The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-12
GOSPEL GOSSIP.
TomorrOw's Pr0gramme---SOme Gene
raj Notes.

Trinity church Service and sermon
10:45 m; Rev c. H. Kellogg officiating.
Parish Sunday school 9;30a m. Mission
Sunday school 2;30pm.
Excuses" Q0:45 a. n.y. and ''Consecra-
ton" G p n.y. will be the subjects of the
Rev ]. A. Reynolds pastor of the United
Presbyterian church. Sunday school at
$50 a. M Hugh Warnock, superintend-
emit
The Gospel" Q0;45 ny and Free,
ness of Salvation" e p M are the subjects
selected by the Rev. l. w. Read. pastor
of the First Baptist church. Sunday school
at $50 m. J. W. We'ch, superintend-
ent.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
church. Rev. C. A. Mennicke, pastor.
Text at 10 m Luc ii:41 SO. Thenia: Der
Mahnruf des zwolfjahrigen Jesus Wisset
ihr NIGHT, dass ich sein muss in dem, das
meines Waters ist?" Chrisienlehre, go
pm.
The Final Hour of the Son of God
| 1045 a. ny and Necessity of Divine
Support; How wilt thou in the swelling
of JOrdan?'" e p. M will be discoursed
upon in the First Methodist Episcopal
church, by the Rev. r. G. Pearce, pas
tor. Sunday school at 915 a. m, E. W.
Spencer, superintendent. Young peoples
meeting at 6:15 p. M, E. w. Spencer,
leader
AT 10:45 a. m. in the Central Prtsbv-
terrain church, the Rev. s. S. Cryer pas
tor, will preach upon Secret Growth of
the Seed" There will be communion of
the Lords supper and the reception of a
number of persons at this service Mr..
Crytr's 7 p. m topic will be The Young
Man Whom Jesus Loved" Sunday school
at $50 a. m, j. NJ Buford, super.n-
tendent. Young peoples meeting at G p.
M, word: Rejoice"
| ABROAD.
Nh Moody though conducting mann
moth meetings in London, does not forget
to wish his old church and Sunday school
a happy new year.
The Anglican church people ale greatly
exercised at the appointment of Prof J.
B. Horton, a leading and conspicuous
nonconformist, as examiner in the Oxford
university.
\ southern Dakota man recently prom
ised his dying wife that he would meet
her in heaven. When the fact became
known that the man was an editor, the
| joke was regarded as too good to keep.
An item is going the rounds that church
members embrace three times as many
women as men. Yes, that is probably
correct There is not more than 25 pei
cent as much fun in embracing men a,
women.
Ma" said thoughtful boy, Il dom
think that Solomon was So rich as they
say he was Why, my DEAR Because
the bible says he slept with his fathers,
and if he had been so rich he would have
had bed of his own
/ A''lShhbho anu must 'ltliS'H vi III tlpI &
are being made by the Catholic church t.
settle, by full payment of all claims, the
financial difficulties of Bishop PurcelrS
administration. \ wealthy churchmar
of Cincinnati offers to give 100000 TO
this purpose, if the parishes Throughout
the country will tax themselves enough t
balance the accounts.
A 6 n
0eitQne asks the following very pcrtinen
Question: why is it that the Evangeli-
cal churches of France have not ability
resources and faith enough to send the
Word of God to those who have as YET
received nothing from them but cannon
shots?' The reference is to Tunis, Cochir
China, TonQuin, Madagascar and Congo
1t has for some time been we'll known
that the church which Calvin founded and
largely the prey of rationalism. The
form of the old Protestant church re
NAMED, but the spirit had fed. Latterly
matters have become worse and worse Ii
is now stated on most reliable authority
that every minister of that church
elected, by the way by popular suffrage
since 1874 is either an avowed agnostiC
or in some way, more or less direct, an
opponent of christianity.
1t was pet idea of the late Dean Stan.
ley that the monuments of men who had
won distinction on the field of battle
should be removed from Westminster
Abbey to St. Pauls cathedral, which
should be more or less exclusively reserved
for military monuments. Since the death
of Nelson it has been more and more the
custom to find place for military and
naval heroes in st, Paul's. Dean Brad
ley has now expressed himself as of the
opinion as his predecessor, and the
likelihood is that steps will be taker
without delay to have transferred to st
Paul's some of the military monument,
which now contribute so much to the
oyercrowding of Westminster.
RAIL RUMBLINGS.