New-York tribune., 1902-08-06
FIELDDAY AT NORTHFIELD
THE BIBLE CONFERENCE is NOW IN
FULL SWING.
THREE SERMONS IN THE FoRENooN-KEL
MAN. MORGAN AND MEYER HEARD
HOW THE SEMINARY WAS
STARTED.
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ference in full sNiA5' o--N -
attends every service held in slhsie ues 80 -
.asuv FL q notebook if he took down an lla' iIe
heard At 9 o'clock this morning MI -40. g.
c,,sses the prophecy OF Hosea; an houi 4"'9- -
Rev John Kelman. Of Edinburgh sPohe In D.
One Fundredth Psalm" and at II O'CLOCK lhe M ~
y u Never of London. began series OF actresses
which Will be features OF the conlerehce 80
closes In the afternoon Professor u D. ~
continued his musical instructions Inc NJ
W Hone of New-H Haven led the Round 1op - -
vice and DR. Kelman preached in the eNellIiie- =
ne the delights of Mortified is the beautfuI sltua
ton of the buildings Of its three sciio, ,..s
founding Of the seminary for girls WHOSE oo-'----
g. ro,v accounted by the conference guests was
characteristic Of D. /. Moody, VINO WAS ,, 49,
+.ying advantage of incidents and opportulli'ie0
which many men wuld let slip one OF ms 20
savings was The reward Of service Is liiol -
,ace The beautiful campus. where heaiiy -
,,,6-a5 girls are fitting themselves LOT collese ~
for Iife's duties through the school veal CO :. -
az, +housends of conference visitors GatheI III INV
summer is an illustration of this statement
60 af+er Mr. Noodv's return from his meeIiiiss
sn Great Britain in 1875 he was ori'liis -o5s
,o+he- Samuel over of the mountain ioo
- N-or-bAeid when they passed lohelE co' "
,age far distant from any town or nelshool, CIV
ting in the doorway were the nlo'nei ~ W
daughters braiding straw mats Inc Ia'iie' =
,aralv+ic and could do nothing for me suppoI' u
.h fs,ofl,y- +fus the burden rested on the women
But though the father was helpless pnvslcahE Iie
was an educated man, and MS oausil'eIe N1 O.
hat reached beyond tnelT present Ai"'
horizon The limitations Of their CONDITION ana 'ie
,s-a,+ bonelessness of their future deeply i'm
messed Mr.. Moody; other men had seen 'ieSo
women at work he did and had been as soiiS
as he was. and still the girls and their nnot"et
stitched on Not so with Mr. Moody Ihe Slsi4'
T +hasa women braiding mats in that lonely, out
NJ +he wsy place resulted in his determination 10
meet the peculiar needs Of just such girls IN lee
boring hills and communities He was aldeo In ms
determination to help these deserving people oH
lar a
his regret that the local schools afforded such I'm
fted educational advantages for his own twin SIS
ter The seminary opened in 1873. and the TWO
girls whom Mr.. Moody had seen in the mountain
home braiding mats among the first students
admitted. So intelligent were they that they soon
justified his efforts in their behalf.
PURCHASE OF THE SCHOOL SITE.
The purchase of the school site was also charac-
teristic of Mr Moody. One day in the fall of 1873
he stood discussing the subject with H N r
Marshall of Boston when the owner OF sixteen
acres Of adjoining land passed them. They asked
him If he would sell, and. learning his price. in
vited him into the house, made out the papers,
and before the owner had recovered from his sur
prise the land had passed out OF his hands Ihree
or four adjoining lots were bought IN the course
of year. all without their respective owners
realizing that their barren farm lands had any
special value. These purchases increased the
estate to one hundred acres the greater part be
ing bare sandy hillocks, useless even for pas
turage. but suitably located for school, and
commanding a beautiful view of the Connecticut
1 Valley II is hard credit tie statement of a
4 farmer who has lived here from boyhood that the
seminary campus. covered with rich sward.
and parts of IT. back of the buildings supplying
the guests with fresh vegetables every day,
wouldn't grow white beans" What stronger
term Of condemnation could a farmer use?
The view from the Boston and Maine train is
the one given in this picture. 1t is mere than a
mile from the tram to the top Of strawbridge
Mountain, 10 the esst Of the seminary proper. In
the foreground is the Connecticut River. The roll
ing meadows and greater part of the campus
do not appear al their best, owing TO the heavy
foliage Beautiful is the from the train,
that from the campus is grander. Few people
here except the farmers the rise, but
every visitor watches the sunsets. which
glorious. indeed. They may be grand else
where, but they could be grander.
Mr.. KELMAN's SERMON.
In his sermon this morning. Mr.. Kelman called
attention the national thoughts and characters
tic feelings gathered UP in the One Hundredth
Psalm He called the psalm q great outburst Of
gladness. and said in part:
think people are realizing now more than they
used TO that there is something selfish in
per; that there is something shabby in suIlenness
and Yet the duty of JOY is neagrely conceived still
being f merely good natured, being funny. doing
about us-ln Its finer form the duty that Victor
Or IS 2en JTed a banny 1 a Of eeTtine
through life for ones sake, the best way OF
ether peoples way. how triflng our, thought Of
siight II is ReSF this is eresf tbinetbis ap
probation of the world and of life. Yes, and of
ogh Se the II s6adSx 0d 0oe nen wRe4sver TeGod @
SHAH lead him One of the greatest gifts of old
battle William the Conqueror had great oath that
s @ peGf Of 9 se se fh is 6e
thing magnificent in il; this is mans responsibility
10 the universe flashing back the gladness of the
LORD OF Gl9dness-iashing il back as his function
But you have here also the generosity of joy
'tAll ye lands rejoice That is easier
OF the lands had done hardly by Israel. and this
is a second great advance in Israel's sentiment
Formerly there mad been often little joy in her
conception but for the nation of Israel. and
here the beSsng S Of AbTaham O is s booming the
heritage of the Gentiles, and Jehovah is not only
before ber Cod bur he is the light and the giaddener
OF all the earth, making all the nations share the
travels had done for Israel She was a travelled
people; she knew OF people that lived beyond the
horizon; she thought wistfuIly Of the Phoenican
ships; she remembered that belt of nations far 10
the east Of Babylon, and in the dim distance she
beating and them all the God OF Gladness,
lands and beyond the seas through her. -Rejoice
N the Lore an ye lands, c-d w har q ss1tG seneFGos
His people toward the kingdom of Heaven that
world where the last word that one has to say TO
life is merely that OF sorrow or OF resignation
ever he may be. win stand upon his feet and face
the God OF Gladness.
CULTS BRIDGED BY SUNSHINE.
All the worlds widest quits ultimately are bridged
ioice in God that they know themselves brothers
70 the people on me & efner arS Sde el thing Of
very often and it is TO be excused because Of that
that has come from the knowledge OF the joy of
But let us look in the next place at the humility
of Joy. 1T is He that hath made us and not we
slightly. but essentially In the old form by