New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-16
Colgate's
COOL AND REFRESHING
Violet Water
FAREWELLS AT NORTHFIELD
CLOSE OF MR.. MOODYs GREAT BIBLE
CONFERENCE

REV. ANDREW MURRAY. THE REV DR.
ToRREY AND MR.. MooDy-THE CON
FERENCE GREAT SUCCESS.
| Tny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.1
| Northfeld Mass Aug. 15.-The sessions OF the
thirteenth Bible Conference erced with an I'M
pressive meeting this evening" but the spiritual I'M
pulses which it created and strengthened VIII not
| spend their force for many day. To most OF ,'e
participants the parting that Will come tomorro"
Will be one Of joy mingled with pain Joy because
II has been good for them 10 be here pain because
| the union of kindred spirits knit together In COM
mon faith and hope must be severed Inc 'housHt
OF this added a solemnty to all the meetings oil TO-
day. and eyes were frequently believed with tears
| as some word or some plantive Gospel hymn
touched a tender chord in the heart To these
modern pilgrims of Bible faith Mortified seems al
most holy ground
At $50 a. m. Mr. Moody gave another of his "Bb.e
Nugget talks The morning prayer meetings were
! held in the hotels and boardng-houses as usual
| though with diminished numbers. Mr. Webb-Pepoe
| and Mr.. Murray made strong addresses in the morn
| ing. Dr. Torrey gave of his cogent discourses
| in the afternoon. and Mr.. Murray addressed the
| ministers at the time Later In the afternoon
the usual Round Top meetings we're held. The clos
| ing meeting in the evening was In charge of Mr.
| Webb-Pepoe who made another powerful address,
! 1t seems to be pretty generally agreed that this
conference has been one of the most successful of
all that have thus far been held in point OF attend
ance. interest and speaking ability. 1t may be
added too. that 1t has been srgularly favored by
the weather. The golden sunshine pellucid at
mosphcre and bracng breezes have invested North
field with a charm that none have been able to re-
sist.
THE LEADING SPEAKERS.
The two principal speakers Messrs. Webb
Peploe and Andrew Murray. have made a great hit
here And yet no two men could be more diff
ferent. Mr.. Webb-Peploe is typical Englishman
in appearance. handsome and arstocratic. and with
that ndescribable something about him tina. pro-
claims him an evangelical OF evangelicals. He has
a beautiful orotund voice; his enuncaton Is clear
and his delivery is impressive. His method or
preaching too is typically evangelical He Is
fond Of taking some Old Testament story-picture
he calls it-and finding IL IT type OF Christ and
His work for This method makes every
word in the Bible pregnant with some spiritual
meaning He would not, perhaps. approve the
| High Church theory that the COW and two calves
mentioned in Of the Old Testament books
mean the Church and the two Sacraments for he
is too evangelical TO exalt the Church and the
Sacraments But his method is the same. Into
the most ordinary historical chronicle OF the Old
| Testament he reads Christianity. and in bringing
| out types he shows a wonderful ingenuity and
| knowledge Of the Bible. He appears also TO know
| the Greek we'll the English of the New Tesla
| ment by heart Altogether no speaker could more
| those who here
| The Rev. Andrew Murray is quite as evangelical,
| but instead of being Anglican he is a Dutch
| Reformed minister in South Africa. In appearance
| he is tall spare and somewhat frail He speaks
with a slight suggestion OF foreign accent. and
| while his gestures not graceful. they are
| graphic and forcible. His delivery is not par
ticularly impressive. but there is spiritual fervor
| in his utterance that holds all who hear him In
| spell. He frequently closes his eyes and seems
| for the time lifted above all earthly concerns In
the ecstatic contemplation of spiritual vision.
| To him the Bible is not so much collection or
divinely arranged types and pictures of dogmatic
truths as 1t is a mirror rejecting the spiritual
lineaments of God and His law. While Mr. Webb
Peploe is the learned and logical teacher Of
Christology, Mr.. Murray is the poet and seer Of
religion.
MR. MOODY THE DOMINANT FORCE.
Behind the speakers. the programme and every
| thing else here, Mr. Moody has been the great and
dominant figure He has managed everything with
out appearing to do so. one might suppose that
gatherings Of this kind would get to be an old story
with him. But his interest seems to be perenniay
fresh and his evident enjoyment Of everything slim
ulates the enjoyment of others He has received a
large number of requests to secure Messrs Webb
Peploe and Murray for next year, but the matter
cannot be definitely settled yet.
In speaking of these two men prominent clergy
man of New-York who is now here said to-day
The marvellous familiarity with the Bible which
this Country to shame For that reason am very
glad that so many clergymen have been present TO
hear them. That is where our clergy are weak, and
many Of us are beginning to find 1t out We talk a
good deal about the Bible to our people when there's
let the Bible itself talk. Just notice now Mr.. NeDD-
epee has unfoded the Scriptures 1b oI US fGp@r
viding the word of truth How few Of us American
ssms We Ve' know ali about what Of
the day are saying. We read the papers too and
es IS o Tsn book * dsseeins the Bible the @
itself pretty much let alone eSSdeP' %h San we T0n s
| topic Of the day Maybe / am a pess'mist, but
that's the way it looks to me-
Those who desire a set Of Tribunes containing the
daily report of the Conference may obtain them fos
% cents by writing to the Conference bookstore.
East Mortified. Those desiring a verbatim report
of all the Mortified conferences held this summer
may obtain 1t by sending 81 for the four issues Of
'"rhe Mortified Echoes" in which also VIII be
found many other interesting features.
Lord Bennett who was converted some years
ago by reading some Of Mr.. Moody's books. Is ex-
pected here in a day two, and will probably
speak at the supplementary conference
MR. MOODY AND THE CHURCH.
In his Introductory remarks this morning Mr.
Moody urged all V no could possibly do so 10 re-
| main for the supplementary meetings. There might
be some minister's he said. who couldn't afford to
STAY any longer; II so they could stay anyhow, and
| their bills would be cancelled eve don't want your
money" he said. 80 much as we want you lie
then made an important declaration about the
Church. the authority and influence OF which some
| have said are deprecated by those who come to
| Mortified II not by Mr.. Moody himself Be
| cause you have communed with the Spirit here he
said. don't go back and grumb,e at your Church.
And above all things. don't commit the sin OF eav-
| ing the Church. Try TO rouse up your Church
| For myself. l have very little sympathy with any
| movement outside Of the Church. In fact the
Church is about the only thing want to belong to-
! have always been a member OF the Church. and
| always expect be unless they put me out. Don't
give up the Church, which Is Gods appointed means
| OF salvation. and have people say. If that's what
| Mortified teaches. ] want to have nothing to do
/ with it, Mortified teaches nothing of the kind"