Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-06

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seth year, was one of the first Sunday
school superintendent here, and was
also one of Rock Island county's ear
lest surveyors.
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secretary and librarian. Mr.. Reynolds
had been converted in March, 1S43,
and had joined the Baptist church.
The school was made auxiliary to the
American Sunday School Union, which
by resolution had proffered aid to all
schools so organized in this, then,
great wilderness of the Mississippi
valley.
March IS, 1S45. the school dissolved
its connection with the American Sun
day school Union and elected Harmon
G. Reynolds superintendent and John
A. Boyer assistant superintendent. In
the fall of 1914 the Methodists had
completed their brick church on the
northwest corner of the public square,
just east of the Harper house. Rev.
Isaac Searles was the new pastor At
a meeting called to organize a Sunday
school, c. A. Spring, as a representa-
tive of the American Sunday School
Union, was present, and seems to have
acted as organizer" (From Fifty
Years of Methodism'O.
We have seen that the first Sunday
school superintendent of the Moline
school was blessed by having son
raised TO the high office of bishop Of
the Methodist church. Now the new
~, ;ct
church of Rock Island elects as its
superintendent j w. Van SAINT. whose
son was destined to be governor of
Minnesota, and not merely governor,
but one of an especially strong moral
| fiber Let us say thanks to the Sun
| day school"
EdgingtOp Presbyterians.
| s. The Presbyterians of Edgington
township organized in the Dunlap
cabin in the fall of 1897 The organic
alton was effected by Rev. John Mont.
gomery, an itinerant home missionary
] by appointment of the presbytery of
Schuyler. Church services were held
once a month for several years, and
sometimes at longer intervals, in the
Dunlap cabin during the winter months
and in the barn in the summer. The
Sunday school was organized in 1874
and was kept in operation only
Through the summer months until 1865
since which time the school has beer
lkept open II months of the year.
(Atlas).
The years of 1885 and 1886 were
profitable years for the Sunday schools
of the county, that were to be. VIZ
have seen that Michael J. Hartzell
Joseph Dunlap and DR.. jeremiah II
Lyford came during this time. An
other father in Israel who arrived
at this time was John Walker of Canoe
Creek township. on whose farm tht
Enterprise United Brethren church i:
located. Strong in the faith, the frs
: Sunday school of this part of the coun
try was organized in his barn by tn
United Brethren. Peter Curtis wa
elected superintendent. This was il
ti1S5S. Unfortunately, it lasted only on
summer, but in 1860 new effort wa
made and a union Sunday school wa
organized at the old "Sandhill'' schoo
T, house, which lasted perhaps to tn
l beginning of the war
Only those of us who attended tn
county Sunday school rally at Roc
Island last month, with it's thousand
i present, will be able to imagine tn
4 delight and enthusiasm of the Sunda
. school people, when ON July A, 1874;
: (the day Colonel Davenport was xii
2 ed, the Sunday school met in unto
: picnic in Rock Island, and had gal
: day together. Band music and mos
e likely the usual present day picni
n features were INDUCED in. The parad
Twas headed by the only brass band /
e this part of the country, and its leade
4 was Deacon A. NJ. Hubbard. SiXt.
/ three years is long call between pa
!, AIDES, but we of the parade of las
|. month also followed the old Christia
/ warrior. for Mr.. Hubbard, still vigo
n Gus, was with the G. A. r. fife an
n drum corps, playing the fife in OF
e parade.
n In 1S4S Rev. William Crompton too
s ship at Liverpool for the new worl
s They were shipwrecked when thre
x miles from land, but Mr.. Crompto
lswam ashore A second attempt, mad
the following year. was more success
n full. and he arrived at his destip alto
it Port Byron, ILL.,, and took up the d
h ties of preacher at school Gale
l. Mount Pleasant, where he also CO.
l. Quoted Sunday school. This late
ii became the Yuma Center church of til
IL Methodist denomination.
l. History Was short.
81 The history of the first Sunda