New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-11
DIR. MEYER IN NORTHFIELD
ANOTHER LEADER HEARD AT MIX
MOODY's CONFERENCE.
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East Mortified Mass. Aug. 1o-'Tf the people VINO
are hearing Mr. Meyer on deeper Christian lie can
live his doctrine In this weather II will not be d-
cult for them 70 stand fast forever afterward Inc
speaker was a young man who was watching an eH
citing game of baseball In front OF Marquahd nan
this afternoon A team from Camp Northheld piayeu
with the Mount Hermon Students ana MT Ab'o'y
bows defeated the Young Mems Christian passocia-
TONS representatives. the score being " 10 is
There IL much pleasure expressed here at the pho-
tographs of Mr. Moody and his home In The Tribune
to-day The modesty Of the evangelist mas maze II
impossible for his friends to get picture OF Nun.
i An enterprisng photographer thought that ne nai
overcome this weakness day when he persuaded
| Mr. Moody to stand in a group when ne was pre-
| pairing to take. Az the critical moment Mr. Moody
turned quickly around He Is in the picture nut ohiy
! his broad back can he seen.
The Rev F b. Meyer, Newman Halls successor
in London Is 10 be the principal speaker TINS week
He began yesterday morning, and Is expected 70
speak every day until the close OF the conference
Ills addresses are delivered Lessons than as
sermons lie clearly perceves that he has message
FOR the people gathered here, and ne speaks as one
having authority lie great p'anness OF speech
! His language IS simple and MS manner unanec 'u'
| His message Is the same from day to day ana. IN
poople should surrender their Wills TO the VIII OF oi
| bv n definite act He thinks that many Christian
people are leading selfish lives. While they nave
| been converted they have not made the conscious
surrender OF themselves which ne considers essential
His addresses are followed with the closest attention
by the hundreds Of people whose feelings are similar
tn that EXPRESSED by Nlc0dcmus in HIS Midnight III
terview with the Saviour-"We know tha' you di' d
teacher come from God
One Of the less pretentious seminary buildings Is
known as Weston Hall. bearing the name OF the
former president of the seminary. While this hall
has plain exterior IT is nicely furniSheo '"sn''
and Is one of the favorite resorts for seminary STU
dents and conference visitors.
DIR H. G. Mabe gave interesting ADDRESS OF
| Round Top the sunset meeting showing Nv"
| the foreigners can he reached In the evening" wi
| sclwyn preached. John II. Burue, who went AROUND
| the world with John Mcneil, the Scotch eVangeIls,
| sang at Mr. Moodys request. "A Sinner Like Me
4 SERMON BY MIR. MEYER.
The following Is Mr.. Meyers sermon, delivered in
the Auditorium yesterday morning
Ny first message and duty this morning is 70 con con
ton their loving greetings At the last meet,hB
that attended there, very great meetng h IT,
bring TO Mr. Moody and to you the oying feI3wship
Of Christian hearts need n3' say 100 L%r p o many
dear and familiar faces God has been very goOa
in bringing me az, among you 30 r, msa" anu III
~" want To- say that ] cannot take back one word
that have spoken from TINS pace, ne Ubch
nreco, "a stones And 7 come here this time with
even a deeper apprehension of them filing my soul,
burdened TO very large extent. larger than esrr
before with the great message which am 10 give
TO you this week II God spare me
At the same time have been nervous wheh again 7
and again my name has been referred 10. because
have always found that God will not give His glory
to another. and my heart falls me doh wan, ,t to
have a bad time. and the more Mr.. Moody talKs
ain he appOiutment
my heart goes down don't want TO be prominent
any more than the wire is prominent that carries
the message. and If YOU dear people are going TO
look to me for It will happen to you very much
as | heard Mr. Sturgeon say 1t happened 10 deai
| person to whom he was trying to preach
In England we have little sort or receptacle 10
catch the voice. tube for the deaf and Mr. Spur.
| ceon who had grand-organ voice, when he got
| into his pulpit and saw some people stTaiinlng
through this trumpet. put his handkerchief into
the eartrumpet and stopped it up, and, when they
could not get the supply that way they put the ear
| tube down and began listening, ana ne mace mem
hear If YOU think am goi"g TO give you the bless
ing Cod viii put His handkerchief over me and stop
me rgh' mp. and make you near the message uirec.
| from Himself +, ...,..
Now. do not want to spend THIS We, week in vain
IN these PRAYER meetings gathered here at o'clock
Come TO the meetings FOR praye a ake care now
| you read If were YOU would give up reading
a lion D''ii' would read my Bible if you. as
| much as possible. and in your talk at your table
care lest with your criticism you njure the effect
upon some other mind All The time me- keep in the
Mr. Moody said wnen was snahns hands ian Sow WIN tn
s BRING them into the P'
| they will be awfuy disappointed Inc only one
undertake to say that If you will live In the spirit
OF prayer, II you will as far as possible attend the
to be given to you step by step. l do not see the
least reason why this audience should not go
should not get the gift Of Pentecost and by the
| grace of God we may bring you all to the throne
TAKING HOME THE BLESSING.
One thing more in addition before I give out my
| text. | dare say that In the course OF these ad-
dresses there will be a great many things uttered
that you may not quite understand Never mind;
| let that lie. II you eating fish and YOU come
| to a bone you put the bone the side of your
| plate and go on eating what you At the end
of this week will he glad TO sec my brother min
listers and will be glad every body that has
a dficulty and Mr. Selwyn and others will help
me- and will see 10 1t as far as putting II III
unless YOU take it. and YOU Will have not only to
understand It nellectually but you VII iIs have to
at the basin Of porridge. She Is going TO put her
| was more work done all about those woodlands.
those copses; than in this hall was told that
| here. there have been men walking up and down
run up against one another and one would say TO
the Other Wh9 b you hero fo guess You are are
people so crowded up in this place they had
no place to he alone. And so they went out to be
|
| mt Keswick most of Us have got lot more help In
| the hills than ever in the tents
So friends. Brother Sewyn and I and others will
| undertake that. All we know will tell you: and
we will put 1t smp.y that you shall see IL for
| yourself There must be on the part Of every soul
! the individual contact with the living Christ. alone
| able 20 give you the blessing Of the Holy Ghost
cannot close these preliminary words without
! saying that my heart is sad to-day | have never
been at "A convention which has been irradla led
by the presence Of our friend. Or. A. j. Gordon who
| is now with God J seem to expect him to be sitting
| somewhere about this audience. him hap
| thing down In the lake. All. his is a sad loss I
thank God for that Of his. who has written such
a memoir Of his father | believe Christ is going 10
I'LL every soul with such mighty blessing as to be