The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
At the Churches Sunday Morning.

For the first time in many years all
church pulpits in Ocala were filled Sun
day morning and there were fairly
good congregations at them all and
some very excellent sermons were de-
ilvered.
Rev. G. H. Harrison, at Grace Epis-
copal church, Rev. Sam White. at the
Christian church. DR.. w. c. Lindsay,
at the Presbyterian church and Rev.
Father Bottolascio at St. Philips
Catholic church, preached sermons of
unusual force and were listened to
most attentively by their hearers.
The first sermon by Rabbi Stollnitz,
of Tampa, was preached in the Jew
ish synagogue in this city Sunday. The
subject of his sermon was, Blind
Love and Blind Belief"
Before entering upon his theme pro-
per he made some very beautiful pre-
liminary remarks complimenting his
people for the interest they had shown
in the matter of having regular SER
vice and hoped that it would be as
profitable to them as he knew it
would be to him.
Mr.. Stollnitz is a native of Russia
and was educated in France and Ger
many and since coming to the United
States has spent most of his time in
Texas and is a most enthusiastic
American and in his opening remarks
stated that all Americans-that all
who breathe the spirit of our institu-
tions-that all who love the flag and
the glorious things that it represents,
would find a welcome in the Jewish
synagogue.
The rabbi said that there is no word
in the language so expressive and so
comprehensive and stands for so much
as "love," but that when love becomes
blinded, it loses its true meaning and
leads to evil consequences. That all
things should be reasonable, that the
things of the heart should also COM
bine the things of the mind. That
blind love leads TO blind belief and
blind belief to infidelity, intolerance
and righteousness. That the massa-
ere of the Jews in Russia today is be-
cause of blind unreasoning belief And
this is true, also, of all the religious
prosecutions with which the world has
been afflicted.
Rabbi Stollnitz is a very broad
minded. tolerant man and is calculat-
ed to do much of good for the Jewish
people.
An unusually large congregation
were present at the morning service
at the Methodist church Sunday and
the pastor, Rev L. w. Moore, preach
ed an excellent sermon, having as his
text, the u, Is, and II verses of the
As Psalm; Walk about Zion, apd go
round 'about her; tell the towers there
of; Mark We well her bulwarks, con-
slider her palaces; that We may tell it
to the generation following. For this
God is our God for ever and ever; he
will be our guide, even unto death.
Before the sermon a subscription of
$55 was raised to pay off the insur-
ance of the church.
Mr.. Charles Nickle, of the Beggar
Prince Opera Company, at this SER
vice sang the holy City, He has a
splendid baratone voice and the man
ner in which he rendered this beauti-
full song. was really an inspiration.
Mr.. S. c. Edwards, one of the edi-
tors of the Southern Baptist Witness,
published at DeLand. was in Ocala
Sunday. In the morning Mr.. Edwards
occupied the pulpit at the Baptist
church and preached a fine sermon.
He is a young man and is an earnest
and consecrated preacher.