The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-25
UNIVERSITY QUARTET
(Contributed)


perienced the pleasure of having the
university quartet among them Sun
day, Nov. 14th. These young men,
Mr.. Charles Peiffer, base, Mr.. Milton
Yates, baritone, Mr.. Kenneth Smith,
second tenor, and Mr.. John Mickey,
first tenor, were present at services
both morning and evening, at the
Presbyterian church, and their well
rendered selections added very much
tic the impressiveness of the messages
brought to US at this time by Rev. G.
z. White, whose subject for the morn
ing was Memorial to the Men Who
Served and Died" Text, John 1913.
In few well chosen words we were
led back to the events leading up to
the founding of America, and had
placed before US the landing of our
|forefathers, the slow but steady steps
they made from time to time in de-
Iveloping our America, even though to
live up to the ideals they. had set for
themselves and their beloved country
caused them to give their lives in
bloody warfare and suffer all manner
of hardships These were no trifing
things, their ideals, and for the sake
of humanity, for the sake of what our
country must be, the lives of our
heroes were gloriously given.
In the world today there is a great
er need for men who will give their
lives, not on the battlefelds, but the
Inselfsh giving of ones life to serv-
lice, in world where so many are
needed to serve, for help where so
much help is wanted, for charity
where there is such dearth of love
and good will. He may lay down his
life for his friends, who truly loves
and truly serves. and what glorious
thing to spend our lives in sacrifice
and service for our loved ones. We
are not called on to die for our enc
mics, who loved him. but also for those
who prosecuted and Knocked him and
nailed him to the cross. He was pic
tUred there in his agony, yet forget
full of self in so much that he forgave
the thief at his side, and prayed for
those who had crucified him. Then
the scene was shifted down to the
present day. How much of the spirit
of Christ, his thoughtfulness for
others, his unselfsh service, is to be
found in the spirit which has forced
the laboring man into false and unreal
ideals? The spirit of greed and self
ishness have driven from their lives
and creed formed around the ideals
which were Christ-like in the Ameri-
can life, smothered the spirit of sac
rificial living. The idea of man Civ
ing his life to loafng, when there is
always at hand some service of love to
be rendered, some deed of kindness
done, some one we could help and
Start on the right road, if we were
not morally lazy and loafng on the
job.
Then followed a very striking ap-
peal for the memory of the boys who
went over the top and did not return
for enthusiasm, help and sympathy
wen we see the empty coat sleeve, and
we have forgotten the mother whose
son sleeps cover there" These sacri-
| fees must not be made in vain. We
raust today and every day live the sac.
rifcial life for our friends who would
have given their lives for US, and we
must not forget the loved ones OF
those who sleep in Flanders fields.
This earnest message was followed
by Parting Hymn" by the quartet
the young men having also rendered
during the service the following
"Holiy, Holy. Holy" and "Just Outside
the Door,"
At the evening service we also haC
the pleasure of hearing the quartet
These young men are always obligine
and generous in the matter of "serv
ice through song. Just before Mr.
Whites message they sang "Softl,
and Tenderly Jesus is Calling" the1
Immediately at the close we wer,
favored by Mr.. Pfeiffer with a solo
Beautiful ISLE" and Mr.. Smith will
the solo, almost Persuaded"
| We are always glad to welcom,
these young men into our church ant
homes, and we appreciate the spiri
that inspires them to help make other
better and happier through song.