The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-08
THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME.
Where the Word of God win be Ex.
pounded T0-M0rr0w.


pounded TO-M0rr0w.
Ninth street Methodist Episcopal church
the Rev. Spurlock, pastor, will preach at
L a m and 7:45 p. m. Sunday schol at
$50 a. m
Trinity church: Service, sermon and
holy communion at 1915 a m, the Rev.
c. II. Kellogg officiating. Sunday school
at $50; at the mission, ) p. m.
Twentieth street Lutheran church
Preaching at 1890 a. m. by The Rev. c
A Mennitk Ike, pastor. Text: Galatians =
%, and vi. 10. Thema Was soil einen
Christen bewegen, nit Freuden etwos
Won SEMEN irdischen Gnetern EUR Erhal-
tung und Ausbreitung DIES Worries Gottes-
zu opfern?"
Central Presbyterion church; Service
at 1045 a. m. and 7.30 p. IN In the
morning the pastor, the Rev ). ). Cryer
will take for his subject, Work" fAt
$50 the topic wifi be The Unseen
Temple. Young peoples meeting at
6:30, word Hate" Sunday school at
the usual hour
Broadway Presbyterian church: The
Rev. j. c Holiday, pastor, will preach
at 1915 a. m. on Preaching to the
Preacher" life fer Look, " will be
his theme at 1870 p. m. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. M and young peoples meeting
at p m. Subject: The Sacrifice for
Sin, John |. 90
The Rev, J. s. McCord will preach
at the First Methodist church at 1915
a. m
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Evangelist Moody will conduct the
Christian convention to be held in Farwell
hall, Chicago, September Is to 20.
The revival meetings at the rooms of
the railway Young Mems Christian AssJ-
citation at Elmira, have resulted in seventy
conversions.
The young men in the, Protestant
churches of Missouri have raised $4,000
for a statue of Martin Luther, to he
erected in front of Concordia seminary,
st. Louis.
Father O'IIoran, of st Mary's Catholic
| church, Wilkesbarre, Pa, has forbidden
the children of his Sunday school wearing
bangs and fri2zes at divine services.
In Sweden there arc 315 Baptist
| churches, with 10, 921 members. This
has all been accomplished within twenty
| seven years.
In Nebraska there is one woman who is
ordained preacher of the gospel, ten who
are physicians, one lawyer and six who are
county superintendents.
AT the meeting of the Women's Home
Missionary society of the Methodist
| Episcopal church at Ocean Grove there
were among the ladies who delivered adj
dresses natives of Egypt, China India and
| Syria.
At a recent convention of southern
bishops Of -the-~} rotesteeifit .1Eteiseopal
Church, resolutions were passed favoring
a special missionary organization for the
colored population instead of a separate
establishment, and advocating the educa
| ton of colorcd ministers for their
churches.
| The Christian Union says that very
| few intelligent and honest men are salts
| fed with the manner in which our govern
ment is administered; AMI that their in
dignation ut corrupt men. and their dis
gust with ignorant and inefficient
measures, are expressed in continual
! condemnation and criticism
The weary struggle for life in which
the church of the cvangelists in Philadel-
phia has been engaged has at last come
TO an eud The sheriff is about TO sell all
the personal property of the church, con
sisting of organ, cushions and other
belongings. This church has for some
years had run of bad luck. eccleslastic-
ally, socially and financially.
The Congregational ministers and lay
men of New Haven have organized a club
which is 10 be devoted to religious good
fellowship and to the promotion of the
interests of congregationalism. The
Rev John f. Todd one of the most
eloquent of the pastors was chosen
president The club begins its career by
taking Sunday holiday. 1t will mol
hold its career by taking a Sunday holi-
day 1t will not hold its regular meeting,
until the brethren return to their labors
The Rev. Dr. Hanlon, president of the
Pennington seminary, conducts Sunday
school at Ocean Grove, n. j., which has
had an attendance of over two thousand
: the usual number being about one thous-
and One feature of this assemblage
which includes theologians, college pres
dents and professors. lawyers, doctors
and practical business men, is the asking
of questions in theology, which arr
answered by DR.. Hanlon.
The ChurctBaan is severe on Evangelis
Hammond for the way he writes book
for children. 1t says that his writing
are ''full of piOus talk not to say twad-
die and cant and the only good thin!
about them would be the numerous text
Of scripture, if these were rot sometime
used to bolster up q wrong system.
j. concludes that the Evangelist has mucl
J, wrong to answer for
Y The first surplced choir of men an
9 boys ever seen within bounds of tn
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Vernon
Il has made its appearance in ST. Paul
r church. Burlington Before the choi
l. appeared in public it was carried throug
h a very thorough course of training, unde
a skilled musical master The cassock
u and surplices worn by the members q
:. this choir are made in the finest manner
: and are the gifts of millionaire friend O
C the church.