The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-01
THE SEVENTH DAT.
1t VIII be Observed In the Usual Man.
ner Tomorrow.


Rev. A. B. Orgren, pastor, will preach on
''Our Redemption" Ephesians, Ia Sun
day school at $40 a, m. Young peoples
meeting at $50 p. m. At7;30 the pastors
subject will be, Burial with Christ
through baptism into death, " Romans vi,
4. At the close of the sermon the rites
of baptism will be observed after which
the Lords supper will be celebrated.
Broadway Presbyterian church: the
Rev. J. c. Holiday, pastor Preaching
at 10:45 a. m. on "a Successful Jour-
ney." There will lie no evening service,
the congregation joining in the Union
service at Harper's theatre. Sunday school
at Oils a. m and young peoples meeting
at $50 p. m.
Central Presbyterian church; services at
1915 a. NJ the Rev. DR.. Wilson, OF
Palatka, Fla, former pastor OF this
church will preach No evening service.
Trinity church Service, sermon and
holy communion at 10:45 a. m, the Rev.
C. H. Kellogg officiating. Service at 5
m. Sunday school at $50; at the mis-
sion 5 p. M,
First Baptist church: Service morning
and evening. Subject for the morning
service: The Resurrection of Christ. "
Evening The Deity OF Christ. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m.
Twentieth street Lutheran church: The
Rev. Otto Hoenstein will preach at 1890
on 'Das Wort vom Kreuz ist cine Thor
heit deuen, die verloren werden; uns aber,
die wiz selig werden, ist es cine Gottes-
kraft" L Cor i: 49,
Ninth street Methodist Episcopal
church: The Rev. NJ, Spurlock, pastor,
will preach at II a. m. and 7:45 p, M
Sunday school at $50 a. m.
GENERAL GOSSIP.
Sixteen Roman Catholic bishops in the
United States are of German birth.
Sitting Bull is expected to become {
member of the Catholic church mex
month,
The campmeeting season is nearly over
but it will be quite while yet before the
returns are in.
The synod of China has Ave Presby
teIies, situated at Canton, Ningpo
Shanghai, Shantung and Pekin.
A religious exchange says that the onl!
power that can counteract the brute ten
dency of human nature is religion.
A weeping Madonna, with spirit lamI
tubing and boiler in complete working
order, was recently sold at auction ii
Italy for 81.
The eldest son of General Sherman, wht
has been undergoing the rigorous Jesui
: discipline for the last five years in Mary
= land, is soon to be transferred to brancl
I Institution in the west.
The Rev. Mr. Doolittle, of Nortl
Branch, \. j., has adopted novel plal
for making the most of his vacations. H
! is allowed a month every summer and
. saving them up until he has enough for
trip around the world.
The faithful" are greatly disturbed b
the report published in Calcutta journs
of the appearance of the ghost of Mo
E damned at his tomb in Mecca. At th
e next festival of Mohurrum, the compile
ton of the fourteenth century since th
hegira, they expect the sun to rise in tn
west, the writings of the Koran will
l obliterated and the destruction of tn
IS world viii take place
In view of the recent lamentatior
e concerning the scarcity of ministers, it
!, worthy of note that during the last sill
teen Sundays twenty-six candidates fC
IT the vacant pulpit of the Baptist church {
Il Port Richmond, Staten Island, have e1
: hibited their gifts and grsces to the con
"a gregation.
Among the many conflicting announc
ments made as to the movement OF Mood
Is and Sankey, one of the latest is that the
will undertake in September to evangeli:
e. Baltimore, The people of that city a
,e extremely conservative in their religion
beliefs and methods, and are not the XIII
Z, to be carried away by sudden enthusiast
They rely on their regular church opeTl
r. tons for spiritual improvement rath
than the most eloquent evangelists.
2. A strange rumor has found its va
into print to the effect that the presel
Pope Leo purchased his election by {
y agreement entered into with the Jesui
ne before the conclave 1t is admitted
all hands that with the accession to poy
* er of the new pope the influence of I
f. Jesuit congregation began to inerea>
id and it is notorious that they are no Ion
ye er STRANGERS to the Vatican. The st,
a of the famous order, so long Danish
from the Holy city is once more TO
es domiciled in Rome.
ou Dr. George Macdonald, the we'll know
to novelist has also made himself known
to the fashionable London public as
actor of no mean order in conjuncti
with his accomplished wife and fam
l. IL 81 = D..