The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-14
THREE ADDRESSES
BY DR.. 0. S. DAVIS
PROMINENT DIVINE or coNcRE-
GATIoNAL CHURCH PLEASED
FARGO AUDIENCES YESTERDAY
SPLENDID ADDRESS TO STU.
DENTS YESTERDAY p. M.

Three excellent addresses were de.
livered yesterday ar Fargo. college
chapel, which is being used at pres
ent by the First Congregations,
church for Sunday services, by DIR
Ozora s. Davis OF Chicago one Of the
best known divines in the Congrega.
tionaI church of America.
In the morning he spoke Leader.
ship. He showed the great need anc
the greater demand there will be fol
trained men and women in Christian
service. He forcibiy set forth how
the work of minister called for the
exercise of heroism and every char
acteristic that men most admire. His
address was listened TO with the keen
ness, attention and delight and gave to
his hearers a noble conception of the
pastor OF the coming years and a
higher admiration for the great OPP
portunity open to those who enter the
ministry.
Afternoon Meeting.
Dr. Davis gave one of his charac-
teristic talks in the chapel at o'clock
His theme was. What Is an Educa-
ton? He dwelt upon the physical
moral intellectual, emotiont and spir-
itual nature of man. The emphasis he
placed upon the former was unmis-
taxable, but the other phases of his
subject were treated lucidly, sympa-
thetically and earnestly.
He portrayed the helpIessness OF the
pupil who sits down to his lesson and
is diverted from his task by whistle
outside his window, or while trying
to read his stunt his mind is caused
to wander by casual glance at a
picture. He then asks, who is in
control here anyway? Am I my own
boss, or are outward circumstances to
control my thinking?''
He pictured the real student who
sits down to his lesson. He resolves
that he will study for ten minutes.
Again the whistle; he does not hear
it. A knock upon his door; he is not
at home. For ten minutes his mind
is absorbed i'm his subject. One can
surely do that for ten minutes. Tt
will soon become twenty minutes, and
SO on.
He mentioned the young man in col
lege who learned 20 study with the
IiSC NlhD pAaSIlSlilS III Gil dujOtnulS
room on one side and committee
meeting on the other. .. s
He touched upon The waste involved
in seeing or hearing what is low and
zone who aspired to be an educated
man or woman cannot afford to look
at a bad picture or to listen to any
thing that is coarse or vulgar" said
DR.. Davis. THE mind grows by that
upon which 1t feeds. So our emotional
nature is developed by that which we
furnish it for it's nou-ishment. Our
spiritual part too can grow and ma
ture only as it has requisite encour-
agement.
Stereoptieon Lecture.
Last evening DIR. Davis gave a
stereopticon lecture on the paintings
of the .,istine chapel, Rome In a
skillful, sympathetic way he interpret
ed the masterpieces OF Michael Angelo
and gave to his audience a most in
teresting account
The portrayal OF the creation of
man, DR.. Davis said, he regarded as
the greatest picture ever made by an
artist. The representation of the
mighty hand of God giving life to the
inert form of Adam through contact
of finger with finger was beautifully
and splendidly described and left a
deep impression and AN inspiration
with those who were SO fortunate as
to listen to the gifted speaker.