New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
ECHOES FROM NORTHFIELD.
DIR DAVIES on CITY CHARACTERIZATION.
THE n,-ry OF THE CHURCH TO THE PEOPLE
BUSY DAYS AT THE CONFERENCE
Tile PROGRAMME For TODAY.

East Mortified. Mass. Aug II tSpeciaD.-Ihere !"
no Saturday ha.f-hoiday in Mortified Mor"i"e
afternoon and evening services have been hein a.
the first meeting the Rev. f. T. Meyer spohe -"
"Pentecost for Christ. for the Church and Tor 'he
Individual Christian" Following this sermon came
another by the Re-. Or. H. c. Mabie on Cohse-
Grafton" The afternoon speakers were Or. A. =
Dixon DR. A. J. Gordon and DR.. Meyer. There was
also an evening meeting.
Mr. Meyer said in the morning that the Holy spirit
had been in Chris: from His earliest moment pu'
after the baptism the Holy Spirit upon Him
In the Holy Ghost Jesus becomes TO each ahol-
vdual believer every thing lie Would nave oee"
had He remained in life. The conditions OF pei"s
flied with the Hoy Ghost. he said. were ~ i'h'
Jesus should be the King of ones Nfe: C9 that me
Christian ask for the gif;; 49, that he oDey Co.,
(o tina: he be wiling 10 the Holy Ghost power
for Jesus and CO that he receive the git by lal'h
The programme for tomorrow includes mee'''.s
AT s a. m. and services in the Auditorium al "
a. n 3 p. m. and p m. and bap;ismai service
at D. m. Among the speakers Will be Mr.. Moody'
DR. A J. Gordon. DR.. A. c. Dixon, the Rev Mr.
Never and Dr. ]. Wilbur Chapman. In giving the
notices this morning. Mr. Moody said that ne con-
e.derei DR.. Chapman one Of the aocst speakers III
America and the most promising evangelist tha'
ne knew He predicted a great future for MS young
brother, and said that ne looked forward 70 'he
Gospe; service tomorrow evening with much in
terest; ne had been preaching the Gospel mere lor
twenty years, and he hoped that DR. chapman
would reach those in the towns Whoin ne hdd mo-
reached In speaking Of Dr.. Gordons immersing
candidates tomorrow. he said that any one wanted
20 be sprlnkled he would provide preacher VINO
would sprinkle them
THE CHURCH IN CITY CHARACTERIZATION
One Of the most stirring addresses given at the
convention was delivered at the meeting when
"City Evangelzaton" was under review ny the
Rev Dr. John Il. Davies. the pastor Of the Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Of New-York The
ipA, tin Davies
a,so active in city mission work. The following was
his address on 1.-The Church IN City Evangelical
ton":
Various people look at the city from different
standpoints. To some II is mart of commerce. TO
others it is the seat Of learning, to others IT is
combination of brick and mortar vast network
OF streets, with numerous opportunities But on
TIE other side the city is vast battleheld cro"oeu
with the dead and the dying 1t Is s'orm-s"ep'
sea throwing multtudes of immortal souls against
the breakers of eternal life 1t is vortex in which
bur,an homes and peace and JOY. and everything
else that men love and hold dear Is daily being
swallowed and swept away. AS we thlnK OF 'he
city the modern city In our land. multiplying ltsell
so rapidly and with its congested ana damhaoie
conditions II stands to-day in midst as one
~ tho greatest foes Of our modern American
Ufe promising neither TO be benedcton arching
the skies but Colossus that, sooner or later
unless we master control It. in keeping with the
principles OF the Gospel. will overwhelm us
with a ruin darker and deeper IMAM ever CAME u
the Roman Empire
In the midst oil our modern city, though. we have
something that the cities of the Old and forgotten
empNes never had. and that is the Church OF the
Lord Jesus The Church OF the Lord Jesus To-Day
nv brethren stands in the midst Of our American
city and is pouring out consecrated stream OF
podly men and of devout women. who Gay after
day are giving themselves in self-deniai' IN a
sef-sacrifce without parallel In all the Church 81
God But there are certain things upon the part or
the Church that the Church must come up TO-
must do for those given to our care. The Church
needs 10 pour out godly and women. VINO
will go down into our slums and tear down those
vile tenement houses and put up something oe''er
in their place, that men and women OF our own
flesh and blood may live in some sort OF decent
dition. existing in the midst OF when IL Is zen
thousand times better for the little girl baby 70
die at her mothers breast than to grow up to e
woman and to have her life blasted by me ilaieS
OF lust and passion, and be damned lor '''ie anu
for eternity.
PLEADING FOR FEDERATION.
The Church needs also TO have a larger EnoWi-
edge OF existing conditions. A great many OF "od IS
people find their city life bounded upon the one sde
by Madison-ave., upon another side by broau"a!'
mon another by Madison Square. and upon the
other side by Central Park, knowing nothing OF
the vast west of the vast east that Is throbbing
IN every part and portion with sin ana sha'e anu
sorrow. And unless we come face TO race with the
conditions existing there sooner or later 'he UNI
Churched masses Will rise up dioui'i w. az" -
will be a and spectacle In our Iahl thd'
history in all the past fails to pam, OF y mission
udrk needs ORGANIZATION What is the great
of our modern evangelical church' IL IS d IAN u
6 TO sc f'v work in city
for instance. is one mission that mas p I'm thai
mission there is being built to-day Inaghlhce,n
mission plant which. sooner or ateI ihuS. I'M
within touch. When there is so mueh TO Te u ,in
hatfe and
II I had my way / would gather every man anu
s"is Of To rnTeasd religion and form them into
vast confederacy that would take the enure city
under its control and management and pace iei,
and women and missions and money where tney
are needed not overlapping eacn qtnep ho in s
own place and guided by divine grace ana ny 10y
human wisdom and G0uT ragSor ro Hfe e VIII"
Tbe church Of Christ also needs larger appre
Hoiv Ghost Look at our mangn.hcent forces 70, 10
day-the church Of Christ was never yeab her
Intelligence. her numbers, her TRADITIONS ana , Ter
power But what 90 we nee, qee1 cbost so that ali
tbis vast machinery may move win one pu'p4 w.
with one grand sweep WITH io-anV Whereby the in
uence of unveTsity Is eTe w not have in ali
of oHr great cities especially the greater cities
Mortified extension!
SUGGESTING A WINTER CONFERENCE
What reason is there why we should ho' nave
+h,s coming winter in NewYork In Boston, IN Chi-
cago In all our great cities iePeu'i0'' y. -
ference where men of God filled with Goa ho'y
Cit, min come together to teach men and women
na "a re ma be to come 70 this gathering VINO are
interested in the affairs of the Church anu WA" an
1,ower 10 carry on work. Right along tiis iie
there opens before picture OF ma a. -
fuiness. far as this NorthheId sa'hef'"s - '
cerned. , .A.o,nh ,ho,r conse-
GRAFTON through their preaching. through their
hymn singing changed the entire character o. ,h
religious life OF the last century saving 10 I'M h,,
French Revolution: THUS far shalt thou come. put
no farther saying to English nfde.ity and deisn;
Nd rf.i IN
xrors much Of ts present form. And 80 | prophesy
from this conference here and ts EXTENSION beh
the hearts and lives OF men and women. the Chuicn
historian will have grand page TO write pecause
Of this instructing done through this conierence;