New-York tribune., 1902-08-08

will hear yell about intelllgibe as those given
In other institutions for training in English
| Although the President is not coming until sep
| tember l. he will find great many conference
| guests for the Hotel Northfeld will be well filled
| all through August, and well into September Inc
post conference addresses to be given by Mr.. Meyer
| will keep larger number of people here than IN
| any previous year. Special rates are MADE 10
guests for the weeks following the regular conler
| ence and every year increasing number avall
themselves of this opportunity to visit Northheio
when they can enjoy conference privileges and also
| the charming drives about here, without feehng
that they losing much that they ought TO near
| The Northield Hotel It's origin to D. Il.
| Moody. The summer conferences for ChrlStlan
| workers, instituted in 1850. in short time over
| taxed the capacity of the Northheld Seminary
| buildings and all available rooms in town tonse-
| ouently in 1887 Mr. Moody's friends organized a
| stock company. which built the Northheld' with
| accommodations for seventy-fve persons In 1881
Il, was necessary TO extend the plant and the build
| ing known as the annex. with twenty-siX sleeping
| rooms. erected. This is connected with tie
| main building by a piazza eleven feet "ioe' the
| total length of which is about three hundred feet
| The following year the dining room was enlarged
70 accommodate about 125 guests, the patronage OF
| the hotel continued to increase each year ana the
| MANAGEMENT socn found the accommodations olo
| not supply the demands. In the spring OF 800 a
| beautiful new building l3o by 70 feet. was erected
| on the west end OF the main structure This ex-
| tension contains forty-one sleeping rooms. with
| numerous private baths. public parlor and large
| reading and writing rooms.
| A large delegation from the cottages joined the
| hovs and Young men at their morning devotions
| Mt Camn Northfeld to-day. Gathered under the
| beautiful pines the hillside. the scene was pct-
| uresqlc. but thought less OF the beauties o'
| nature than Of the spiritual treat which was pro-
| vided The speaker the Rev. DIR. Daniei Shep-
| arlson a leader Of special services and Bible
| studies Dr Shcpardson is preaching Sundays
| through August in the Marcy Avenue bapus'
| Church. OF Brooklyn Borough: for the hrst TWO
| SUNDAYS Of September ne will preach In the River
| si5o pantts, Church OF Manhattan Ten years ago
| he was paralyzed. and two years later began 10
| preach In a wheel chair. His address to-day was
| intensely practical and many Of the young men
| and some OF the young women went UP to his chair
to tell him that they intended to be satisfied Win
nothing less than the in their lives hereafter
| While not condemnng smoking, card playing, the
atre going and similar diversions, he said he had
| found that personally he could not have them and
| win souls at the time. As he preferred 10 De
| q soul winner he had found II necessary to give
| up what he had previously thought hurt him.
He had found that they hurt his influence, ana ne
desired the most of his life for himself for
others and for God.
MIR. MORGAN'S LECTURE
Mr. Morgan's lectures on the minor prophets
draw large audiences at $50 a. m He has been
! discussing Hosea so far this week. taking the
| prophet and his times and then the prophecy 1t
self Under the latter head he has shown how
Hosea was trained and what he taught his
theme to-day the message dealing especially
with the love of Jehovah. In speaking of the re-
newal of Israel Mr. Morgan said:
l going to read three verses In which this re
newal is found. They are too beautiful to say
| anything about them unless we rehd ihem
| will be the dew unto Israel He SHAH grow as
the lily and cast forth his roots as Leban3m s h
as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They
f5T as sba the @ Gor m fne fb w1 Of T LEBANON
hat 10 bn
| preach on those should have three di,
visions. and following a habit, of mine l should
! second. he: third. they Now divide moss @ wv, Two
First l. God, will be as the dew unto iTs9eI; sec
Shall blossom as the lily cast forth his roots as
Lebanon: his branches shall spread; his beauty
Who are these? TO whom does the word refer?
onndn Tnh qh nho2s G hnd MRat the other
pie the they" outside the he they tnat
the nations should do-"they that dwell under his
shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn
the wine of Lebanon" That is the picture-l
iafionshIp That was Gods purpose in making
this nation Not that He should make little ma.
it, while the outside nations went to the devil or
heesg It hery held Us BY
and the heresy held by too many Christian people
they-and his mind is always on the they, and
Gew HS" of FSf heaven IA tails tS on israel the dew Of
remember, 1t is not '! will send you dew but :!
is the picture; and when that Is So what happens?
Why, Israel has a grand time then. 1t blossoms as
lily; IL forth its root the cedar, and its
| branches spread. All right. Just listen to this.
| will YOU? Don't forget this That the roots go out
| before the branches. When you have taken deep
| that other men will shelter under you. Roots first
| And another thing: | know very little about these.
| things but | think any rate we may say that
the branches do spread further than the roots.
If they do. the first storm that comes, down goes
| the tree. Roots roots roots and then branches;
and roots as Lebanon 1t is not the root of "a tree,
| YOU know; II is the root of mountain. And then
| when Israel has this good time what then? Then
| they until. If you will compare the condition of
the they" with the condition of the he. you will
is Oh beloved. it is when are in right relation
| to Him. when God t. the dew to us. that we become
a shade for the weary outside. l, he they; that is
| the last thing
THE PERMANENT MESSAGE OF THE
PROPHET.
Mr. Morgan next took up the permanent message
| of the Prophet Hosea. and said:
| / can only attempt speak of this. beloved.
| very much in the style in which the prophecy is
written, by cullng the notes and endeavoring just
in sentence to emphasize them
First | want to speak of the message that the
prophet delivered to his age and that message gath
| ers around three words: sin. Judgment. love While
dealing incidentally with different forms or sin,
the prophet learned and declared IT'S essential ma
ture The people chosen of God for Himself, upon
| whom He had lavished His love. had turned their
Of His love in lewdness until they had actually
committed the sin Of adultery and harlotry. what
| this meant to God Hosea learned by the tragedy
in his home and in his heart ana Win ne5ce anger