New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-03
breaches GOD LOVES.
SUNDAY At NORTHFIELD
The Req. r. j. Campbell, Of London,
and Others Speak.
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nrst Sunday Of the gathering in the history OF the
conference. Hardly had the visitors arisen from
breakfast when from the towns and villages in the
neighborhood people began to arrive sometimes IN
large parties TO attend the morning services. IheE
also remained for the afternoon and the evening
Some went 10 the Mortified for their dinner. others
70 the seminary buildings where the conference
guests are entertained. and number picnic fash
ion. sat under the the beautiful Northheld
Seminary campus 10 eat the luncheon they had
brought with them
The axgt meetings Of the day we're held 3
o'clock in the Auditorium under the direction OF w
r. Moody. About two hundred met to ask for the
guidance and blessing OF the Lord on the days ser
vices and for the whole conference At the same
hour Samuel Hadley. the well known missionary In
Nevg-York spoke to the young who are living
n tents TT Camp Northneld At 10 O'Clock. the time
set for opening the praise service In the Audi
forum the focr OF the building was filled. and in
the half hour given to singing hymns under the
direction OF G. c. stebbins and Percy Foster the
galleries were occupied.
The regular morning service vas opened by sing
Ing when Morning Gilds the Sky" and this was
followed by a solo by Mrs w r. Moody. MT Steb-
bins. who wrote the music. accompanying her on
the organ.
The Scripture lesson was read and explained by
Professor James Orr, OF the Free Church college,
Glasgow, Scotland. He read the second chapter
Of the second epistle Of John, and In the course
Of his remarks he discussed the meaning Of the
word world from the Christian standpoint He
said II a much abused term, the word world
Many used II and narrowed it down until they
deemed as worldly many spiritually minded people,
and many gave ii a breadth OF extension that was
far from Jesus idea. He continued:
But ST you look ut Jesus own teaching about It
you will see clearly what He means. This falT
The air and beauty ali delight in is not the world
md the world is not the world OF hurnanklho me
sense we are not 70 love and it is not the world
OF our con ooI bees5 during the week we are not
going to something that IS worldly, or wnen We
our outward life That is not what John means
by the world i is the spirit ,eon. out the love
Of the Father that is Of the world The two
Jhn gsve %e cot 70 fei how much the world is All
about us the spirit Of the world is greater then
bgR OF We us esnap from the world BY shutting
selves gP fT5ng 60 0V Where IS we viii its form still
confronts US We find It in our books, In our news
there pressing upon us all af foe be IKE tee ais
80 oI5Ttnresent pressing upon US at every instance;
and to overcome that world lnwardiy Is 'he srahu-
est greatest thing that soul can 90.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR. George F.
Pentecost who has within few days returned to
his Nor+h6eJd home from a trip around the world.
The morning address was given by the Rev Regi-
nald John Campbell, the London clergyman who
succeeded Joseph Parker
Professor Orr gave an address IN the Auditorium
at 3 o'clock.
At twilight on Round Top the Rev. DR.. Hotch-
kiss described his Iabors in South Africa. and in
the evening in the Auditorium before large
audience the Rev. Griffith Thomas, rector of St
Paurs London delivered a sermon At the same
hour MT. Campbell addressed the students Of
Mount Hermon School.
CAMPBELL OF BRIGHTON"
Mr. Campbell sails for England on August s. He
Is Of pyrely Scotch descent, and was born in Lon
don in 1857 His grandfather congregational
minister and his father was Free Methodist min
lister while he spent his first dozen years in the
chXtR ar
elder in the North of Ireland Then he returned TO
his fathers home at Nottingham and studied in
the university college of that town. He spent
some time as teacher in a high school in
Cheshire married. confirmed in the Episcopal
church and went to Christchurch College. Ok
ford. with the intention OF taking orders in the
Church Of England. There he took prominent part
in the Young Mems Christian Association work in
the university. speaking in open air services and
sharing in Bible readings in the mems rooms.
Becoming dissatisfied with the Anglican position
toward other denominations to which his ancestors
belonged. Mr.. Campbell became Congregational
list and in 1885 accepted q unanimous call to the
Congregational Church of Brighton. of which HI
IS now the pastor. He has already acquired ma
tional fame as a preacher and Londoners dowI
10 the popular seashore resort To spend Sunday 70
the sole purpose of hearing Campbell. of Brigh
ton" OF slender build and delicate health from
childhod, he vet has accomplished vast deal o
work a student. and his services have been il
demand and have been given in all parts of Eng
before
Parker the Rev. Mr.. Campbell began conducting
the Thursday noon service in the City Temple AM
has done with increasing power and popularity
besides maintaining his two Sunday services a
Brighton. which always crowded. IN his ser
mon Mr. Campbell said
You VIII find my text in a good many parts of tn
fourth Gospel. bat the last line, in the twentieth
Of the twenty chapter reads, The Disci
BY the writer OF the fourth Gospel designates him
self. It is remarkable that this Gospel does no
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been It's author bat there is mstaking the per
IeIed II Could only have been John the Divine
At irst sight 1t might almost seem that the ex
preston was an arrogant claim to pre-eminence Fl
The Masters regard and as such some writers
said that by this designation Of the Apostle JON
I,eant TO say he possessed an intimacy with tn
evident. however. that the spirit in which tn
phrase is used is the very opposite of arrogance
~ IL John meant 10 express how much he owed t
disciple whom Jesus loved but he liked to relnin
which had changed his whole nature and destiny
the TACT that he had lived 10 receive the love o
58f to scrS h Tay s. a9 s4. e A assr INA
ore Francis" He ala not mean that ,Iorist he
20 other one 10 save. and John did not mean tina
self-assumed description they chose 10 remin
IN 1Se o ne 5t b TACT {hat they 3"e
SAID the APOSTLE. because he first loved US
ists corTo6oTates this view .; the case Original
VAS to cone under the s1s az the he He% Tn2t
Jesus. and 10 learn at the cross the true meanin
% life. No wonder he grateful. The prob
ability Is there was close rivalry between him an
the Apostle Peter fo~ the premier position in I'll
apostolic kan5. Like every one else, they expecte
mat tie Master had come to found kingdom upo
earth in which its immediate followers voul
Re rewarded with high places. The question wit
fECm who to be first. This rivalry con
unued between them 70 Calvary Itself IN tn
upper room the significance or Peters vehement as
se-tion % personal loyalty his jealousy of s.
John. Though al shan betray thee yet will no
:" This man whom thou hast favored may de
sert tho cause. hut thou canst depend on me.
VIII net fail" We know how this braggart promis
was kept When the time OF crisis came they a