The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
THE NORTHFIELD CONFERENCE.
The Largest and Most Successful Ever
Held-Mr. Moody Gathers in 1900
for His SchOOIs-Tribute to His Nener-
nh1e MOther

The 18th annual Bible conference of
/ the worlds Christian conference closes
F., its 10 days work at Mortified today,
though many of its attendants will re-
main for the other meetings which
last until the 18th. 1t has been a
richly fruitful gathering in every re-
spect. The audience at the audito-
rum Sunday morning was the largest
Northtield has ever seen.
Friday DR.. Webb -Peploe and DIR.
Murray gave most interesting address
es as usual in the morning and in the
afternoon the second service was held
in memory of Rev. DR.. A. J. Gordon.
Ii was opened with prayer and the
singing of his hymn entitled He
Shall Reign from Sea to Sea, - and the
choir sang one of DR.. Gordon favorite
hymns, while Mr.. Moody, Mai, White
and DR.. Pierson. all spoke in loving
memory of the great minister. Mai.
Whittle read the sermon preached by
DIR. Gordon one year ago next Sunday.
Mr.. Moody and DR.. Pierson were too
much affected to speak and in fact the
whole audience was much impressed
by the solemnity of the service. The
auditorium was decorated very elabor-
ately with golden rod and in front of
the pulpit was placed large painting
of DR.. Gordon and in the choir gallery
directly back was large picture of Rev.
Charles III. Spurgeon. Mr. Moody at
the auditorium Saturday said he want
ed to christen the little lake, where so
many were baptized by DR.. Gordon,
Gordon lake, and any who wished to
be immersed would have chance Sun
day afternoon. He also proposed that
a fund be raised to establish scholar
ship in Mount Hermon to be known as
the Gordon scholarship, request
which Mrs. Gordon made when she
was offered some money to carry on DR..
Gordons' work.
Saturday morning DR.. Webb-Peploe
took as his text Acts iv ID. DR.. Muir
ray spoke on the life of humiliation.
In the afternoon Rev. W. j. Erdman
gave an address on the book of Eccles-
tastes, holding it to be the book of the
natural man it is the mirror of man
under the sun, held up by Solomon
and its last and best conclusion is still
that of the natural man.
Sunday forenoon DIR. Webb-Peploe
spoke on the love of the Lord Jesus
Christ. He took as his text the first
verse of the 18th chapter and the Both
and 31st verses of the Goth chapter of
Samuel. In the evening at the audi
forum Mr.. Moody spoke for the first
time at this conference. His topic
was the love of God, taking as his text
| John iv IL. Mr.. Moody announc-
ed that at the close of the August CON
ference a series of special meetings will
be held from the 10th to the 18th. at
which Rev. r. ~ Torrey of Chicago
and Rev. II. W. Webb Peploe will
speak. Rev. r. A. Torrey's addresses
will be on Bible doctrines and Bible I
study. These services will be held six
days week at the Congregational T
church. Rev. II. W. Webb Peploe
will speak at 10 O'Clock a. M. and
Rev. r. \. Torrey at O'Clock p. m.
Monday was largely given to talk
about missionary work in China. Rev.
of China spoke about Hud-
son Taylor, who went as a missionary
TO China IN 1866. ami gave an account
of his own experiences in the land of
the Orientals. That the Chinese eat
rats, cats and dogs he declared to be
AS great lie as Satan has invented. !,
MIR. Washington gave a brief account
IT his work in the south, also of the
work Of the Hampton institute.
The career of Prebendary Hammar
Webb-Peploe, who is such