The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-22
A HAPPY EVENING AT
THE BAPTIST CHURCH

In spite Of the disagreeable weather
last evening a goodly number attend
ed the Every Members Meeting at the
Baptist church. The chorus choir of
young people led in the old hymns
dear to all hearts.
Miss Mary Phillips sang with much
sweetness and expression a beautiful
solo, and Miss Marguerite Porter and
Mrs. Hood sang a duet. Miss Mary
Gates was the organist- The congre-
CATION stood and repeated the 23rd
Psalm. Pastor Chapman led in an
earnest prayer of Thanksgiving and
made the first report Of the evening.
He said in part that his first thought
on entering the pastorate was TO get
the church and its needs in his heart:
second. to get in personal touch with
every member by visiting them in
their homes and at their places of
business. Then the preparations for
entertaining the state convention.
which thanks to cooperation of his
people and the kindness of the mem
bers of the other churches Of Oeala
was a great success. The most i'm
portant and colossal undertaking was
the raising of $4,000 for the purchase
+ of beautiful building site for new
church house. Every cent of this
amount is in gild-edged pledges and
all but $500 collected. The lot is now
our own This is a resume of less
than four months work. DR.. Chapman
then stated as his aims for the future
To lead his people to greater spiritual
Iity and to bring them into a higher
and holie- living: second, for all to
work as one in the building of a new
church and pastorium. Then followed
the report of the deacons by Senior
Deacon Isaac Stevens; of the treas
urer, ". D. earn; of the clerk, W. T.
Gary: the departments of the Sunday
school by Supt. W. T. Gary; Dr.. Hood
for the Berean class; Frank Gates
secretary of the Barracks; Miss Mary
Gates for the Philatheas; Mrs. Hood
for the Fedelis class; Mrs. j. D. Chap
man for the Fannie r. Gary Mission
airy Society; Mrs. L. W. Duval for the
Young Woman's Sewing Circle: Miss
Mary Gates for the Young Woman
Auxiliary; Mr.. Sheridan for the B. Y
2. L. and Miss Claudia O'Neal for the
Sunbeams.
These reports were very interesting
and showed that every department OF
the church was full of vitality and
actively at work.
The pastor stated that he longed fo1
the ideal-that is. every member of the
church an interested and intelligent
worker for the master.
The guests of honor for the evening
were to have been the six members
seventy years young" Brethren Q. y
Burdick, Isaac Stevens, J. T. Chris
tian and Sisters Fannie r. Gary and
.Judson Edwards, but sickness and The
bad weather prevented the attendance
of but one, Deacon Isaac Stevens, who
was requested to come to the from
and as the song, BLESSED be the Tt,
that Binds" was heartily sung, ever!
person in the church came up to Civ
: Brother Stevens the handclasp of love
, The only regret in the minds ane
hearts of all was the absence of tn,
others so well beloved.
delightful social hour followed
Mrs. w. A. Hooker, chairman of tn
! committee on refreshments, left moth
ing to be desired Fragrant coffe
with whipped cream, hot chocolate an,
dozen kind of delicious sandwiche
provided by the women of the churcl
were enjoyed. These were deft1y an,
, gracefully served by the members o
3 the Baraca and Philathea classes.
Every person went home happy an
feeling that it good to have bee1
there.