New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-01
THE CONFERENCE AT NORTHFIEI.D.
DR. MUNHALL DISCUSSES THE HIGHER CRITICS

DR. MUNHALL DISCUSSES THE HIGHER CRITICS
NOBLE WORK AMONG THE RED MEN.
East Mortified, Mass. July 81 (SpeciaD.-Dr. L. w.
Mnphal the vigorous defender OF the verbal nspira
ton 81 the Bible left Northeh to-day after delivering
a stirring address "The Highest Critics against the
Higher Critics" In this he referred 10 the inaugural
address OF Professor Briggs, saying that man who
used the words found in his pamphlet irreverent
critic however religious, honest and scholarly he
might be. DR.. Shortwe Pratt, of Springfield gave
Bible reading in the church In the afternoon in which
he attacked the popular doctrine that all men are
of God. All men created by God, said he but
only those born of the Spirit can say "Our Father"
In the evening the Rev. A. S. Gumbart Of the Dudley
street Baptist Church of Boston, who had given
profitable Bible exposition in the morning, made the
principal address.
The Mortified single tennis tournament, which has
been in progress during the last ten days. finished
yesterday. The final game was won by Miss Emma
Belle Dougherty of Brooklyn. for which she received
O small silver spoon as first prize.
The Bible Conference opened last evening with
an interesting address by the Rev. A. Torey, of Chit
cago, superintendent Of the Moody Dible Institute.
He told Why Believe the Bible is the Word Of God"
His ten We're these First, the testimony of
Jesus Christ second, its fulfilled prophecies third,
the unity of the book; fourth, its unreasonable
periorty 10 any other book for it contains nothing but
the truth. Every truth on any moral or spiritual
subject Is found in substance In the Bible. III you
take from all literature in all ages the wheat you
will not have a book to equal this book.
fifth, the tidngs of the Bible sixth, the character OF
those who accept it and of those who reject 1t;
seventh the influences of the book to lift eighth,
its inexhaustble depths generations have studied, and
vet they cannot reach the bottom NINTH we grow
in holiness we grow toward the Bible tenth, the
testimony Of the Holy Spirit. We begin with God
and end with Him.
Recitation Hall. where the services are held, has
things are in readiness for the best meeting Of the series
Mr. Moody has been resting since he bade the college
boys good-by, but has not been idle. Among other
things he has selected site for new seminary build
Ing and invited New-YorX bank president out to SEQ
il il met his approval If does, the first step In the
transaction will be the signing OF check sufficiently
large TO defray the expenses of erecting and furnishing
the much-needed Assembly building. The name OF
the generous donor is withheld for the present
There pleasant gathering yesterday In the par
lOrs of the Mortified. The hymnal 10 be used at
this conference is the just issued by Bigelow
d MAN, Gospel Hymns No. c. II has bee1 out
only few days, and as the hymns are unfamiliar, Mr..
Stebbns and Mr. sankey decided to have of them
learned by few of those who will attend the meet
ngs. Mr. Stebbins led the singing. Mr.. Sankey an
nounced the hymns Mr.. Burke the organst, and
in the audience, among othcls, Mrs. Stebbins.
Professor and Mrs. Lowe Professor and Mrs. Phillips.
DR.. and Mrs. Munball, the Misses Doughcrty, the
Misses Van Rensselaer,, Miss Robertson, Mrs. Law
renee, Miss Lawrence, p p. Bliss, Mr. Pearson and
g. G.. Thompson. The general opinion that the
now book success. but it viii be some time be-
fore its immediate predecessor will laid aside. Miss
Alice NJ. Robertson, of Indian Territory who spoke
on Wednesday at the parlOr conference in the hotel,
pictured the Indian life of to-day among the Creeks,
Cherokees, Choctaws, Seminoes and Chickasaws with
whom her life has been cast and contrasted it with
that of former years. she pointed out tho in
fucnccs by which the Indians surrounded
now and the dangers which confront them.
Few workers among the red men are we'll qualified
as she to speak for them Her mothers father, DR..
Worcester went as a missionary to the Cherokees in
1924 and her mother born near Missionary Ridge.
a battlefield famous in the history Of the Civil War
After tanslating the Bible into the Cherokee language
Dr. Worcester with Dr. Butler missionary associate,
was thrown into prison because he would not leave
Georgia or take an oath which he considered unjust
ard dslOya to his country. The MI slOnarles were
sentenced TO hard labor for four years In the pent-
tertiary, and they served out nearly half OF their
sentences before the United States supreme Court de-
cided that they untustly imprisoned. In the
meantime important revival broke out IN the prison
sons father became missionary to the Creek Nauoh
in lo4o and there met Miss Worcester. who had re-
turned to her fathers chosen field after be,
ing educated in Vermont. Both husband and
wife translated books into the Creek language
daughter Alice live at Muskogee. where they have
bSTS Ten veas ago Miss R0crson built the
M Yaka Mission on the prairics, siXtyfve miles
from Muskogee and twenty miles from postolnce
This is her first visit to Norhed but she has seen
the good ELECTS of its training on fteen lndah gTH
whom Mr. Moody educated When the seminary was
first opened only one OF the number mas done b0ort
The Others have reflected great credit upon North
field Nearly all have taught III missions or Gov
cmmcnt schools.