New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-04
CROWDED BIBLE MEETINGS.
THE REV. F. B. MEYER TALKS ON SIN AT
NORTHFIELD.
MR.. MoopY's PROGRAMME FOR BIG TUESDAY
THE WORK OF THE REV. A. S. GUMBART.
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THE WORK OF THE REV. A. S. GUMBART.
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East Mortified, Mass. Aug 8.-The Bible con-
ference meetings to-day have been crowded. Two
were held one in the morning and the other at night
Mr. Moody declining to hold any this afternoon he
Intends to make Tuesday and Wednesday big days.
He has departed from his usual custom and announced
a programme for these days. Tomorrow Is foreign
mission day and Dr.. Arthur G. PieIson will have
charge Of the meetings. On the following day the
subject will be home missions. The morning speaker
was the Rev. F. b. Meyer, OF London, who spoke
Sin and Sins" Before he began his sermon there
were several hymns Professor and Mrs. Towner sing
ing "The Wayside Cross" and Professor and Mrs.
Lowe singing Jesus IS Nine" Mr. and Mrs. stebbins,
Mr.. Sankey, Mrs. Towner of New York. and the vOun
teer choir assisted usual In this interesting part Of
the service newcomer to Mortified is DR.. George
Alexander, of the University Place Presbyterian Church
of NewYorlz.
Mr. Meyer is great favorte at these conferences
md his Bible readings treats He discrim
mates between sins committed before conversion and
those committed after one has become a Christian
When q man yields himself to God he thinks he re-
ceives from lis Heavenly Father new date. Former
things passed away. AS far as the East is from
the West, far does God remove transgressicns
Not that men do not sin after conversion he had
patience with snless perfectioniscs. Some people in
England have given up the Lords Prayer because 1t
WE'LL said the speaker until they begin to talk about
their holiness, and then they exhibit spirit of pride
not at all in keeping with their professions at
conversion may do his best, but he may not do very
WELL The servant who dusts the room at twilight
will be surprised at to sec how much she left
undone. She has light then, not that the work
was wilfully neglected before. she busted up to the
light she had. Sin he called the root and sins the
fruit. Every man Is born with bias and his
life depends the operations of that bias.
The address abounded with telling Illustrations
and Scripture quotations. Gods definition OF sins
he declared to be unrghteousness, transgrcsslon
of the law, failure to do the things that right,
whatever is not of faith the thought of fooshness.
The hearers were warned against morbdly scrpulous
conscience. In his directions for dealings with the
bias OF which he had spoken Mr.. Meyer said that the
Christian should remember that God on his side.
II is not sin and the Christian struggling here and
God standing afar off waiting to the end. but it is
God and the Christian battling against sin. The Chris
tan should treat himself as dead TO sin. lie should
keep full of the Holy Ghost.
The Rev. A. S. Gumbart. Of the Dudley Street
Baptist Church of Boston, OF the popular confer
enoe speakers born November 25. 1858, and Is OF
German descent. He is of medium height, well formed,
elastic in temperament sunny in disposition, genial
a friend, and is capable Of doing a large amount Of
intellectual work without physical exhaustion. Mr.
Gumbarts habits of study systematic as he has
plan for each days work. His sanctum 10 his home
a
his ministerial career from the first, and 1t would be
helpful to any pastor TO learn of his methods Of
sermon-buding, and the way he prepares his weekly
Bible expostions for his great and growing class at
fremont Temple Since his ordination in 1870 at Port
Richmond s. l., where he began his pastoral life, he
has been pastor also in Jersey City, south Norwalk
Conn, Brooklyn, and has filled his present pulpit III
Boston for nearly two years.
In his present field Mr. Gumbart, as In his other
fields, Is drawing large audiences with most gratifying
results. BY his power Of putting things, his per
sonal magnetism, pleasing address and effective utter
ances he has always attracted large congregations to
his Sabbath services. The additions TO the member
slip of tho churches be has served have always been
large He is emphatcally a builder. In this age Of
theological senmentalzing, 1t is worth while TO note
that the preaching Of Mr. Gumbart Is always
soundly evangelical, and while catholic in his spir
it and charitable in all his judgments Of his fellowwok
ers In the ministry. he has patience with religious
shams, that style Of pulpit work which in any way
takes from the purity and simplicity Of the Gospel as
taught by Christ Mr.. Gumbart is thoroughly Ortho-
dox knows what he believes and has the moral
of giving full expression that belief. lie Is very
popular with the people of Dudley Street Church, and
has large place In their affection and confidence.
Few men in New England more frequently called
upon to deliver addresses at religious conventions and
TO give Bible readings to SUNDAY school gatherings
readings, was so much enjoyed and 50 highly apprc-
ciaed by the students who listened to him that he has
In speaking of Mr. Gumbart, Mr.. Moody said recently
at a public gathering in Boston: 81 know of no man
who can open up the Bible more interestingly and
proftably than Mr.. (iumbar" This is a high and
welldeserved compliment from one who Is prepared to
pronounce a just and discriminating Judgment. Mr.
umbart breaches without the OF manuscript, and
has no pulpit while he breaches. The work as organ
lied under his guidance in Dudley-st promises yet
larger things the future. Mr.. Gumbart is student
of nature largely draws from this stOrehousc les
sons with which to illuminate and enforce Bible truth
lie make in q remarkable way flowers ana plants
lively young and yet in the light Of results, he has
already achieved fine and noble record. The writer
OF this fragmentary sketch predicts future of enlarged
usefulness for this popular and eminently devoted
preacher and Bible eXposOr.