Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-10
HELD
Sunday School Work is Dis
cussed at Meeting of First
: Methodist Church.
RALLY DAY IS OUTLINED
Plan Indicates Big Success for Gath
ering-Tri-city Baptist Young
People Have Session.

All interesting sunday Scn0Ol lnStl-
tute was held at the First Methodist
church last night at which much of
the matter discussed at the state Sun
day school convention was presented.
Rev. R. B. Williams conducted the
devotional exercises, after which Rev
Marion Humphreys very ably present
ed the subject of adult classes. Mr.
Humphrey showed, among other
things, that the boys follow their
fathers in all their questionable ways
If the father does not honor the Sab
bath day, but attends baseball games
and other amusements, his boy is
bound to follow in his footsteps.
Mrs. H. +. VanDuzer followed with
cornet solo, rSpring's Awakening"
which was well received.
elementary Grades" was then dis
cussed by Mrs. H. A. Weld and much
OF interest was developed along these
lines. Mrs. Weld is superintendent OF
the junior department of the Broad.
way Sunday school and is regarded
as one of the ablest elementary grade
workers in the state.
On TRIMMING work.
Rev. w. B. Clemmer of the Memo
rial Christian church was assigned the
subject of teacher training and it is
unfortunate that more of the super
intendents of the city were not pres
ent to hear him. Mr.. Clemmer is a
very enthusiastic Sunday school
worker and is especially interested in
teacher training work. The Christian
church is doing phenomenal work
along this line, leading all others, and
the Sunday school in this city will
graduate % new teachers this month.
II. e. VanDuzer presented the coun-
ty Sunday school rally day subject
ard made it evident that it is to- be
the biggest event in the city this year.
The Sunday schools all over the county
are cooperating enthusiastically and
between 1000 and 5000 children are
expected to be in line on that day.
The people of the upper end of the
county expect to come in chartered
train and the lower end of the county
by boat.
Mr.. Nichols was elected president
of the township Sunday school asso-
citation and Miss Claire Van Calder
secretary.
TRICKY Ii. Y. p. U. Meets.
The quarterly meeting of the Tri-City
Baptist Young Peoples union was held
last evening at the Edgewood Baptist
church Large delegations were pres
ent from the First Baptist church of
this city, Calvary Baptist church of
Davenport and from the Baptist church
of Silvis, in addition to the members
of the Edgewood Baptist church. The
church was filled to overfiowing. The
meeting was presided over by the pres
ident OF the tri-city union, j. d. Will
liams of Edgewood. DR.. II. o. Row.
lands of Calvary church pronounced
the invocation, and then the follow
in" Drogram was given:
Selection, Flight to Win" = Male
quartet, composed of Messrs, Stoute-
myer. Graham, Hawkes. and Tucker
Address, Royalty to the Church.
Henry N Wood of Davenport.
Selection, "Trust'-Quartet.
Benediction-Dr. H. w. Reed.
Following this program another pro-
gram of HUMOROUS character was Civ
en-, which included the reading of com.
ical clippings by N. P. Tucker, selee-
ton by the male quartet. "a Summer
Idyl;" reading by Miss Laura Davis,
a selection by the quartet, and biblical
conundrums. after the program the
n.
refreshments and the remainder of the