The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-21
THE NORTHF1ELD BIBLE SCHOOL.



: There ~ a current impression tha
the summer school idea Is being run
into the ground. Although this may
be partly true with reference 10 oduca.
tional institutions. properly 80 called
1t certainly does not apply to summer
schools which have FOR their object
Bible study and training for Christian
work. lndecd, there is only ono school
which combines these features to an cx-
/ tent and with a success which makes its
reputation worldwide. Mr. d. l..
Moody's Annual Conference and En-
campment for College Students gathers
young men from the.colleges Of Great
Britain. Germany and Japan, as well as
the United States. At the fourth con
ference, held from June e9th to July
10Th Of this year, there were nearly
400 delegates, representing l2j different
colleges an increase Of - in the num-
Der Of colleges represented over las.
years record.
What Is the attraction which draws
these young colleeians from their
homes during the first two weeks Of the
long vacation. and what do they study
IN Northheldy From three to four
hours each day aie spent IN listening 20
stirring ADDRESSES on live topics. from
some Of the mest weil-known men OF
an denominations. The leading speak
ers this year were Bishop NJ. T.. Bald
win. Of Huron, b shop Cyrus ID. Foss.
ID d., and Dr. Arthur T. piorson, Of
Philadelphia: Dr. 4. J. Gordon. of Bos-
Ton. Professor William Z. Harper. OF
Yale University. and Or. Moses ID.
lIoge, Of Richmond, Va. The most
prominent Ggure on The platform,
and almost the only speaker who re-
manned during the entire conference.
was DR.. J. ID. Driver. OF Portland.
ore. DR.. Driver is not well known
this side Of The Mississippi, bat he Won
reuown I'M christian warfare by a debate
With noted sklpuc iu Chicago, and
Mr. Moody considers himself very FOR
tuLatc in securing him. The subjects
Of the addresses which produced ,ho
most marked impiersiou ON the audi
ence were. " The Bible and the Monu-
merits " furnishing cor iirmatory oyi.
lcuco. direct and indirect. Of ihe inspi
ration cf lhe Bible By Professor ilar.
per. Somo characteristics 4 tie
Christian Ministry Required by Our
Times, by Bishop Foes " Gods FIX
is,cucc. and the Natural Necessity 4 a
Revelation from Him. by Dr.
Driver; Tho Personal Christ,
rs d. Hose, aud Tho Holy spi-
rit. considered by Nj. Moody, Or.
Gordon. and Bishop Baldwin. The
last subject suggestsa somewhat Tecu.
liar feature OF these schools, from
which many Of the students receive %
lasting Inspiration. which shows ITS
power i'm their Christian work during
thc re-t of ttcr college courae. A
portion of the last three days Was This
year devoted To- so.mou. on tie Holy
Spirit, and h0e power for service, aad
iu prayer for lhc descent n the SpiIit
with power upon the students in-
digiduaHy, TO d. spue and direct their
iye-
but TO many, valuable as arc these
meetings, and stirring as arc The ad-
dresses delivered IA them they did NOT
constitute tne most important part ~
the conference. The entire eucamp
meut. with the as 'eption of these large
meetings. was m She hands of an oxeou-
tive committee u the Y 81 G.. A., G.. X
Oler being the chairman. Much time
was therefore devoted to \. NJ. q. 4.
work. 4 conference was held oach
morning at SD, on the methodsof work
of the college department of tho I. NJ
g.. A..aud yesimilar conferences wers
held during The ten days, at twilight.
ON the general association work. Such
subj ems were take mp as The Associa-
ton Meeting. How 10 Reach NV
Students. iu the former. and Ia the
latter meetings Tho Y. NJ. G.. A. Sec
Rotary ship AS Life Works, and The
the Springfield Training School p AT
some Of these meetings, brief addresses.
were made by leaders on these subjects,
but many consisted II entirely mi.
cellan-0u- discussion between reple-
sontalivs Of the different associations,
each los riding the methods II his own
branch Tine result was "a CONSENSUS "
opinion especially valuable. because
PANS Wese taken to secure tho
ATTENDANCE u at Least one delegate
from every c0liege represented and thu
experience of all was used for the ben
eft of tho associations. Tho officers
have summarized the practical points
thus gained, and expect To make use OF
the results in their future work
throughout the country. They rightly
consider tins one of tho most valuable
portions of the Conference. since those
results could hardly be- satisfactorily
obtained in any other way
But, If we stop here, third Of the
students Will say we have lett out tbs
most important Of all. The story Of
the Student 5 Volunteer Mission Move
meut. which originated at this school
three years ago. was definitely orsaui-
70 , the next year, and has resulted in
the enlistment of over 3 900 young men
and women as foreign missionaries is
well known in religious circles. Abou
sixty Of these volunteers cameto North
field this year prepared t. work untir-