New-York tribune., 1901-08-05
NORTHFIELD WORK.
MEETINGS LARGELY ATTENDED-THE
REV MR.. CHADWICK on BEING
CLEANsED FROM IDOLS.
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rreetinrs excellent addresses and deepening spir-
itual feeling the part OF those who are closely
following the speakers.
The attendance at the Il O'Clock service In the
auditorium this morning equaled the numbers "H
the first August Sunday IN former years and IL the
sl.es had been clear instead OF overcast with
threatening clouds the seating capacity Of the
auditorium would have been we'll taxed.
The first service this morning at $50 o'clock.
when a number OF earnest Christian people met
I'm the Auditorium 20 engage in prayer for Gods
blessing upon the success OF the day. Shortly
after breakfast the people began 10 gather In the
Auditorium. and at an early hour began the song
service. This service of Gospel singing by the
congregation interspersed with a solo by Pro-
fessor Towner and a duet by Mr.. and Mrs. Schaef-
fer. Following the praise service came the regular
j o'clock meeting, which the Rev. Samuel
Chadwick gave the address. lie spoke OF his own
experience In acting upon the promises of God.
lie took Ezekiel XKxyi for the basis Of his sermon.
in the of his address. in speaking upon the
18th of this chapter. II Will sprinkle clean
water upon you and We shall be clean from all
your hlthiness and from all your idols" be said:
God viii have clean people or none at all; The
''clean" he does not mean moderately so. but
through and through. There are two words for
cieaAsing one which means cleaning on the sur
face and the other cleansing, where every hbre Is
washed through. Just as linen can be mashed IT is
the latter word that is used here That is what
God has provided. He will cleanse you from all
cali cod God calls dirt Your idol may b. some
thing which in itself is all right. bun which Is
Mr. Chadwick then proceeded TO relate personal
experience.
was converted when a lad of seven. l did not
know much about theology bu: knew that loved
sixteen "i'u beEan TO breach had been delicate
youth and from the time 1 was eight had not
began to preach l handicapped. An old min
and 20 NM an that had into n This in a way be-
stumbling block. My sermons came 10
mean more TO me than my Master, my message
more than my mission. cared more for the praise
OF my fellows than 10 save souls. preached Tor
seven years IN this way without success IN Nm, ~
ming souls Then went to an empty cnapsII I 10 10
10 the end of myself. and about that time got 10
that 7 was worshpping. and. step by step He led
me on eonsecrated ground But my biggest idol
1InI, Sriri, gas nersist@nt and one Saturday de-
cided 10 settle the matter. took the sermons
down the stove and burned them. More warmth
had come out in seven years before. From all
the idols had now been ceansed. What was the
closed seven persons had come forward 10 give
their hearts 10 Christ
The Rev DR.. II. c Mabie spoke in the afternoon
on The Life OF Faith" exposition of He
brews Ni.
The twilight service on Round Top was addressed
by Samuel H. Hadley. Of the Water Street Mission.
New-York. and in the evening Mr Chadwick con-
Quoted an evangelstic service. At this service
offering was received for the prison fund of the
Colportage Association. This association places
thousands Of good books every year in prisons and
particularly in country jails.
THINGS NEW AND OLD.
V Mr. Morgan set the keynote Of the conference
high in his first sermon Taking for his theme
Things New and DID, he outlined the funda-
mental doctrines Of Christendom which must abide.
= and yet be restated in the new century There
IS 20 be Gospel the kingdom OF heaven
ab.GeS and it has Il message TO every century and
70 all conditions Of human life The responsibility
=l,a md 1aa Of
Kingdom Is TO discover its message and declare
it 10 hear the music unheard by the rushing crowd
of men and interpret Il TO these men they pass;
10 listen the voices that the unopened ear of
the unsanctified never hears and repeat that
So age to these selfsame and women: 10 stand
with anointed vision and look upon the lines Of
glory and beauty that indicate the method and
she manner Of divine government; TO see the things
unseen and then to turn back and speak 10 the
,e Of those lines. that divine order that knows
no disorder, Of that perpetual kingdom os God
which at last must triumph. After showing what
the old things which 10 abide: "a God is
King; % righteousness is necessity OF Ills King
ship: 90 man is sinner, utterly and absolutely
helpless TO lift himself to the plane OF communion
with his King and % the cross prosiGes every
thing that needs for his uplifting. Mr. Nor
gan turned To the things. statement
and a application OF the old facts. Following
the order just given Of the things that abide
he said that a. the Kingship OF God is homed in
the fatherhOod OF God: % righteousness is not
a capricious requirement OF an absent Deity, but
the reasonable law OF inmanent God: 90 sin is
unbelief unbelief is madness; 90 The atonement is
necessary. only because sinners, but
because God is what he is. Things and old"
said the preacher, they things. fresh as
the morning, the summertime, because
their oldness is rooted in God"
NEW APPLICATION NEEDED
The sermon continued follows:
And then beloved. only new statement but
a url DO
This seeming contradiction is in matter OF fact a
necessary consequence. We have always been
wrong when We have put into opposition ind yIdual-
ments; no ind!fidualism, no true socialism. InG-
viduasm that docs not issue into socialism is false
in6ividuallsm indIYidualism and sociaIssm are
homed in the Gospel of Christ. and nowhere else.
/ am very fond OF using some OF these words I
began 10 take back her own words and use them
some words tkat have just dropped them. You
know the habit some Christian people have had
for Years for scenturfes has been this: Whatever
fhe devil puts his hand upon drop II and leave it.
u Is false: business is TO say 10 the devil,
Hands of that belongs 10 Christ: and saw that
about everything. say ~ about these great words.
Socialism! Why can almost sec congrega-
tiOn turn T,hle II man happens to say social
ism" ! do not altogether wonder at IL. The
unsocial things recently done In the name Of so
cialism ought 70 make us blush and elanch win win
the Church Of God ought 10 be- its radiant revela-
zion to-day And how is IL that We cannot realize
81? Because indiyidualism is not what IL ought TO
be- the individual is not perfect and you never get
perfect society until you get the perfected IN
great word socialism: 81 cannot be You never
can grow tulips without bulbs, and that is what
ub has within IL the possibility II the flower: you
grow the flower without the root; bun the
root. and when the flower appears they have cut IT
off-equal folly.
world saying the family Of God the chill
dren 81 the Most High tho tribes Of the Lord. the