The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-04
SANITY TALK.
TO.mOrrOw's Sermons and where they
will be Preached.

The First Baptist church; the Rey.
/. W. Read, pastor, will preach at 1O:45
A. NJ. and 7:45 P NJ Morning topic:
''The Power of Faith" Evening theme;
THE Worlds Great Orator" Sunday
school at 9:15 A. NJ.
The Swedish Lutheran church: the
Rev. T. N. Hasselquist, D. D., pastor.
Services at 1890 A. NJ and 7:15 P. M.
Text at 1890 A. M, Luke xvii: 915.
Sunday school at $50 P. M.
The Twentieth-street Evangelical
Lutheran church: the Rev. C. A. Men
nicke, pastor 10 O'Clock A. M-Text:
Cor. XIV. 40. Thema; Dass evir
unerschuetterlich fest am Evangiliv
halten sollen. $50 P. M Gemeinde
versammlung.
The United Presbyterian church: the
Rev. ]. A. Reynold, pastor, will preach,
at 10;45 A M, on " An Important CUES
ton and Jesus Answer, and at 7;45 P
M on Good and Bad Shadows" Sun
day school at $50 AN
At Trinity church, there will be
preaching at 10:45 A. M. by Canon KEEL
logg of Davenport. No evening ser
vice. Sunday-school at $50 A. NJ.
Mission Sunday school at $50 P. N,
Tomorrow there will be preaching in
the First. NJ. e. church morning and
evening, Sunday school g. Is. A. NJ.
Young peoples meeting at Z. P. NJ.
Rev. l. A. Searles being absent from
the city, there will be no preaching at the
Christian chapel tomorrow. Sunday
school at $50 a. m. Young peoples
meeting at 6:45 p. m.
CHURCH ECHOES.
In Central Illinois there are many pas
torless Baptist churches.
August 10 to 10 has been appointed as
week of prayer by the bishops of the
Methodist church, South
There have been 1859 accessions to
the Baptist mission churches in Asia and
Europe during the past year.
Cologne cathederl has at last been
completed 1t was commenced 635 years
ago. and since 1874 over 80, 600, 900 have
been expended upon it.
The Bishops of the Southern Method
ist church have appointed the week be
ginning on Sunday, the 18th of August.
as week of special prayer for wisdom
and revival
Strong Place Baptist church, Brooklyn,
heads the list of subscribers to the $50,
600 asked for by the Baptist Publication
society for their new bible with $1,000.
Surgeons tabernacle is becoming
somewhat old and shabby, and 1t has
been closed for the summer. in order to
give it complete overhauling. Spur
geon, meanwhile, will preach in Exeter
hall, which is now the headquarters of
the London Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION.
Answers received to seventy more of
the circulars on the removal of the three
years limit law of the Methodist minis
tiers show fifty five against the removal,
fifteen for its removal, sixteen in favor
extending the time and twenty-six oppos,
ed to both removal and extension.
The Rev. Charles NJ Park, nephew of
the famous professor at Audover. and
who surprised the Congregational coun-
Gill; ready to enstall him, by rejecting the
doctrine of infant babtism, will probably
be continued as stated supply in the pull
! pit of the Howard Avenue Congregational
church, New Haven, Conn.
Father Chiniquy, once famous for his
controversies with the Roman Catholic
church, has been preaching to crowed
congregations in the principal cities of
Scotland. He is advanced in years but
he retains good deal OF the fiery style of
oratory on which his popularity of a
quarter of century ago was built up,
At Wolcott the Rev. l. F. .Congdon,
| who is the preacher having charge of the
Methodist Episcopal church, baytised
twelve converts by lmmersing them into a
pond. The ceremony was performed on
| Sunday afternoon, about mile from Mr.
Congdon's church, Such an unusual
proceeding on the part of a Methodist
minister attracted an immense crowd.
Centuries upon centuries ago while
yet the world was in its salad days."
the true relation between man and
woman was recognized These two
quaint lines contain the history of do
mestic life from the beginning, and they
are not likely to be proven by the flu
| ture:-
As the good man saith. so we say
But as the good woman saith, so
must it be.