The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-29
THE SABBATH DAY.
A Large and Interesting Programme
for To-Morrow.--Preaehing at
the Opera House.

body will occupy them during the morning
and evening hours of worship. The ap
pointments are as follows:
At 10:45 a m Bishop Andrews will
preach in Harper's theatre.
Milan Methodist church the Rev. G.
W. Brown will preach at 7:30 p m.
Fourteenth street Methodist church,
Davenport: the Rev. .. 2. Gilmer will
preach at 1890 m.
United Presbyterian church: the Rev.
T. Doney will preach at 1890 m. No
evening service.
Christian Chapel: the Rev. w. M. Col
Inns viii preach at 1890 m, and the Rev.
J. E. Keene at 7;30 p m.
First Methodist church, Moline: preach
ing at 1890 m by a visitor, and the Rev.
A. X. Tullis at 7;30 p nj.
First Methodist church, Davenport: the
Rev J H. Rhea will preach at 1880 am,
and the Rev. NJ. A . Head at 7:30 p IN.
Broadway Presbyterian church; the
Rev C. Haney viii preach at 10;45 n,
and the Rev F, Ii Cummings at 1870 p
IN.
First Baptist church: 1890 m the
Rev j. s. Cummings will preach, and at
80 p M the Rev William Underwood.
Ninth street Methodist church: the
Rev. William McPheter will preach at
1045 m, and the Rev U. T. Gilmer at
7:30 pm.
German Lutheran church the pastor.
CA Menuicke, will preach at 10 a m;
text Eph 4 1928. Thema: Die taegliche
Erneuerung der Christen zu dem Bilde
Gottes 7:30 p m: Katechis muspredigt.
First Methodist church: at 3 o'clock P
m, there win be the ordination of deacons
and elders, and memorial services, and at
1870 p m, will occur the missionary ami
versary at which addresses will be deliv
cred by the Revs G. W. Drees and W A.
Spencer.
Swedish Baptist church: at 1890 n
the Rev, A. B. 0rgren, pastor, win occupy
the hour with general talk on the Swed
ish Baptist General Conference held al
Chicago, last week. The Rev. Frank
Peterson. of Minneapolis, will preach at
730. Young peoples meeting ar $50.
Sunday school at $50 m.
Central Presbyterian church The Ven
cradle DR.. Richard Haney, of Monmouth,
| will preach in the morning at 1915 ant
| the evening hour, beginning at 100 vii
be occupied by the Rev. C. o. MsCulloch
of Peoria The young peoples meeting
at GAS will consist of Bible reading
Sunday school at the usual hour.
Trinity church: Rev. Canon Kellogg
officiating, morning service and sermon
at 10:45 d. m Evening prayer without
Esermon at p. m. Sunday school a
church at $50 a. m SUNDAY schoo
at Chapel at 2:30. p. m.
GOSSIP FOR THE GOOD.
A pair that lost The game: Adam anC
| Eve.
The Kentucky mountain evangelist
! Barnes, is in India
None but the most inhuman could thinl
of milling down the hind
In little island in the south sea, callet
Atafu, every inhabitant has openly pro
| fessed christianity.
Bishop Gilmour of the Roman Catholi
diocese of Cleveland. Ohio, advocate,
congregational singing
Pere Hyacinthe will sail for America OF
the eth inst, and will lecture during hi
trip through the United States.
An ;ntemperate citizen of Jersey Cit,
calls his stomach thades." because it is tn
place of departed spirits
A man can no more protect himself
against evil company than he can dye int
a tar barrel and come out unsoiled.
The Chautauqua assembly was attended
by $4,000 people and the receipts from
gate money and tuition amounted to $40
900.
The Christian IateIligencer is apprehen.
sive of evil days in the near future iron
the increasing daily record of crime in thi
country.
Sin always manages to betray itsels, Xix
the beggar who, when suddenly asked hoy
long he had been deaf mute, answered
lone year"
The Presbyterian synod of China com
prises thirty churches and a membership
of 3,7S2. Native preachers predominatet
at the last meeting of the Presbyteries
1t is sheer wantonness to be satisfied
with lesser good when by waiting pa
tiently you can have what you want. The
proverb has it. 1t is better to have a hel
tomorrow than an egg today.
! About one half of the thirty thousand
Christian Indians in the United States are
Baptists When an Indian seeks religion HI
should be gathered into the Baptist fold
| if possible. No other denomination vii
| give him the washing he solely needs.
A lady who, seeing among the religious
notices that the pastor of neighboring
church would preach ''D' "" on th'
following Sabbath, said she would go ait
hear him, presuming, as she did, that til,
subject of his discourse was Dolly Var
| dens.",
The Evangelical alliance of England
has made arrangements for celebratin.
the four hundredth anniversary of tn,
| birth of Martin Luther, which occur
Sunday, November IL, by memorial ser
| vices in all the Protestant churches in tn
kingdom. The American branch of til,
alliance has not yet taken definite action
i A western paper announcing the illnes
of the editor, piously adds: IAN sub
scribers who have paid cash in adyanc
are requested to mention him in thei
prayers. The others need not. as thu
prayers of the wicked avail nothing
This is pretty rough on the clergymel
who have been getting free copies.
i We are never at loss for a good ex
cuse for our evil deeds, and resemble tn
al0nnant do rlyau ,vEs, oa;1 70 tho iu1ua