The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-27
THE CHURCH CORNER.
PiOus Pickings for Sunday Reflection
1.-The Program for the City
Churches.

neral Some said, 1T will all be over
when they are gone" but it has not been
so. The spirit of fraternal union has
been maintained and increased. Evan
gelistic services have been continued in
most of the churches Many of these
have been properly designated Union
Services" The congregations of the
American Presbyterian, Olivet Baptist,
and Knox Presbyterian churches have
been holding revival services. with con-
siderable success. There has been a |
large addition to the membership of the |
St. James street church, and quite re-
ligious awakening as far east as Hoches
laga. The anniversary of the Montreal
Bible society, recently held in the Frs
kline" Presbyterian church, was through
ont in perfect keeping with the influences
so generally prevalent. The venerable
president, Senator Ferrier, occupied the
chair, and In his opening speech referred
to the visit of the evangelists, and re-
ioced that the first address of Mr. Moody
was on the Christian and his Bible
On the festival of the Annunciation,
beautiful set of festival hang,ugs for the
altar, etc. were used at Trinity church for
the first time after an Office of benedic
ton. The cloths were the work Of Miss
| Wright, who has been very generous in the
use of her needle, for the identifying of the
house of the Lord. The children of the
Sunday school are making their Lcnten
offerings for the purchase of Il window
for the church. The children of the
chapel Sunday school are also making
offerings during Lent for various pur-
poses connected with the furnishing of
the chapel.
A congregational minister, deploring
the tendency of christians to divide and
sublivide into many sccts stated that in
England in 1888. there were registered
1876 of these churches - lie gave the
Advent Christians" and The ADJ
vents" The AlethianS or Rational
Christmas" THE Army OF tue Kings
owns" Baptized Believers" aud BE
levers in Christ Believers in the Dir
vine Visitation of SoulhcOte Of Exeter;
Christian Army" Gospel Temperance
Army, "HOSanna Army and several
other armies; Free Christians" and
Free Gospellers;" Classics and
"Inghamies;" Btptists and Methodists
of many and various shades; Christian
Disciples, christian Eiiasites, "Chrlst-
ian TeetotalerS, and Christians who
object to being otherwise designated"
five species of Independents" and the
Dependents .
A bishop in the church of England had
in his family domestic, a woman, a
strict Romanist who was always talking
about the impossibility of heretics getting
to heaven. Why" said the bishop, do
you think, Mary, that l will not get to
heaveu2" WELL said she, IF you do,
it will be on account of your inconsava,
BILE ignorance
A rustic Presbyterian deacon " hose re-
| nm Il, bod mi, opouOb in II 70 onn,pap1
itself to the newspapers, was not doing
himself credit, but was uttering senti>
ment altogether too prevalent, when he
argued: 1--WE can get as good preaching
as we want for four hundred dollars &
year"
DR.. Talmage recently said in a sermon
IF you have forgotten what you prom
ised at the altar Of wedlock, you had bet
ter buy or borrow an Episcopal church
service, which contains the substance oil
all intelligent marriage ceremonies"
PULPIT AND PEW.
At Trinity church serves will be held
at l0;45 a. m, ~ m. and p. IN, At
Trinity chapel at $50 p. IN.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
, church, the Rev g. A. Menuicke pastor
Text at 10 II. m. Lui. xi:14:2S. Thema
"Das Werk des Satans unter den
Menschen." Christenlehre at $50 D. m
Service at Coal Valley at p. IN.
The Gospel Commission" will be the
1915 a. m. theme of the Rev Jno H
Brown, d. D., pastor, in the United
Presbyterian church. Service also at Z: &c
p. N. Sunday school at $50 q. m, Hugh
Warnock, superintendent, Young peo-
pies meeting at Gas p, m.
The Character and State of Man
Q0:45 a. m and the Future of Man
G:30 p. No. will be the subjects of the
Rev. l. W. Read, pastor in the First
Baptist church. Sunday school at $50 a.
m, }. W. WEIGH, superintendent. Mis-
sion Sunday school at 3 p. IN, Geo. P
: Lyman, superintendent.
Gods Measure of His Love for Man. ;
1915 a. m, and Gods Measure of Man.
: Love for Him." 1870 p. M, will be the
themes discussed from the Christian chap
$ ell pulpit by the pastor, the Rev. J Ii
: Wright. Sunday school at 915 a. M, F
Il. Kaupke, superintendent. Young peo-
pies meeting at $50 p. m.
"The Conquest of the Land" will be
! the 1915 a. m. subject of the Rev w. S
' Marquis, pastor in the Broadway Presby-
n terrain church. At 1880 p. m Prof. A
/ W. Williamson, of Augustana college,
n will lecture upon "The DAkotas and Mis-
r sions Among Them" Sunday school a
$40 a. IN, DIR. J. w. Stewart supeIiu
" tendent. Young peoples meeting at
p. IN.
Some Thoughts Suggested by thu
Recent Murder on the Rock Island Train,
will be the 1915 u IN. theme of the Rev
+. ). 5. Cryer, pastor, in the Central Pres
a byterian church. At 1880 p IN. Mr.. Cry
er will preach on Mount Horeb and tn,
. Call of Moses, the first of series Of ser
Il mons on the mountains of the Bible A
: the morning service collection will b.
n taken up for the board of education