The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-02
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
TO-M0rr0W's Programme at the Differ
ent Houses of Worship.

The Land to which we Journey; The
Day" Q045 ny and "Corin,h: Paurs
Stay in the Corrupt City, (730 p M will
be the subjects preached upon in the
Central Presbyterian church, by the Rev.
IS. S. Cryer, pastor Sunday school at
$50 IN, ]. NJ BufoytI, superintendent.
Young peoples meeting at $50 m, sub
iect: Perfection.
In the Broadway Presbyterian church,
at 10:45 a IN, the Rev. J, c. Holiday,
pastor. will preach sermon on The
General Assembly. AT $50 p m, he will
deliver his tenth lecture on Pilgrims
Progress" Sunday school at 9:15 m,
DR.. J. W. Stewart, superintendent
Young peoples meeting at p m, subject
Uncertainty of Life, Psalms CHI; 10, 16
The Rev. DIR J S McCord, pastor, will
preach in the First Methodist Episcopal
church, at 1915 IN and 100 pm. Theme
for 10:45 m. Christ the Comforter.
Evening Theme, 1t is II Sunday school
at 915 m, E W. Spencer, superinten-
deni Young peoples meeting at Z P M.
United Presbyterian church; the Rev.
J. A Reynolds, pastor, exchanges pull
pits with the Rev J. c. Warnock, of LIE
Claire, Iowa, who will preach at 1915 a.
N. and 730 p. m. Sunday school at $3.50
a. m, Hugh Warnock, superintendent.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
church, the Rev c. A. Mennicke, pastor;
10 a. m.-Thema; Dass die Bruderlibee
Elm gewisses und troestliches Kennzeichen
unseres Gnadenstandes sci. 2:30 P. m.
misunderstanding
Swedish Lutheran church the Rev. T
N, Hasselquist, d. D., pastor. Services
at 1890 a, H. and 7:15 p. m. Text al
1890 a. m: Luke xiv:16 and "a. Sun
day school at $50 p. m.
Mr.. T, d. Bently, Jr., will preach il
the first Baptist church at 10:45 a. m
There will be no evening service. Sun
day school at 9t5 a. m, ]. W. Welcb
superintendent.
There will be no service in Trinity
church. Sunday school at $50 a. m
Mission Sunday school at $50 p N.
IN GENERAL
The color line is troubling churches il
the south.
Il wish, said gentleman at JOSEPH
Cooks lecture, " that l had time to sta,
through another word. but | must 60
People who complain of hardships in
cident to moving should be able to sympa
thize with their brethren of the Method
list clergy,
Mr.. Isaacs, can you tole me we're va!
the first diamond" No, Mr. Yawcobs
we're vas IT." IVY, Noah's son on dc
ark; he vas Shem of der fust water.
Now that Arthur Sullivan is knighte,
we shall expect no more musical work
from him, for the good book tells US tina
when the knight cometh no man can worl
Dryden gives US a question and an ans
wer, which might well be inscribed on tn
arch of this present time. do yon know
me, Mr., Justice? justice is blind; he know
nobody"
The faculty of yale College encourag,
the project to open a branch of Youn!
Men, Christian association The propos
ition is 10 erect building at cost o
S25, 900 near the college.
Professor Harper, occupant of tht
Hebrew chair in the Baptist seminary o
Chicago, teaches over five hundred min
listers the Hebrew language by correspon
dence, and he receiving applications iron
twenty u thirty new students ever
month
The latest statistics of the Methods
Episcopal church show 1852 churche
an increase of 256 over last year; 1,748
Cpl members-an incfease of "a 911
l-Of preachers there are II go local anC
,O2S travelling miaisters-an increase
of 295 OF the former and "a decrease OF
1874 of the latter
| A Kentucky man when dying last weel
told the watchers at his bedside that h
saw heaven He probably had a vision
of big spring of living bourbon whiskey
flowing between banks of sugar snd lemol
with heightened gentlemen standing OF
each shore shooting at each otheT will
gold plated rcyolvers
The state of Pennsylvania seem.
digenous to growth of singing evange
lists. Messrs Sankey Bliss, McGrana
han, Miller and Stcbbns were all bori
and reared within little distance of eacl
other in Pennsylvania And now come
to Chicago another singing evangelist il
the person OF Prof O. Excel, who's
name is significant of his vocal powers
One who has noted singing evangehsts
and thinks he should know, says his voic
has the sweetness of McGranhans, the
lpower of Sankey's, and the fevor of Pr
Bliss
The public has long been familiar wit
Young Mems Christian Associations.
has not hitherto been 50 familiar wit
those Of women. 1t would appear. how
ever, that the latter kind of an associatio
has already taken root in English soil
A few days ago a society hearing tn
name OF the Young Women's Christia
association held its annual meeting i
Exeter hall, under the presidency of tn
veteran Lord Shaftesbury. The meetin
was largely attended by the leading chTi,
ton philanthropists of both sexes, and tn
report was in the last degree satisfactory
The Pope's letter to Archbishop Crok
is the calm and authoritative utteranc
| of wise man who proposes that legit
mate ends shall be reached by legitimat
means only. He is evidently no NOR
the friend Of England than Parnell, an
, can see national wrong as clearly as an
one else. He does not excuse the BIRTHS
government toward Ireland by either no
or word, and recognizes the sad positiO
in which the Emerald Isle finds herse'i
but he has no faith in the efficacy Q
crime as an element of reformation. Hi