The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-08
THE CHURCH CORNER.
A Batch Of Miscellany for Sunday
Reading.--The Weekly Announce
ments Of Religious Services.

The F'reeman's Joarnal wittily says:
'.Puritanism has ceased to be a religion;
the Purtans failed to found race. The
Celts have come to possess the land from
which the rigid Englishmen drove the
aborigines-first piously falling on their
knees. and then impiously falling on the
Indians
A very serious question has arisen in a
Massachusetts town where Babtist min
lister, whose wife is an Episcopalian, has
given his congregation to understand
that she is his and not theirs, and that
the best thing for them to do is to let
her alone. Religiously and socially this
declaration is bound TO make trouble
In the first place it will undoubtedly be
regarded as his duty to convert his wife,
and secondly. very few congregations
will admit that they have no control
over their pastors wife. Such ladies,
instead of being privileged characters
are, as a rule. regarded with much jeal.
ousy. and the purchase by them of new
bonnet without consultation with the
sisters has been known to throw some en-
tire communities into Mysteries. The
young Massachusetts preacher will learr
before many moons have waned that he
has taken the wrong course. If there i!
anybody on earth that the average church
society insists on owning and running tt
suit itself, it is the preachers wife, an(
she must be very wise, pious and diplo
matte woman who in that position ha.
her own way in all things, and yet es
capes the criticism of feminty.
PULPIT AND PEW.
There will be preaching both morning
and evening at the Ninth street Metho
dist church by the Rev. John c. McNeen
Sunday school at 2 p. IN. J. L. Beatty
Superintendent.
| Owing to Rev. S. S. Cryers absence
from the city tomorrow, there will be NJ
service in the Central Church, and tn,
Choir will sing in Trinity Church at Dav
export, morning and evening.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
church, the Rev. c. A. Mennicke, pastor
Text at 10 a. m, job. X:12 IS. Thema
Won der PLIGHT Christlisher Zuhoerer
die Lehrer der Kirche mach Gottes Wor
wohl Zu unterscheiden. Services a
Coal Valley at 3 p. m.
At Trinity church. services will b
held at : and l045 a. m, and 7;30 p. m
At Trinity Mission al $50 p m. Bisho
Burgess will be present and administe
the rite of confirmation.
The Sunny Side" at l045 a. IN. an
The Wage Workers Conflict, at 730 r
m. will be the subjects at the Broadwa
Presbyterian church, the Rev. W.
Marquis, pastor Sunday school at Oh
a. M, Dr. J. W. Stewart, superintendent
Young peoples meeting at I p, m.
Clerical Meddling: Some Thing
Which Christianity Antagonizes." at IL
As a. M, and Figs From Thistles: 1
Temperance Talk at 7:30 p. n, will b
the subjects at the Christian chapel, tn
Rev. j. II. Wright, pastor. Sunda
school at 9;15 a. IN, F. H Kaupke. ST
perintendent. Young peoples meetin
at $50 D. m.
present Phases of the Sabbath Cues
ton: Shall it be Continued as Day O
Res, and Worship, or, Shall it be Give
Over to Labor and Amusements: Hol
Day or Holiday, Which, will be th
10;45 a. m, theme of the Rev John 1
Brown, D. D. pastor of the Unite
Presbyterian church. Preaching also +,
7:30 p. m. Sunday school at $50 p. n
Hugh Waruock, Superintendent. Youu
peoples meeting at 6:45 p. m, subjec
"Thirsting for God"-Ps. xlii:2
| The subject at the young mems meetin
in the Y. NJ c. A. rooms, at $50 p. q
will be: They Looked unto Him an
Were Heightened.