The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-10

Services in Trinity church al 1915 g.
II, y n. and : p, n tomorrow by the
Rev. r F Sweet, the pastor.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
church the Rev. c. a Mennicke pastor.
Text at 10 a. m. Mattb. y: %. Thema
Won dsr grossen suende, der Yer leng-
hung Christi Christenlehre al .. N.
The Limit Of Doing" U04J a. m
and The Opened Books 4 p. nj will
be preached upon in the First Baptist
church. by the Rev / W. Read, pastor.
Sunday school At $50 a. n. J. ". Welcl.
superintendent
Gods Thoughts will BE- the subject
Of the Rev. J. B Schwie'ert, pastor, in
the German Methodist Episcopal church
at 1899 a. n. Arp. n Mr.. schwie-
terl's text will be Col iii; 4 Sunday
school at 93U a. m, J. Ramser, superin~
tenient
Behold the Man ll045 4 ny AMI "A
Little Leayen Leayencth the Whole
Lump & p M will be the subjects Of
the Rev. J, A Reynolds, D. D. pastor in
the United Presbyterian church. Sunday
school at Q 30 a N, Hugh Warnock. sH-
peTintendent. Young folks devotional
meeting at G:30 pm.
Who is the Liar but he That Denieih
That Jesus Is the Christi Il Jno. ice
(1O:45 a M and How Paul Became a
Christian" Acts TX & p nj will be the
themes Of the Rev. J. H. Wright, pastor,
in the Christian chapel Sunday school
at 9:l5 n, F. H. Kaupke, superintendr
cnt. Young peoples meeting at 6 p. N.
Broadway Presbyterian church, Rev
W ; Marquis, pastor. Regular services
will be held in morning at 1915, and in
the evening at : o'clock Subject in the
morning Renewing our Strength" Is 40.
30, 81. Young peoples meeting at $50
Up. n. Subject, The Gospels Call, 3"
Rom. 1911 Sabbath school at 9:10 a. m,
Dr. J W Stewart, superintendent,
The communion of the Lords supper
will be celebrated at 1045 a m, in the
Central Presbyterian church, the Rev S:
IS. Cryer, pastor, and quite a number Of
new members will be received into the
church. Mr.. Cryer's subject at pm,
viii be ''Smouldering Lamps" Sunday
school at $50 m, W H. Hatch, Super
intendent. Young peoples meeting at 6
p N, subject word, Desire.
PIOUs POINTS.
D. L. Moody Is soon to hold three
days conference with Christian workers
IN Omaha.
That sort Of Christianity which seems
to fit alike anybody and any denomina.
ton has not inaptly been styled Mother
Hubbard Christianity" by religious con
temporary.
The WOmen's Board of Home mission
Of the Baptist church supports thirty one
women missionaries, five teachers and
seven bible readers, and is making prep
arations for supporting a missionary
among the Chinese of San Francisco
They have raised S35, 090 for their work.
Mr.. Arthengton, of Leeds, England,
has given S15,0 to the English Baptist
Missionary society for the support of the
new mission steamer Peace, which is to
be devoted 10 mission work on the Congo
river He has also given $4,000 to be
used for mission work in the region be
yond Stanley Pool
The Alabama Baptist has this to say of
the effect of Christmas upon the churches
in that section: so far as our observa-
ton has gone, the average church does
not get over the effects of Christmas short
of three months. Egg nogs, frolics. and
the like, at the season. lead MANY astray
Three months lost in a year. What a
fearful sacrificed
A little girl had been given some vers-
cs to commit to memory by her Sunday
school teacher last Sunday. She told her
mother about it On coming home. and
said they were the first three
verses of chapter in st. John. Her little
brother, who was in the room, at once
exclaimed, with thump of his first on
the table. Papa, don't let her learn
theml That's the man who beat Blainei'
The old gentleman smiled audibly.
At an English country house, at
luncheon, after morning service. the pop
ular young curate was accosted by ven
cradle divine. How long, sir" said he
did it take you to write that sermon
that you gave us this morningf' 'tOh,
about week" Dear me, replied the
other, lit took me four.