The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-22
SABBATH SERVICES.
TO-M0rrOw's Programme as Arranged
by the Ministers.

~'ih"h odVCU hCthouioI LtJlsCoi'dl
church, the Rev. NJ. Spurlock, pastor,
will preach at11 m and 7:45 p III. Sun
day school at 9;45 am.
Twentieth street Lutheran church: the
Rev c. A. Mennicke, pastor; services at
10 m and 7:30 p m. Morning theme;
die wahre Einigkeit der warhen christ
lichen Kirche," EphesIans iv, rs Even
ing: "Katechlsmuspredigt."
Trinity church: Service and sermon
aN1045 m and evening prayer at p H.
the Rev. Canon Kellogg officiating
Sunday school at $50 M and at the
chapel on Fourth avenue at $50 p m.
Central Presbyterian church: the Rev
S. S. Cryer, pastor, will preach in the
morning on "A Foreign Invasion, and in
the evening his subject will be "A Head
with Many Crowns" Sunday school at
$50 m, and young peoples meeting at
730 p m--word, keep"
United Presbyterian church: Preaching
by the Rev. j. A. Reynolds, pastor at
1915 m and $50 p m. Subject for the
morning service: why we keep The first
day of the week as the Sabbath" Elias
was man subject to like passions as we
are, will be the evening topic. Sunday
school at $50 am.
The Broadway Presbyterian church;
Preaching at 1915 by the Rev. J. c. Hol-
liday, pastor. on "The union of faith and
works, the truth emphasized by the
christion convention at Chicago. The
theme at 7:30 will be The Needy's Ref
.uge." Young peoples meeting at :
o'clock. Subject: "A Merciful God"
Ps CHI, s.
First Methodist church: Preaching
both morning and evening by the pastor,
Rev. j. s McCord. Sunday school at
9:15 an, and young peoples meeting at
Z p m.
There are seven new Protestant
churches now being built in New York
City,
The first convocation of the colored
Episcopal church was held in New York
this week.
In the Methodist and Baptist churches
of the south there are 1,500, 900 negroes.
Judge not that We be not Judged"
is rendered in the Afghan testiment;' Do
not do justice, lest justice be done to
you"
There are ministers who will never he
able to hold large congregation until
they become choplains to the peniten-
tiary.
There is an old Hebrew proverh
which runs, Make haste when YOU
are purchasing a field, but when You
are to marry a wife. be slow
The temperance advocate, Francis
Murphy, who will soon return 10
this country has received 5000, 900
pledges during his work abroad,
The religious press condemns the
action of an Ocean Grove hotel keeping
in refusing to entertain the colored
speakers at the recent camp meet
ing.
Our religion is hot worth much
if it is like that of the store keeper
who said" I've just been converted
so when you want milk on Sunday
you must come round to the back
door"
A great many Christians are like the
colOred gentleman who said that he had
been walking in the broad and narrer
path for twenty years" and never found
it hard road to travel.
Brother Jasper, of Richmond, doesn't
dare to tell his people that the bad place
is warm, because some of the rhenmatics
in his congregation would want to start
down with the first frost.
The erection of a crucifx twelve
feet high in front of Catholic church
in Lakeville, Conn, resulted in a petition
for its removal by thr Protestants and in
their being "boycotted" by order of the
priest.
1t may be that you have as good req
son to be satisfied with yourself as Mr..
Sheridan, who said:-"My moral charac-
ter? Well, it is as fair a moral character
as q somewhat topical man can develope
in tropical country"
A circular has been sent to many clergy
men staying at Newport, by New York
wine firm, soliciting orders and closing
with these words: IN B-To avoid sus-
picion, every case sent you win be plainly
m arked canned peaches,
Both bulls and bears in Wall street
during the recent cyclone, felt the force
of the Irish morallsts remark that single
never come alone, and the
greatest of all misfortunes is generally
followed by much greater one.
To be good because its good to be good
is the highest kind of religion. and to be
good because the world will find YOU ont
if you are naughty is the lowest kind If it
is any kind at all. 1t was Mr.. Locker
who twanged the principal string in hu-
man hearts when he said
Many are afraid of God
And more of Mrs Grundy.
In Aubonne, Switzerland, two of the
salvation army warriors have been fined
$40 each for selling the hymns issued by
the army. This seems not only an abrige-
ment of religious liberty, but very high
price to charge for hymns. Yet if the
hymns were as bad as some of the afro
cious metrical compositions sung and sold
by the army in our cities, probably the
Swiss felt justified in putting a prohibi-
tory tariff on them.
In College Point war is raging between
Rev. Mr.. True, the Episcopal rector and
the young men who want to play ball on
Sunday afternoons. The trustees of the
village and the principal property holders
side with the boys. They say that the
boys, who are largely engaged in facto ries
during the week, have no time to play
ball except on Sunday, One of the largest
employers of boys has gone so far as to
tell the Rev. Mr. True to mind his own
business
The Presbyterians of Jacksonville, ILL.,,
were supposed to have done good thing
when the built a stately house of worship
with n lofty snire Rut they made n mis-