New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
SENSE OF DEsoLATIoN.

may bring us, as He WILL into a larger satisfaction
with himself
SENSE OF DESOLATION.
of the going Of the leaders Of the Hosts Of God s
that OF desolation. How have tried 70 put myself
back just recently into the place of those discples
upon the Holy Mount when Jesus talked @ familiar pillar,
How Win haTe been n o. to ms OSe myself back
through the centuries with their accumulated tes-
those days when men stood around Him. and H He
Mas Jesus the eaeheT the & master hT6gS am1 these
years. 1 have seemed to understand something OF
Il am going to leave YOU Why If He goes every
thing goes. If Jesus Christ the teacher the fIlend,
fant churches and the scattered believers OF tPosg %
fay an GAYS 5om % his gong and Peter about his
exodus. If Paul is taken away If Peter & Is taken a
We get the same kind of feeling; A.
In those happy days of service last year. Mr.
Moody said to me again and again, he had never
been conscious in his life of the approach & oI
him on. and my heart says. as I hear the news.
The only man that was equal to the Work ber is
Is no desoiation in our hearts there must not be:
tonight sneak to YOU out of the fulness Of my
heart, of the great sense OF loss tnat & nas @
quietly and patiently at these words His decease'
Mr. Morgan then discussed the meaning of the
used by Jesus and Peter and Paul The fTse 1
two spoke of death as an exodus gong ouI S,onnt
Petrne epistes are full of illusions TO me MoInt 5
OF Transformation The use OF the Term deatb Is
peculiarly Christian. 1t is never so used IN CLASSIC
sagef and in the Episte to the Hebrews where
refers to The going out OF EGYPT 6y & Ine Gnbere
else. It signifies loosing The figure Is that OF
next referred to the suggestiveness of the terms
progress and freedom escape & from t the bih re-
the ship was constructed In both cases 1t was not
ea5 cntrasted gr e The Shirt Of Neales hymn safe
The first which he said he would strike from every
hymn book thus describes death.
Safe home safe home in port;
Rent cordage. shattered deck.
M But Oh the Joy upon ar,. the osasG shoEe
CONFERENCE BEGINS THIS EVENING.
AS the majority of the visitors Of the conference
rooming in the buildings used during the win
ter by the four hundred girls in the seminary the
work of Mr Moody educator is vividly
brought to mind. and his words recalled: The
object of the Mortified schools is to help young
men and women of very limited means get an edu-
cation such would have done good when
was their age. I want to help them into lives that
will count the most for the of Christianity"
Many friends of Mr.. Moody. believing that the
endowment of the Northield schools would be the
best kind of memorial to their founder and a
thank offering to God for his great life are ap-
mean time the needs for the current expenses of
freSe Scno95s are urgent and PrssSing and should
givers.
The year just closed has been in some respects
the best in the history of these institutions. Sew
eral new buildings have been added to their equip
ment; more students have availed themselves of
their privileges than before while hundreds
who would have been glad do turned
away for lack of room. A union church has been
formed at Mount Hermon with ninety-one charter
members, and has resulted in a decided quickening
Of the spiritual life of the school.
students coming in from all sides. With graft
tude to God il be said that they taking the
places in the world for which the schools were de-
signed fit them.
Not all going into the ministry the mis-
sion field, although many are, but they going
have been possible 10 them except for some such
institutions as the Mortified schools. 1t is felt
more strongly than that the principles for
which the schools stand sound, practical and
according to the mind OF Christ
There are thousands OF young men and women
power for good if helped to the right kind of
education. That thorough instruction in the Bible
lie at the basis of such education, and
that help given be only such stimulate
the students to do there the best to help them
selves. is sound theory, and twenty years ex-
perience proves that 1t works well in practice
One Of the most helpful signs of the times is
the marked revival in the spirit OF benevolence.
Rich and poor alike are realizing that only that is
truly saved that is rightly spent.
The founder of the Mortified schools used to
say: 81 want TO do what to prepare others TO
take my place after gone" The actual cost
for each student is $500 per year. OF this amount
the income from small endowment and the roy
atty Gospel Hymns, there is a balance OF over
$50 600 still to be provided The trustees conf
IDENTIFY appeal 10 the Christian public to make up
this shortage. One hundred dollars provides for
the shortage student for one year.