New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-09
GREAT DAY AT NORTHFIELD
MEETINGS FROM EARLY MORNING TILL
LATE AT NIGHT.
LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE ATrRACTED-THE
REV. g. C. MORGAN. OF LONDON. THE
pRrAcHER-A SERMON BY THE
,rv ND pIERSON
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PREACHER-A SERMON BY THE
REV. DIR. PERSON
rsY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBrNE.1
East Mortified. Mass, Aug. S-This sunday mas
been record breaker. even for Northheid IN the
matter OF meetings. Fully twenty-five separate
meetings. each attracting an attendance OF from
AnySto over three thousand people, have been held
boro during the day, and consequently everybody
has had meetings to his hearts content Sixteen
Of these meetings were officially announced by MT
Moody Yesterday and every hour OF the day. from
O'Clock In the morning until 10 o'clock at night,
vita tho exception OF the afternoon hour between
and G. was occupied with meetings. and often
two or three oHlcial meetings were being held at
the time
In addition to these a number OF special meet
ings were held In different buildings in the inter-
ests Of various city, home and foreign mission
aries who are here but who will not have an
opportunity to speak at the main meetings
The news OF the great day OF meetings had trav-
ellcd far and WIDE and with the daylight the
farmers began to hitch their horses to the fences
and trees while their wives cared for capacious
baskets OF luncheon. or else made their way d.
rectiy to the sunrise prayer meeting which was
led by Mt. Moody himself Fully three hundred
people attended this meeting.
An hour later the people sleeping In the various
seminary buildings began 10 attend meetings in
noticeable numbers, and when the hour came TOT
the preaching services there were fully three thou
sand persons gathered In the Auditorium Al TINS
service the Rev DR.. Teunis c. Hamln, OF wash
ngton, expounded the Scripture lesson, and the
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan. OF London, preached the
sermon. The subject was. Progress In the Divine
Life" as illustrated by three pictures taken from
the lives OF Martha and Mary. the sisters In the
home at Bethany The pictures were from the
narratives recorded in Luke X 81: John M ana
John xii. The lesson taught was that progress In
the spiritual life only as the result OF humii-
ity and the full surrender OF the VIII 10 Goa Inc
Ispr n impression.
HORSE CAUSES ALARM
Just as the audience was separating a young
horse hitched to a fence near the buildings took
fright and, breaking away from the farmer. who
had Just come out OF the meeting to feed him.
dashed wildly along the road toward the Audito-
rum. Men, women and children were In great
danger, but the colt turned suddenly just before
he reached the Auditorium upsettng the buggy
and galloped across the lawn between the Audio-
rum and the Betsy Moody cottage The upset vehicle
impeded his progress, however, and by the time
Weston Hall was reached twenty pairs of willing
hands were stretched out to stop him Nobody
was hurt, but the buggy was smashed ana the
harness ruined.
The meetings announced by Mr. Moody for the
day were carried out as follows: Sunrise prayer
meeting. led by Mr.. Moody in the Auditorium:
Z O'Clock meeting. addressed by w. r. Gale. the
Bible teacher; o'clock meeting Gospel service.
conducted by V. d. David the Tamil evangelist;
o'clock. young mems meeting. held In the Con-
grega Church under the leadership of William
r. Moody, the elder OF Dwight L. Moody.
This was OF the most earnest and spiritual
meetings OF the whole day
At the same hour two meetings were held for
women one at the Betsy Moody cottage and the
other at the Hotel Mortified. Following these came
the regular morning preaching service. at which
fully three thousand persons were present. From ~
to 1 o'clock Mrs. Abbey c. Morrow. the Editor OF
THE illustrator" spoke to children and the next
hour occupied by John L. DUDE and his wife.
who are native Zulus. at present studying In the
Missionary Training Institute in Brooklyn. This
meeting and the one which followed. conducted and
addressed by the Rev. DR.. Cornelius Woelfkin OF
Brooklyn were held on Round Top. DR.. Woelfkin
has spoken two three times at this convention
and always attracts large audience by his deep
spirituality.
At 8 o'clock President Blanchard OF Wheaton
College. Illinois. spoke in the Auditorium Three
simultaneous meetings occupied the hour between
4 and oclock-a Christian Endeavor meeting con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mr. Morgan. of London in the
Auditorium and addressed by DR.. Sas Mead the
president OF the Australian societies: a Junior En-
deavor meeting, held Mr. Moody's lawn, and led
by Paul d. Moody. Mr.. Moody's younger son. and
a mothers meeting, held in the glen Marquand
Hail. and led by Mrs John Scudder, the wife OF
the veteran missionary OF the Arcot Mission OF
India.
At the regular Round Top service, at C:3O D. M
II. NJ. Moore. Of Boston. had charge usual. and
different missionaries from various fields occupied
the time. The regular evening service followed
this and the Rev. Mr.. Morgan, of London, spoke
again. directing his remarks particularly to the
unconverted.
Tomorrow is to be to extent rest day
here Neither Mr. MacGregor nor Mr.. Morgan will
speak
PIERSON ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Mr.. Moody is the commanding officer at the con- |
ferences. He has at every service at least a dozen |
ministers upon whom he could call preach In the |
absence Of the expected. and every one Of hem
would be honored to receive the invitation. He |
has announced programme, and often calls upon |
a man who has just arrived II he thinks that he |
has message which the people need One day |
last week the Rev. DR.. Arthur T. Person came to |
his home In this place. after absence of abou;
five months in Great Britain. That evening |
he heard the Mortified PLATFORM where he |
delivered an interesting sermon the Holy Spirit |
In part he said:
In the Word OF God, the Holy Spirit on the one |
side and the spirit OF Satan with all the evil spirits
subject TO MS control, are put as counterparts
TO the other ne exactly opposite In their nature,
nSence and opposite in their form pnV Of workns . The
spirit of God Is known as the spirit OF truth. the
beever the spirit Of reproof or convtio1 Wbc ns
70 do especially with His work in the nnconveri ed
Iss or the o Of he spirit o of of RG
Of Of aa ir, the sPr Of help the spirit Of ry
promise and earnest the spirit of love- the spirit of
weakness the spirit or sound mind. the spirit OF
grace the spirit OF glory and the spirit of prophecy
1t may not be so easy TO locate the different types
and symbols OF the spirit opposite these different
names. 81 the spirit OF truth the light seems 70 |
be the symbol: Of the spirit OF witness Christ and |
to the believer. the seal of the spirit OF reproof or
eonyiction The sword o. The spirit Of powTs the |
ness. The dove OF the sprt of life the breath; OF
the spirit OF adoption, language-wc cry Abba Fa- |
Their: Of the spirit OF help especially prayer the
groan OF the spirit OF wisdom. the oil ointment
counsel thee 10 buy Of me ointment. eye salve |
that thou mayest see; OF the spirit of promise and
earnest. the foretase. tasting beforehand OF the
spirit OF love. Of the spirit OF holiness the dove
of the spirit OF sound mind. the light again: OF the
spirit of grace the flame that purhes and consumes
dross: OF the spirit OF glory, the shekinah the |
wonderful fire that burned in the interior OF the |
tabernacle: OF the spirit OF prophecy. the food com
ing on the earth and making it fruitful.