Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-29

Ghost came upon him. Let MS
remember that the secret of
power lies' in preaching the go.-
pei. in living the gospel, in being
amply equipped. and BY being filed
with the Holy Ghost
Tho Value Of Their InAuence''
was the subject of an address by J.
3. Mckee. d. D. He began BY say
ing that the roll had besn called, but
there was no response by the 10.
Yet We believe they i've, and there
y comfort in the thought. They
i've In glory. and they live in the
influence which they have exerted
upon others lives; upon the lives Of
many present here tonight. Many
stars sre % far distant from this
earth that ray Of light travels hum
dreds OF years In reaching a. II
these stars were suddenly removed
their light would continue to shine
hundreds of years. These brethren,
though dead. yet speak. The Ore
which Luther kindled when he
preached the doctrine of iustiica tion
by faith. and the Pickering light
which Bunyau hung ont from the
Jail in Bedford still shine. It 10 said
that some rivers carry th-ir waters
out hundred miles into the sea
and that passing vessels feel the in
hueuce Of their current. When .
man die can you tell what he il
WORTH You Can tell what his bank
account is; you can estimate the
value of his estate, but eternity
alone can compute the value of .
good mans life - We stand here
tonight. surrounded by the in
auence exerted by the.e mems
lives. the influence which they
~xerted upon the church. may
God he p rs to value this influ
ence that when we come to lay down
our lives. the influence which We
have exerted shall tell for the build
ing up Of Gods ,kingdom.
Rev. J. "A. Duf Of Chicago, spoke
upon the topic, lessons From Their
Lives" He said It made him think
of what We have al noticed, rs
We have walked through the forests.
and stood where mighty oaks have
fallen. As We pass by the trunk of
the fallen tree and look upon it.
there seems to be no vacant place;
no opening among the trees where it
must have stood. Other trees have
grown in around it and have filed
mp the space which IL once occu-
pied. We are scarcely able to see
tho place Of some of these brethren;
others have 30 lately fallen that their
places have not been filed. In our
work here. - We plan and legislate
for the welfare of the church, We are
looking forward; tonight We pause
to look backward, and to think back.
ward; to learn lessons from the lives
OF these men. First, the workers
are transient. Some are here to-
night who will never again repre-
sent the church in this capacity.
Eighty-six years carry us . long
ways back. 1t seems short, but in
reality it is . long time to live
Some have been taken away in mid
de life, others in the prime Of life;
they were transient workers, and
like the trees have accom- phi, he'd
their mission. Second, the work 10
permanent. The Coral isles are
formed BY little insects. Each de-
posits . part'of itself to build MP the
formation Little BY little it grove
until above the surface the beautiful
isle appears. They arc transient
workers. but their work is perma-
nent; each contributes its part.
This illustrates the history Of the
church "built upon the foundation
of the apostles and prophets" and
We are loft 70 perpetuate this work.
Third, the workers are not indispon-
sible to the work Of God.
There 10 no room for pride. These
brethren did not feel that they were
Indispensable. II they should speak
they would say, ''Let this mind be
in you which Vas also in Christ Je-
sus." Fourth. God IL pleased to use
weak instruments in the salvation Of
immortal souls. How many have We
brought into the kingdomf
sunday Assis.nsats.
At the evening service the follow
ing assignments Of the visiting min.
listers to the tri-city pulpits 'tomor.
row WAS announced:
Rock Island-United Presbyterian,
Thomas q. Hanna, d. D., the mod
orator, at 10:45 .. M; w. J. Reid. d.
D., Ut ESQ p. m. Central Presby-
terrain, william 8. Owens, D. D., ct
10:46 .. m; Rev. w. w. Lawrence
1t ESQ p. m. Broadway Presbyter-
ian. c. d. Strong, D. D.. at ,10:i5 q.
m; Rev. q. H. Crawford ct 7:SO D.
m. First Methodist. J. K. McClur.
kin. D. D., at 10:45 .. M; Rev. r. E.
Mcclure at ESQ p m. First Baptist,
Rev. w. ]. AcMichael ct 1916 .. N.
Rev. J. A. Montsith at 7:S0 p. m.
German Methodist. Rev. ]. w. Eng.
lish 1T 10:46 .. m; Rev. J. F. Ross
ut 2 80 p. m.
Davenport Calvary Baptist, J. 8.
Mckee, d. D.; First Methodist. Rev.
w. W. Logan st 10:46 .. M; J. A.
1ssd. d. D., at ESQ p. m. First
Presbyterian, James White. D. D.
Second Presbyterian. Rev. G W.
Whitesid0 at lO:45 a, M: Rev. T. A.