The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-02
CHURCH SERVICES.

| AT the broadway presbyterian cnurcn
preaching by the pastor, the Rev. j. c.
Holiday. Subject. at 1O:45 a. m.
''What is Inspiration? Is the Bible In
spired?" Subject at 7:45 p. M: THE
Excluded Christ" Sunday school at 9:1t
a. IN. and young peoples meeting at 7:15
p M, subject: Where Light and Life
Dwell--Ps, xlvi:9.
The Rev. j. A. Furnier. pastor of the
Ninth-street Methodist Episcopal church,
will take for his topic, at IL a. M, Goods
Exhaustive knowledge of Man"-Ps
cxxxix: 1-6. His subject at 7:30 p. m
will be ''The Glorious Liberty of the
Children of God" -Rom.v iii:21.
The Rev. A. B. Allen. rector, will Off
ciate in Trinity church at 10:45 a. m. and
| administer the Holy Communion. Trinity
chapel Sunday school at 2:70 p. m. Ser
vice and sermon at 8 80 p. M, the Rev. A.
B. Allen, officiating.
"A Better and an Enduring Substance
(10:45 a. n.y. and ''And in the Garden a
New Sepulchre" GAS p. m.) will be
preached upon in the First Baptist church
by the Rev. j. B. II. Patterson, pastor.
Sunday school at $50 a. m, d. Hitler,
acting superintendent.
Saved by Grace" Q0:45 q. ma. and a
sermon on ''Seaching the Scriptures"
GAS p. m.) will be given in the United
Presbyterian church by the Rev. ]. A.
Reynolds pastor.
Addition" Q045 a. M and "'The Mod
eP Gas p. m are the subjects selected
by the Rev. Irving A. Searles, pastor of
the Christian chapel
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Sunday school teachers institute of
the Rock Island Baptist church will be
held this week, Thursday and Friday, July
9th and 7th.
The programme of exercises is given
below.
THURsD AZ EVENING.
7:30-Prase Service.
s:O0-Addresses-'The Need of Bible study
Geo. Lyman, Rock Island
The Characaer and aim of the Sunday
School $3.50. H. H. Clissold.
FRIDAY MORNING.
9:30-Prayer Service
10 observation-disclosures of Church. SUI
perintendent and Teachers. II. r. Clissold.
10:45-Paper or Address-The Weak Day Work of
the Teacher. .....-..F. NJ. sinnett Moline.
II Training Classes,'' with Normal
Glass, preparation) ..-..... ii. r. Clissold.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
2:5-Bible Reading
3:00-NOrmal Glass demonstrating
charlottesville Devotional Element in & s.
Exercises; its Importance and Development
4:OO-Lesson study-Mark 10: 1871.
FRIDAY EVENING.
: :30-Bible Reading
Addresses Sunday School Work in Rock
Island Association
1.-THE Dark Side of it: a coffman, Reynolds.
1.-The Bright Side of it,
W. L. Sanders, Cambridge.
Normal Glass Lesson. H. r. Clissold
PIoUs NOTES.
There are four flourishing Sunday schools
connected with the Second Presbyterian
church of st. Louis, and on q. recent Sun
day plate collection in the church for It's
Sunday schools, brought in 81 $50.
General" Booth, of the Salvation Army,
says it has now 265 stations and 1856 paid
officers. It's income amounts to
1886, 900 per annum. Nine million copies
of its literature were distributed last wear
and sos, 900 raised for the purchase of Con
gress Hall in London.
The census report of the dominion of
Canada shows that of the various religious
there are 1 ,791, 982 Roman
Catholics, 742, 981 Methodists, 678, 1856
Presbyterianss 574, 818 Episcopalians, and
29G, $50 Baptfsts, while other denomina
tons range in numbers from 1000 TO 49,
900. The percentage of increase is as fol
lows: Roman Catholic, 81, Methodist, 35;
Presbyterian. "a; Church of England, 1854
Baptist "a. OF the Roman Catholics but
800. 800 are in the Province of Ontario.