The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-14
RELIGIOUS.
Services to be held in this
City tomorrow.
Report of the Convention
at Gable.
S1rNnAY SERVICES.

DToauWdy TIeooy VNii AAo Oh
vice, Rev. J. A. P. McGaw; evening ser
mon by Rev. J. c. Holiday, unjust
Judge" Young peoples meeting at 7:30
p. m.
Central PRESBYTERIAN - Morning service,
Rev. J. C. Holiday; evening sermon by
Rev. J. A. P. McGaw, Profanity" Young
peoples meeting at 6:30p. m.
Ninth street Methodist - Morning and
evening services. Preaching by the presid-
inc elder. Rev E. Wasmuth, in the morn
ing, and by the pastor, Rev. J. s. McCord,
in the evening.
Christian Chapel-The Rev. irving A.
Searles, pastor, 1915 a. M, Dark hours !;
7:3O d. m, the third in a series on Scenes
in the Life of a Fast Young Man"
The Rev Mr. Garrett, of the Davenport
Cathedral, will preach at Trinity church at
1915 a. M Sunday school at the church
and chapel at the usual hours.
The Rev. S w Hamilton, of Little York,
viii preach in the United Presbyterian
church at 10:45 a. m. and 80 p. m. Com
munion at the morning service.
ROCK RIVER ASSOCIATION AT CABLE
Special correspondence
The Rock River Association of Congre-
cational Churches, pursuant to call, assem-
bled in annual meeting with the church at
Cable, Tuesday evening, May 10th.
Rev. Albert Bushnell of Geneseo, was
expected to preach the opening sermon,
~ +olarr,,,, ~; formal tho accociatio,o that
a delayed train had landed him in Rock
Island too late for the evening train for
Cable. The place on the programme thus
made vacant, was ably filled by Rev. E. G.
Barnard of Moline. The preliminary ser
vices of the evening were conducted by
Rev S. F. Wilkinson of Cambridge.
WEDNESDAY.
The association again assembled at 9
o'clock and spent the first half hour in de-
votional exercises conducted by the Rev
A. Harper of Port Byron, and participated
in by nearly all who were present.
At $50 the association proceeded to
organization, Rev. F. NJ. Abbott of Cabl e
acting as temporary chairman. Rev. ID.
Z. Jones of Davenport, was invited to sit
as corresponding member and elected scribe
of the association. On completion of the
roll of pastors and delegates present, the
association proceeded to the election of Il
moderator which resulted in the choice of
Rev. e. c. Barnard Rev S. F. Wilkinson
then read a review of a book recently pub
lished, entitled Scotch Sermons" This
was followed by a review of Froude's
"reminiscences of Thos. Carlyle, by Bro.
Barnard. These reviews were very inter
esting and prepared the way for pleasant
in which many joined and Oc
cupied the time until adjournment at
noon.
At two o'clock p m. the association again
resumed business in the auditorium of the
church, while the Woman's Missionary So
Getty for this district held their annual
meeting in the vestry.
THIS MISSIONARY MEETING,
by the way, was no insignificant side show.
Delegates from several auxilliaries were
present The exercises were very interest
ing and impressive. The annual statement
shows that the women of our churches are
doing great work for the spread of the
gospel.
But to return to the association. The
first hour and a half of the afternoon was
occupied with the transaction of business
and hearing statements concerning the con-
ditiOn, growth and work of the several
churches.
These statements in general gave evi
dence to a degree of prosperity and spirit !
ual power that is very encouraging. Par !
ticular attention was elected by the report |
of the little church at Gable. This church
has in the fourteen months last past, with
no excitement, steadily increased in adult !
from eight to forty; built and |!
paid for the large, pleasant and well fur /
nished chapel in-which the association met; |
and led a work for temperance which has
recently accomplished the abolition of sa
looms i'll the village.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
At three o'clock Rev. S. w. Boardman,
D. d, of Sterling, read a paper on the
question, What is Congregationalism?"
This paper was somewhat lengthy but by
40 means tiresome, and constituted thor
)ugh treatise on the subject.
DR., Boardman conducted the opening exer
Uses of the evening session. Rev. Mr..
Harper spoke upon "Our home work for
he spread of the gospel, after which Oar
us Jones, editor of Songs of the New Life"
/ hymn and tune book extensively used in
)ur churches for several years. sang mis-
'ionary hymn to a tune of his own compo-
ition. Rev. r. L. McCord of New Wind
or spoke of our foreign work, frequently
eferring to large missionary map of the
world. Mrs. J. M. Taylor of Geneseo,
President of the Womens Missionary So
;iety, then responded to a call of the chair
nan and presented general view of the
work women were doing in all
he land and in all lands, and gave particu-
ar information as to plans and methods
pursued in our own district.
The exercises throughout were inter
persed and livened by song the quality of
which indicated that the young people of
1able were not deficient in musical talent
The meeting was great success. All Wis
tors expressed pleasant appreciation of
heir reception and entertainment, and
many were the observations commendatorv
# the young but growing village, so thor
'ughly alive and so beautiful for situation.
Cor"
IRISH COLONIZATION
The secretary of the Irish Catholic colo
ization association at the meeting of that
'ody in Chicago yesterday submitted the
GLOWING report of the finances, which
howed that $4,000 had been subscribed.
The money paid into the association had
een invested in two colonies the lands of
Fhich had been fully paid for, and the