New-York tribune., 1901-08-02


In his quick and ready way. Sydney Smith
Piled Because they all IL and always at it,
Mr.. Morgan thought that maxim ought to be
of the first laws of Church life He had love
for the who got into a good meeting, and
then. folding his arms, sang:
My willing soul would stay
And nd snen sif and Iing Ifnf herself as fhis swav
To everlasting bliss
No man under seventy-fve ought to sing that hymn
Mr. Morgan dwelt with enthusiasm his ex-
periences at New Court Chapel The four years of
his ministry there have the delightful of
his life. New Court is the centre of of the
most populOus North London districts. II has few
very wealthy men. but many in comfortable cir
cumstances
Tine British Weekly" speaking of Mr.. Morgans
leaving England, says:
His departure will remove striking figure from
the London pulpit In repSse or = In, In action. Mr.
nterga No @ tS IS tsn srG 9arr mars ,tb nm
on from other men ne Is tan anu selueS' WIN
Ions. keen. intellectual face. and mass OF waving
The look of decacv which was noted by his Bir7
mingha N friends has perhaps become more marked
since his settlement in London where ne has passed
through one severe Illness The climate OF America,
trying TO many English visitors. is to him a
tonic. and may hope that Cor years TO come his
work will suffer no interruption m InroGn a III neaa a
well at the City Temple. London. such as has been
crowded by an enthusiasts audience. over which
DR. Joseph Parker presided
In writing recently of Mr. Morgan's work in Eng
{ land Charles ]. Huddart. of London, said
his preaching services. meetings. lectures vista
tons and young peoples societies at New Court
pastorate entails G. campbell 4organ UNDERTAKES axe:
ten days' duration at different centres in England
Wales and Scotland; breaches here and there. with
frequent lectures and special addresses: attends
conferences and local celebrations of spiritual char
aCter calling for definite treatment of some specific
subject. and in numerous ways. and in divers
places by sermon. address lecture and special spr
tual teaching, gives himself up to the urgent calls
which. in endless succession find their way 70 him
/ from all quarters
Several books have come from Mr.. Morgan's pen.
including The Hidden Years at Nazareth The
True Estimate of Life and How to Live, Wherein
Have We Robbed Cod 'Malachis Message 10
the Men of To-day Gods Method with Man in
o9 F1T PTg5sRt Sa% aRa 6S pIe spTi Min Of
! The Ten Commandments. Life Problems and
/ 'Discipleshp-
THE HOME OF CONVENTIONS.
NorthfieId has long been known as thv hone of
conventions. 1t has become a New-Engand Jeru-
salem. whittier the tribes Of the Lord go up an
nualIy to keep solemn feasts and joyful festivals
! Certainly there is yearly feast of tabernacies,
booths, and Feast of Pentecost for hundreds get
pressing from abOVe that gives new SaVor ana
flavor to their character, conduct and service. The
conventions originated with MIR. Moodys invitation
/ to Christian friends TO meet together for mutual
! instruction and fellowship The parent conference
of 1880 in the first ten days of the month of Sep
! sons. among them delegation from Great Britain
East Hall, being then built. served 10 lodge Wis
itors. but was unequal 10 the demand Some camped
out in tents; others slept in garrels; avail
village
Waked up 10 realize the dawn or new era II had
known no such sensation in its whole history. The
/ Congregational Church was scarcely large enough
/ behind Mr.. Moody's house. The second convention
Moody's campaigns in Great Britain there was an
interval OF three years. but since third gathering
/ IN lss5, they have been annual The General Con
/ ference for Christian Workers is now held in the
lFe, lFst half I Of august The attendance
/ The year 1856 was marked by the first of the Stu
/ dents Conferences which was held in the Mount
! SClOOl and
lasting twenty-siX days About two hundred and
tutions. This students conference proved a source
j OF one OF the greatest movements OF the closing
( come to Mount Hermon pledged TO the foreign field
% Iag nuioer rose TO full hundred before the
I JIspetsed ana so hot did the missionary fires
d ourn that 1t was determined TO send two students
the origin OF the student VoStesr ne We Tni
whose rnotto is The EvangeIizatiou of the World
nually since 1Ss6 at Nortb bfeIJ Tn 5 iTI an
deIegates now exceeds six hundred and nfty repre-
: sentins nearly one hundred ana fftv institutions
conventions on similar lines have sprung up in this
Young Mems Christian Associations in the colleges
py framing leaders. NOrthield has thus become n
sort OF religious clearing house for coIIege M,
where they meet and exchange IDEAS and disrgss
~meuhots ~ OF work \ similar conference for young
women was begun in 1S93 has met each year
IN July, With promise OF increasing usefulness
{ NO HOBBIES RIDDEN IN NORTHF1ELD
As religious centre NorthdeId stands for M
Theological hobbies The only standard is the Bible
"hich Is taken as it is Questions to its in
Bo Bibe Is aa&ed ha% nF9P 70 sbe5 T 5r & 9a Of place Lac The
ana cohSclsnceS OF men and thus proves itself the
most tuectlVe KIND OF PROOF that be had The
utmost breadth ot teaching consistent with Iov1ITv
20 evangelical truth Is allowed, Men of nearly
every branch of the Church are invited 10 tbe Mat
form. but denoaIna torasm in any form is risiI,
eNcNded The best living teachers are always
Northheld entered upon its career as a religious
The Northaed Echoes TbI Tl{n the PG6cajion Of
IN permanent form the leading addresses delivered
AZ the summer conventions In lNq5 the general
Eastern depot Of the Bible Institute Colportage
association of Chicago. was opened ar Norf btfaIl
ms, dhis organization. OF which D l. Moody was
president was formed for the purpose of issuin..
good Htera tuTe at low rates The speciality is me
Moody Coportage library. whose average monthly
output Is now about seventy-fve thousand comics
the average sales Of the Eastern depot are about
ten thousand copies
The first issue Of The Echoes" this vaar *
devoted chiefly To articles memory of Major
F d w Whittle, associate os Mr. Moodv Sor
more than quarter OF a century. both men We're
. OF the other DR.. \ T. Pierson writes ON m ~
! Whitte. the Poet Evangelist: General o. O How
/ ara db on Major Whittle in the Army; the Hon.
Luther l-anin Mills. on Major Whittle the Soldier
and FRIEND; the Rev. Or. IT, Clay TrlImbun nm
Whitte and Bliss, Co-laborers with Moody and
Sankey'- George e. Stebbins. on \ PeTsonsi
! Tribute II Major Whittle'; the Rev r A T0rrev
/ on Major Whitte at ChickamauEa.' and Daniei
/ ebster Whittle on The Gospel for the soldiers
} ttrom the last address delivered BY Major WhitrIa
/ at Northield in 1S9Sl.
| HOW MOODY AND WHITTLE NET
( This is the way the two evanEeIists came 10
/ gether. in the words of Major Whittle:
In 1868 | was in Chicago home on a brisg fur
lough with u wound received at Vicksburr rbe-a
"a great demonstration at that time and Bishon
simpson was 10 give an address. stirring up the
people in with the work of the 3hris+taT
/ Commission l brought the platform and
| never felt foolish in nv life in being tbsre
The friends received kindly. because Of The
patriotism and the love which they felt for ~
soldiers Mr. Moody was in the audience 90 81 me ne
I he he =,