New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-19
LAST DAY AT NORTHFIELD.
SERVICES BEGIN EARLY AND END LATE.
Or $ PARKEs CADMAS. MR. MACGREGoR AND
MR. MOODY DELIVER INTEREST

lnY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBrNEl

and day after day Of splendid gifts have opened
the word Of God 20 the hundreds and the thousands
who have gathered in the halls on the hilltop or
In the great auditorium.
Led bv Mr. Moody this company Of teachers has
had one objec, in mind. and has kept it steadily
before the peOple-the deepening OF the spirituai
lie Hundreds of people have testified TO the
spiritual blessings which they have received at these
meetings and many clergymen have publicly re-
ques,ed prayers for their churches and for them
selves that their ministry this winter may be
richly blessed
The meeting this morning led by the Rev
George II. Macgregor. II was held soon after
O'Clock. No address remarks were made Ihe
hour and quarter was occupied with prayer ana
singing. Many OF the prayers offered In the
singular. instead Of the plural number. Lord. l
pray for my church" "for my pastor" or Tor
my Sunday-school class" were frequently heard
The closing moments were especially solemn. when
Mr. Macgregor asked all who desired prayer Tor
their churches 70 name them While all heads were
bowed scores OF churches chapels and missions
were named.
Then the leader asked all Of the foreign mission
aries 10 rise and "A special prayer offered for
thern and their various foreign mission fields Ihen
The ministers were asked 20 rise and they were
especlally remembered Later the evangests Blole
Class leaders mission workers and Snnoay-sChooi
teachers rose in succession. and brief ana appro
nriote prayer was offered for each class. Mr. Mac
fore the beneiicton pronounced:
Holy Spirit seal me just now!
Al the cross humbly bow.
ONLY ike Jesus long 10 he.
Holy Spirit. seal me- l pray
Dp CADNAN,s FIRST VISIT TO NORTHFIEID.
The Rev. DR. s Parkes Cadman pastor of the
METROPOLITAN Temple at Seventh-ave. and Four
,eenth-st. New-York was the first speaker al 'he
regular preaching service 1t Is his hrst VISIT 10
Mortified and ne had never heard Mr.. Moody
ali
morning upon Paul. He is entirely different IN
manner from his countrymen. Morgan and Mac
eregor but his sermons made deep impression
and he returned TO New-York this afternoon IN
turn deeply impressed by the wonderful Work
which Mr. Moody is accomplishing in this town
After the service last night, with number or
clergvuen he spent an hour more at Mr.
Moody's house. and this morning. before the ser
vice in the auditorium. he was driven 70 Mount
IIermon from which one Of the most beautiful
views in America may be seen. Picturesque as Is
the scenery the educational and religious work ac-
complished there is even grander The comoiha-
tons entrance every visitor.
Mr.. Macgregor followed Dr. Cadman. speaking
upon Personal Conservation This afternoon
MI Moody answered questions for an hour. ana
Mr. Macgregor discussed The Holy Spirit He
will speak tomorrow and Saturday, and four days
next week. having as his subjects. Temptation"
Sorrow" "Pers.' Pilgrimage" Prayers and
Service"
Next Sunday he will preach morning and after
noon ip the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. OF
New-York Mr. Moody and others will also speak
al the post-conference. which will begin to-mor-
row. and will be held in the Congregational Church.
near the Hotel Mortified. which will be kept open
throughout the month Of September. The schools
will open early in the month. and visitors are in
vited 20 attend the morning sessions when Mr..
Moody usually speaks. The training school VIII
open September 49,
In his sermon this morning Mr. Macgregor said:
Ny text is the single word Rabboni. the word
Of which am very fond When Jesus said TO the
"Rabboni." The true utterance OF that word means
that TO all who are spiritually alive. 10 all VINO
have passed through death unto life. TO all who
have accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord,
that the Lord Jesus Christ comes and asks you OF
sion Of Won ali of You and ali YOU nave. You
profess TO be in Christ. therefore 10 YOU as 10 one
Chris, comes and asks YOU 10 assign oyer e to Him
tire control of all you are and all you have
Personal CONSIDERATION.
That is what is meant by personal conservative
it is the giving over Of myself, spirit. soul and
body to be possessed and controlled by Jesus
Christ. Personal conservation means the consecra-
ton of the intellect. 1t means that the soul says
deliberately: Il determine TO know nothing. 70
Lord Jesus would not have me know. learn or In,
nothing. 70 write nothing, 10 exercise my mlnd
upon nothing. which cannot contribute 10 the glory
that my mind is not my own and is therefore, not
TO be used except under the control Of Him VINO is
The conservation OF the intellect means more. II
means the recognition that the wisdom of man is
MIN don Of the Divine Spirit we can know nothing
arignt. II means that the mind is Yielded up to be
Imagination is brought into captivity 70 the mind
Of Christ When the intcec, is consecrated that
pride Of intellect which keeps many great men
from Christ and makes many processing Chris
place 10 the humility OF Mary. who eat at Jesus,s
feet and to that childke spirit. without which
Jesus Christ said. no one could enter the Kingdom
OF Heaven
let Jesus Christ control your reading. your think
ing. your speaking? Are you prepared to Jet Him
Him. if lie so Will. TO Turn you away from the
study Of science. 10 which you are passionaeIy de-
that you may preach the Gospel? If not, you have
not yet learned the lesson q persona c9nsecra
Secondly. personal conservation means the con;
~S on T@i ,b Affections OF those Who acknowledged
J lin e o ord Were most imperiors He demanded
ton mems Tho conservation Of the conscience. This
t hnh, NAV stsrile some Of YOU You have been
accustomed 70 think Of conscience as something
That aid not need conservation. 1t is the voice OF
cd in the soul and how long II be yielded up
TO God? No doubt this oDJecton Is Nalu III coz o.
science be something not Of the man, but YET ID the
mo Fou-thlv. personal conservation the con-
eec-afion Of the will. The Will is the central ia'-
ultv Of the human soul: IT is that which makes Us
what we are. When the Will is gwen up 70 zoo. ,ie
citadel of mans being IS captured II ls IN tne
Will that self and Satan cn'hrone themselves IL Is
I'm the will that the hcrccst struggle Is carried on
Now In conservation this citadel is given fight over
10 the Lord. Tho soul says. Take my VIII ana
make It Thine. 1t shall be no longer mine ana as
The soul SAYS Take it give. and Jesus Chris;
receives
secration Of the body. The conservation Of the
body is about the last thing that The Christian
last last stage in the Christian salvation.
In the evening Mr. Moody spoke upon The
New Birth" DR.. Torrey and Mr.. Macgrcgor fol-
lowed with brief addresses. showing how one may
know that he is born again. About twenty persons
rose for prayers when the invitation given
The service closed with an impressive prayer by
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