Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-15
PALM SUNDAY IN
CITY CHURCHES
Rite of Confirmation at Grace Luth.
eran and German Evangelical
Will Be Administered.
SPECIAL MUSIC A FEATURE
Pastors VIII Preach Sermons ApprO-
pirate to Anniversary Of Entry
Into Jerusalem.

In the church year, tomorrow will
be observed as Palm Sunday, the ami
versary of the triumphal entry of the
King into Jerusalem. The day will be
marked by special services and the
rite of confirmation will be admins
tered in a number of the churches.
In Rock Island, at Grace Luth-
eran church, the services will begin at
1890 and class Of Is young people
will be taken in as members of the
church. the following composing the
class: Paul Anderson, Mabel Arnell,
Arthur Carlson, Gladys Carlson. Ruth
Edstrand, Anna Faust Dorothy Gobel,
Lillian Jensen, Linnea Johnson, Bar
bara Kempe, Ruth Lincke, Agatha
Petersen, Wallace Peterson, Grant
Sandbo, Eunice Squire and Annie
Stoltz. The evening service will be
the annual reunion of confirmation
classes, when every person who has
been confirmed in the church is asked
to attend and renew acquaintance
ships At this service also the pre-
sentation of gifts to the class and
church will take place, as well as the
confirmation of several adults.
Two Glasses Receive Rite.
Palm Sunday always has been one
of the most important days in the
church year for the Evangelical
church. 1t is the day of combinations
and at this time in the Evangelical. or
state church of Germany, the young
people renew their baptisimal cove
nant. 1t was but natural therefore
that the daughter church in America,
the German Evangelical, held fast to
this old and sacred custom. So tomor
row two classes Of II and 10 respec-
lively are to be confirmed at the morn
ing and evening services. The morn
ing services are to German and the
evening in English.
Members of the class to be con-
firmed in the morning are: Grace
May Weber, Milfred Elfreda Mas,
Ethel K A. Hedling, Theal K. Ewert,
Francis F. Bishop, Carl Barth, Alvin
W. Martin, George J. Borst, julius +,
Weber. Harold ]. Maihack and Her
man H. Kruger.
The Sunday evening class is COM
posed of: Walter F. Behn, Walter H.
c. Heine, William D. Behn. John W.
Bertelson, Harold J. Bertelsen, Helen
X. Hinrichsen, Grace A. Bysinger,
Clara NJ. E. Oghe, Olgo A. Nuessli,
Sophia A. Bertelsen, Elsie NJ. E. Russ,
Bertha A. Bertelsen, Vera NJ. Hin
richsen.
At First Methodist.
At the morning hour of worship to-
morrow DR.. o. T. Dwinell of the First
Methodist church will preach on the
theme People He Met Who Told
Their Experiences" At this time H. A
Bliss will sing THE Palms" by
Faure. In the evening the pastor
theme is How Far to the End" the
text being the longest word in the
bible and occurs but once: Eternity.
The choir will sing at the evening ser
vice an anthem, Praise Ye the Lord,
by Gounod.
At the services last evening. which
was largely attended and in which
interest is increasing. DR.. Dwinell
spoke on the Conversion of Saul,
Miss Athel Lindorff giving two beau
tiful harp numbers as the musical pro
gram.
At Memorial Christian.
At the Memorial Christian church
tomorrow will begin week of evan
gelistic services to be conducted each
evening Of Holy week by the pastor
Rev. Nj. E. Chatley. ending with the
Easter Sunday services. The pastor
theme tomorrow morning will be as
Church Membership Essential" and
the evening topic is The uncleau
} Heart"