Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-02
CITY MADE MORAL
BY THE CHURCHES
Carlson Praises Religious Institutions
% cornerstone Exercises Held
Sunday.

Mayor VI. T.. Carlson, in speaking /.
yesterday afternoon at the exercises F
which marked the laying Of the cor /
1erseone for the Congregational +
church declared that the moral clean +!
Iiuess Of the city % Moline may be
attributed almost directly to the ac-I
tivity al the church in city politics F
The new house of worship is being
erected on the northeast corner Of
seventh avenue and Twenty seconi I
street
The city's chief Official congratu-
-aled the members Of the Couerega~ /
tional church for the part they have /
played ia making Moline one Of the +
cleanest cities in the United States in /.
respect TO morality. Every man and +
every church should be interested in /
the politics Of the city, according to +
the mayor.
The exercises. although marked by !
simplicity and brevitv. were nevertho- T
less Impressive in character Seated /
ON the first floor of the structure thai I.
is 10 he the future home OF the Con- +
zreEatl0ual church were the majority .
ot the members Of the congregation, /
the building committee and visiting
pastors from the churches of Moline I
and other cities. Many mem bers +
found the excessive heat of the sun
ID be uncomfortable and founl shell !
ter under the trees that surround the +
new church.
The stone. on which is Engraved the +
name of the church. the date and the
words. To the glory OF God. " was
set iu place by the building commit /
tee Of The church. T. F. Wharton, ". F
j. Hunt, J. L. Simmou, Rufus Walker, /
SRI ana a. L Warner Preceding the
laying of the stone little Barbara
Dluogk Barnard. great granddaughter (
or MIS- Aalrss sole living charter
member Of the church, placed the box
containing various data incident TO the
church aad the city where it would
remain covered by the cornerstone as +
long as the church itself stands
The keynote OF the address deIjv-
cred aft the exercises was service" I
The church. the cornerstone Of which
was laid yesterday is 70 be not only
one o- The finest pieces of archlteC- /
tura and one of the principal beauties !
OF The CITY, but is 10 be. # the speak +
e-s are 10 be believed, q great force +
l1r the moral and spiritual develop !
meE- 1t Moline.
s4ol viii when this church is com !
DLetel be IN q position To foster the
uob5s5t and l0f6est ideals for your
clt said DR. George T 1TcCulI0m /
secretary Of the Illinois Home Mis-
saoGarv society, who extended greet {
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This church lays the heaviest +
obligation upon its members
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spiritual life oE your city"
Rev J T. Setaa on behalf Of the
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