Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12
GAINS REPORTED
TWO CHURCHES
VEN hers If First and Second Congre-
CATIONS Review ears Work az
Meetings Last Evening.
rLAs FOR BUILDING ACTIVITIES
BowUtown Organization Grants Extern
sion If Time g. Purchasers of
Fifth Areuuc Properfy.

per vas served sl'at11 ta- eAa "+t"'
reports ipF L4e year were SAG"
p4aLe 1h pam phtel 10TH
r. eiefH Re M report snow IT ma.
fH7 .hAt On fA1tAh@ s-ltF #LIif.& tll@
ear nan heeh more man nam 4itfi p
despite the fart mas me c9nEFaE8.on
rs temporarily without church eai-
fee
= year HEo the ueuaersh.p consist
81 RI 4a3 persons mere was q loss
- II members during fae year nT re-
morai and letters ami Of nT death.
Nineteen neg meraoe came ID on
confession oT tsata ann t8 'N sn-tef
hts made membership ~ 1le at fna
beginning q 1871 uef gain of ll.
here ere tF5 male ana 81 female
members
Report 0f the trustees showed all
- peuEes to haze been met during the
rear ana balance ~ nearly 500 io
h@nH t.ssInat71 resources faT 1917
are $6.5otlI. Including church pledges
estimated af $4,000 Estimated eE-
peuses for The year are $500, tEct-
eating probable balance of about
5000 which VIII doubtless BE- needed
81 aa a@AlL43u - ths building FUND
Must Par TB June,
As 10 The status 30 the new church
building project tha trustees reported
that another short extension ~ 81
has been granted 10 The purchasers Of
the old site without interest This ar-
pnrfan provides that bic rrat nav
1ueuf ls III, be made June Of this wear
The total amount sau unpaid Is $50.
zoo There lis i'm the building fund. ia
addition 90 Tits SUM tHHt remains 10
he paid I'M. sI506q IS There 5e also
available Is Ua added rs The church
worth tund and from tae cash surplus
q The general f4Jnd that viii make
total re So 02g % ava liable for build
ing purposes as soon as the church ia
ready 90 proceed with lhe project
New bids for the building have been
asked for, but they have NOT yet been
received Bids hat were rejected
few months ago called for something
LIKE $4,000 Certain alterations In
plans have been made which il is be-
HeFcd, VIII scale this down somewhat
Three Members allied
The three members taken rs death
during the year were Deacon Daniel
Gordon. Deacon Ansou n. Hubbard
and Miss Virginia Ray Deacon Cor
don had been member Of the church
since tde year Of lbs organization
tI6H4l. though he was not one Cd rhe
charter members When rhe church
wa7 organized January : seveuty-rbrec
cars ago, A1r. Gordon parents. 3I~-
and Airs Amos Gordon and two Of
Daniel sisters we're numbered rfth
tho organizer and Daniel united with
the church before the end Of that year.
Deacon Hubbard had not set come to
This county when the church wss orr
Eanlzed, hut his sister Mrs. Maria
bimoCk who III stIH with as. is the last
Is F~.r
Hay was longtime aud valued mem
her ana was principal Of the Grant
So hool
Pastor Iedd announced recent Of
number ut letters fra-a absent mem
hers of che church vino had been in
yited to attend hIt ,euId nor do so
one 81 these was from Robert Nxe
who sent greetings SD an aud said tFaf
lie retains his membership here be-
any other church. IL recalled TIE faet
that he laid the first stone on the cid .
church recently demolished and ha
would like to lay the FIRST one on the .
new. but his advancing wears would I
not permit this Another letter vas .
from Mrs John s. Gilmore now All
Nontciair. y j. sending remem- +
branCes and greetings.
Church History Reviewed.
After the supper. which included .
plenty OF creamed chicken. came a .
musical program III charge of Mrs G.
a Peterson choir leader. with am eN- /
cehent solo by Mrs Henry Wheeiock
Church history for 1916 was briefly re- .
viewed by III S. NcGlyun Then came
the address 81 the evening By Rev
Philip NarroU OF Morgan Park. which
is a part OF Chicago Mr. Yarrow he
side being pastor of the Morgan Park
congregational church. is making Of
himself one Of the leaders IN fhe light
TO make Chicago CRY He very inter
asiinEly told 81 some Of his dry cam
psign experiences. Including the fight
70 close The more than 1000 saloons Of
the city sundays lie told also OF
some Of the things for which the
Christian church of today must stand