The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-03-31
AT THE CHURCHES sunday.
All The churches We're Crowded by
Large and Attentive Audiences

The weather was extremely delight
full Sunday. There couId scarcely
have been a more perfect day and in
consequence there were full congre-
cations at all the churches.
j Rev. Shade w. Walker, president
of the Methodist college at Suther-
land, occupied the pulpit at the
Methodist church, both in the morn
/ ing and evening and preached two as
fine sermons as have been heard in
Ocala in many day.
In his morning discourse DIR. Walker
preached ABOUT the college and spoke
especially of ''What a College Ought
to Stand For, ''and before he conciud-
ed convinced his hearers that the col
lege at Sutherland filled the ''bilI of
| particulars'' in all respects. He
| spoke first of environment" and
| showed how Intimately it is connect
ed with our every day life.
| He first explained this by showing
| the influence one plant has over
| another in the vegetable kingdom.
| He said that famous scientist, by
| association and contact of one plant
| with another had aim st entirely
| changed the characteristics of the
| plant, producing a white blackberry,
| etc, and that if two animals are as
ISOLATED together for a long time,
| they partake of the characteristics of
each other. BY way of illustration
he said that in a home in South Flor
ida a young fawn and calf were
[ placed in the same yard and grew up
| together and that eventually the calf
took on many of the characteristics
of the fawn.
He showed in most able manner
how this environment was true in its
relation to and influence upon human
beings. That philosophers say the
human brain is so intricate and COM
| pley that no thought is ever lost upon
1t and hence it is important that tbs
child growing from boyhood to man
hood and from girlhood 10 woman
| h No III
possible influences and it Is his pur-
pose as president OF the college At
sutherland to make its influences anG
J environ nenrs as near ideal as % >ei-
| bic.
Ti:s sermon was beautiful and bril-
liant and abounied in sinking ne-@
| pilors and apc illustrations.
| His evening text was taken from
| Joshua 24:I5; Bat, as for NE ali.
! ny house we wiII serve the Lord
| His sermon was intended principal
| ~ for the new converts, VINO were 30
| connect themselves with the church
at this time and vas strong and
! powerful plea for those who had not
| done so TO connect themselves with
| the church and begin serving the
| Lord and strengthed and held up
the arms of those who on this occa-
! - 4 Ial p
| Lords side.
After the sermon twenty new MEM
| bers, quite a number OF whom were
also baptized at this time, were re-
| ceived into the church and their
names enrolled on the church books.
Rev: C. T. Benjamin, OF Alexan-
dria Bay, \. Y, occupied the pulpit
| at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and delivered very excel
| lent sermon and in the evening Rev.
| G. W. Painter, OF China, gave an ex-
ceedingly interesting lecture on the
missionary work in that country at
the Presbyterian church. Both these
| services were well attended.
Rev. c. E. Campbell, of the Christ
| ian church, haG as mis- morning sub
| ject, 'Blasphemy," and his sermon
| was a strong one. There was no
evening service in the Christian
| church.
Rev. L. B. Warren occupied the
| pulpit of the Baptist church in the