New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-07
A MILITANT CHRISTIANITY.
VIGOROUS WORK FOR RELIGION UNDER
MR.. MOODY's LEADERSHIP

X.
EVERY uoI-R OF THE DAY OCCUPIED AT NORTH
FIELp-DR Dow1oNTTs PLAN FOR TRAIN
ING MEDICAL. MISUNDERSTANDING
ADDRESSES BY DR. wEBB-PEPLoE AND
THE REV. ANDREW MURRAY
MRS wHIrTEMoRE TELLS
OF HER WORK AMONG
FALLEN WOMEN
IN NETWORK.
Inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l
Nor,hae,d Mass. Aug 6-Ths was busy DAY
for the Conference. as the following schedule VIII
indicate: y "
eas-Deyotional meeting 2s.s,e Led by the '''''
loo lSS.pr II. ". Webb-Pepoc and the Rev. An
drew Murray ado.
5:iGReport of Berwick Praying Band ., Howe
S:S-Mrs f. NJ. whittemore' OF the Door Oh ''o's
S-Superniendept Il. B. Gibbud' Of the Rescue
Mission s:i5 Roand rop-Mrs whi'temore "Fa'en
Women 81 N1 of CHRISTIAN Workers Association
sESW S IN in the Hop Fields of Central New
York" by Superintendent 'Iipouu Vi '"e
Mission Syracuse. y. u -,
Tn. conference has been favored by another beau
tifu, day. and the interest in 1t is increasins'
religious feeling OF the visitors Is keyed 10 the hs
est point. and they are anxious 10 rea'i' e'e
patty with this spirit. ne is ou'wardy the 'eaS'
exc,ed OF any one. As general manager OF pretty
much everything in East Northieid, ne Is pieeNs
afablc and approachable There is nothing starchy
about him II a window is to be shut he jumps up
and shuts IT, II chairs are TO be moved he gets
down and takes a hand in moving them. He Is
here there and everywhere. talking to people
whether he knows them or not. entirey lorgeuu
of the fact that he is OF the great figures IN the
world to-day.
DR. DOwKONTT AND HIS WORK
One OF the most interesting of the Conference
visitors Is George d. Dowkontt OF New-Nork, wh"
has done so much promote the cause OF medical
missions in this country. DR.. Dowkontt was ior
wears in the medical service Of the British Navy
but in 1881. after he came TO this country ne
BEGAN in a modest way the work OF training iheui-
cal missionaries the foreign field. ana III ,he
face of difficulties that would have discouraged
less hopeful man he has brought the work 10
point where there Is certainty of a great ultimate
success The chief difficulty. of course, is the acN
of money for few of the young men anu "o'"e"
who offer themselves as medical missionaries can
afford 10 nav their way through college. At hrst
the students of the mission were admitted 10 .he
I-niversitv Medical College of NewYork for sloo a
year But now all reductions are cut on ana 300
n year Is demanded This has forced upon IT.
Dowkontt and those who have been cooperating
with him the necessity either of sending the SUI
dents TO some cheaper colleges in the west or OF
establishing a medical college Of their own Ihey
chose the latter alternative. Twenty acres or Iahd'
with a large house on II. in New-koche"e nave
been offered to them for oVO, ana the! ha'e eo'
within about Sc 900 OF enough money to secure 'his
property, with strong hopes OF getting the "hoie
a,,oun, in a short time In the mean while the
work has been going right on. The international
Medical Missionary Society, as the movement 10
called occupies a commodious house IN LeNhs 'o'-
ave near Forty -fth-st.. and has already sent ou'
about one hundred and twelve fully equipped
rios I)r
u,,,a hook entitled Murdered Millions, In whlch
he shows in a striking way the Importance Oh SEM
ing to foreign lands missionaries VINO can c"'e VI"
body as well as the mind. There Is as yet no iui'F
equipped medical college in the world ana New
York is therefore likely TO be the pioneer III inc
movement If the property can be secured some Oh
tho most eminent physicians in New-fork VIII give
their services professors free IL Is PROPOSED ~
make the standard Of the institution even h'sher
than the requirements Of the State. and the Uni
versity Of the State has promised 10 give uesree'
a tic students The establishment OF such an IN
sttution would give great impulse to the "orh
of foreign missions.
The Rev Dr. A. c. Dixon of Brooklyn. arrived
late yesterday afternoon and made stirring auule4
last evening" in the of which he declared 'ha'
a great revival Of religion Is Impending. Many
however fear that Or. Dixon is mistaken. as the
prevailing tendency toward reform IN secular anu
political life operates against religious revival
by encouraging men to feel that they can be mora
without Christ.
DAYS FILLED WITH RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
II must not be supposed that the four or hVe
reyuar services day represent all the religious
activity After breakfast the hotel. school pullu
ings and boarding houses the guests assempe III ''
nar,ors for a short service of prayer ana praise
After that they gather in groups and talk ABOUT Inv
experience of the soul until 10 O'Clock. wheh every
body Bible notebook and pencil In hand hurres Il
the auditorium. The meeting closes at $780, an1
xrbau
snen, IN talking over the addresses just hearu
There Is more religious talk after dinner until
o'clock when the afternoon meeting begins lfie
diately after tea there Is a meeting OH ro"'iu ~
HILL and by the tire that Is enoed II Is 'I'e ~ =
10 the evening meeting in the auditorium. IL VIII p'
saep that there is little time for driving fshing OF
other worldly recreations. But every one mas come
here 10 hear the Word of God eXpounded' ah'
nothing is allowed to stand in the way.
To illustrate the profound interest in the confer
erce a story is told OF young fellow IN Newton
some years ago who was anxious 10 at'ehd 'he Ion
ference that year but had only a dollar in the woId
With that he bought ticket on the Ne"-haVe'
boat and then walked from New-Haven 10 North
field. distance Of about one hundred miles INA
IL the sort of people who come mere 10 'noSe W"
cannot enter into II syhpa'neu0d"' '''" CIV"
must seem inexplicabe.
THE STARS OF THE CONFERENCE.
IL hos already become evident that Prebendarl
vebb peploe of London. anu the Rev Andrew
murray OF South Africa, TO be the star attrac
lions this year, and in fact they are already III
Webb-Peploc appeals TO every one because OF III
evangelical fcrvor and his great gffts as speaker
The fac: that he is official OF 81 fauls Ca'he
dral London, figure with those mere OF
,iaIly but doubtless ii adds 10 the interest lei
In him Mr. Murray is the author OF some DOCK
peryaded by tone Of deep spirituality EVERY
body here has read these books. so thdt ne
welcomed as an old friend. The term 9. s,
he is reyered as a saint. he has been three ulhe
Moderator OF the South African Dutch keforme
5000 twenty wears ago ne founded the yelling
Ton Huguenot Seminary for Young Ladies ne ma
,nened a seminary for training missionaries, an
~ he ,~esdent OF the Cape General Mission o
south Africa He is in feeble health put men inei
sIiv Is AZ his best and speaks as though INSPIRE
th.r Oh and bis mother Dutcn am