is not
sufficient, the light of nature not suffi-
cient, and that mans judgment has be-
come so cramped and fettered by sin as
not to be a safe guide. He held that
the history of nations without the Bible
showed clearly that the message from God
found in that Book was needed.
His next point was that we believe the
Bible to be Gods message to man and
that it is an inspired book, because no
other book beside the Bible gives a de-
finition OF God worthy of the subject
God is a spirit, God is love, God is light
All the writings of the heather world
contains nothing approximating this de-
ffnition of God. We believe the Bible is
inspired because it is the only book that
gives a correct account of mans moral
and spiritual condition. We believe it is
the inspired word Of God because it is
the only be nat gives an answer to
the great questions of life which har-
monte with the dignity and solemnity Of
the subject We believe it to be the in
spired word of God because of the mar
vellous influence it has over the nations
which have adopted it as their religious
guide, for by their fruits we shall know
them" The nations which believe in the
Bible. DR.. Cave declared, are the arbi-
tiers of the world s destiny today.
1t is to be taken as the word OF God
because of the morals it inculcates. 1t
demands perfection OF man, and divine
being could demand no less. Many people
accept the New Testament as inspired,
but rot the Old Testament. We believe
the Old Testament to be inspired be-
cause Jesus Christ believed it to be so.
He re-affirmed and endorsed it's chief
historical events and personages, the
miracles and doctrines told of. The mes
sage spoken of teaches us to search the
Scriptures, for life and death are in the
message and we should take heed how
we hear it. When Eglon, King Of Moab
heard it was a message from God
heather though he was, he arose and lis
tened in reverence. So we should take
reed and receive the word as that which
comes from God and should receive with
reverence that which is given us in the
Bible. the inspired word OF the living
God.
At night DR.. A. H Moment preached,
his text being, "Who then is willing this
cay to consecrate his service to Cod He
drew beautiful lesson from this call of
King David and spoke of the erection of
Solomen's temple and the preparation
for it by David as showing the love, the
energy, the willingness with which the
work for God was entered into IN that
day Our service to God. he held,
should be rendered with love, should be
given with energy and should be will
ing3s service coming from the heart
He insisted that mans cooperation
with God is needed in saving men and
that the organized church in its manifold
work affords this chance of cooperation.
David's love and affection for the work
was adduced as a reason why we should
give our love and our whole life as a liv
ing conservation to God, and this with
out limit, freely and largely He held
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and that our energy must be used in
Gods service and that willingness to do
his work was essential.
God owns all of us and everything we
have is his, not ours. If He owns man
our possessions are no joint. affairs but
all belong TO God and are wholly his In
America, he said, were three great things
for the upbuiiding Of Gods church: in
telligence, energy and money, all of which
belong to God who demands them. The
Protestant church. he held, is weak and
indifferent because it does not recognize
that all it has is Gods, and that we
should get away from the surrendering
to God of one dollar while we kept eleven
thousand
Both sermons were strong ones and
were very edifying to the large congre
cations. Both night and morning the
choir rendered music that was appre-
ciatcd and enjoyed.
Dr. Cave was greeted and welcomed
yesterday morning by many Of his con-
gregation who are rejoiced that be is
here. He says that he has not yet fully
recovered from his sickness and that his
nervous system Is out of order It is
earnestly hoped that he will soon be re-
stored to health.