The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-11-26
UNIVERSITY QUARTET AGAIN Wis
1T MCINTOSH

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To the Ocala Banner:
The people of Mcintosh again ex-
perienced the pleasure of having the
University quartet in their midst Sun
day, November Ia, 1920. These young
men, Mr.. Chas. PETER, base; Mr.. Hill
ton Yates, baratone; Mr.. Kenneth
Smith, End tenor; Mr.. John Mickey,
1st tenor, were present at services
both morning and evening at the Pres
byterian church, and their tasty and
well rendered selections added very
much to the impressiveness of the
messages brought to us at this time
by Rev. Geo. E. White, whose subject
for the morning was Memorial to the
men who served and died." text John
1913.
In few 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 fcrefath-
ers, the slow but steady steps they
made from time to time in developing
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 sffer all manner CT hardships,
these were no trifling things their
ideas, and for the sake of humanity,
for the sake of what our country must
be, the lives of our heroes were glor-
iously given.
In the world today there is greater
need for men who will give their lives,
not On the battle fields, but the unset
fish giving og ones life to service, in
a 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 lcves and truly serv-
es, and what glorious thing to spend
our lives in sacrifice and service for
TO die for our enemies, even as Christ,
who lived and died not only fer his
friends, who loved him, but also for
those who prosecuted and Knocked him
and nailed him to the cross. He was
pictured there in his agony, yet forget
full in 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 I'M.
selfish service, is to be found in the
spirit which has forced the laboring
man into false and unreal ideals? The
spirit Of Greed and selfishness has
formed around the ideals which were
Christ like in the American life,
smothered the spirit of sacrifical liv-
ing. The ideal of man giving his
life to loafing, when there is always
at hand some service of love to be rem
dered, some deed Of kindness done,
some one we could help and start en-
the right road, if we were not morally
lazy and loafing on the job. Then fol-
lowed a very striking appeal, for the
memory of the boys who went over
the top and did not return, for enthu-
siasm help and sympathy, when we
see the empty coat sleeve, and we
have forgotten the other whose so
sleeps ''over there" These sacrifices
must not be made in vain. We must
today and every day live the sacrific-
ed life for our friends, who would
have given their lives for us, and we
must not forget the loved cnes of
those who sleep on Flanders Field.
This earnest message was followed
by Parting Hymn" by the quartet.
who had also rendered during the SER
vice the following Holy, Holy, Holy"
and Just Outside the Door,"
At the evening service we also had
the pleasure of hearing the quartet,
these young men are always obliging
and generous in the matter of service
through song and just before Mr.
Whites message they sang Softly and
Tenderly Jesus is Calling" then i'm
mediately at the close, we were favor
ed by Mr. Pfeiffer.. solo Beautiful
Isle, and Mr. Smith, solo. Almost Per-
suaded''
We are always glad to welcome
these young men into our church and
homes, and we appreciate the spirit
that inspires them to help make 9th
- ta+ta,. and HAMMER through song.