New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02
NORTHFIELD RECREATION
VISITORS ENJOY LIFE.
C0mewees Rest after Sundays
Many Services
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/ East NOFtlAeld Mass, Aug. IL ne CAO"N" -
! Northheld in attendance the Christian WORKERS
: conference are busily engaged these hot DAYS III
/ thinking about the burning pavements anu te
! dusty streets which they have left behnd III tue
cities. Notwithstanding the midday heat AT MOI VI
| field. the mountain air cools on beIoIe sH''U
! and the heat Is not oppressive again until nearly
noon the next day. At the same time the No''"-
field streets thoroughly shaded by four rows %
ancient elms. and the seminary campus where 'i's
conference meets is full of shady little groups o.
trees and ouiet dells such as the Maple Grove
Senior Glen. East Hsllem and WannamaKer fAI.S'
Parties OF conference visitors are contlnuaiy ''A
ing advantage Of the beautiful natural sur rou''u
ings OF the little awaiting themselves VI
the fine facilities for athletics which are proVlded
by the Mortified management The tennis coui's
on which many college champions nave plaYeu az
the student conferences, are In constant use oE o
Younger pecple. The golf links at the Northneid
Hotel laid out few years ago by 4. II. Findlay.
a professional expert from Boston. are much fire.
quente1 by the older people. and 1t Is no uncor-
mon thing to DE- e. CampbeE Morgan, atter
his morning service. going the rounds with w h
Moody or some of the British visitors who come
in great numbers 10 Mortified. fine swimming
float is on the river. at which Paul Christie an
athletic young Harvard man. is river guard.
In connection with the outdoor life at the con-
ference L. l.. Moody. while in Mexico in 1885, wrote
back TO Mount Hermon School that he should like
to see a camp for boys established at
Mortified. where young men from schools or cities
could have o nice vacation without spending much
money or RolnS Tar from uuile' iilS SuSsS9'l'ii
was taken Up. and the next summer few tents
Of Young Mems Christian Association men were
pitched at Mortified. From that time until now
the movement has grown, until last year over 40
men encamped the little mountain back
Of the town. The place Is not run on money
ma king basis but rather under a cooperative
arrangement. and in the nine years since 1t was
started not enough money has been saved 10 make
proper improvements. Last year. however owing
70 subscriptions raised among the campers them
,l,,b, ht1Tff NUaS
then Rustic Lodge after a hill opposite where it
was built. known as Rustic Ridge but owing to
the drowning of Henry Sefert the General
Socum the original name of the place was changed
to Seifert Lodge. memorial to him.
TO ENLARGE sEIFERT LODGE.
Mr. seifert was for many years resident manager
OF the camp and had done much to assist in its
rapid development. A movement is under way now
TO enlarge the building by adding new piazzas and
equipping it more cozily within The camp itseh
is almost ideally situated halfway up Notch Noun
tain, among tall pines. which completely conceal
the numerous tents and which furnish a delight
fully cool retreat. II is open from the middle Of
June and does not close until about September !.
This rather distinguishes it from the other sum
mer institutions al Northdeld. which usually last
only two or three weeks.
Owing the heavy programme Of yesterday the
schedule Of meetings unusually light to-day
The morning lecture. generally given by Ir. g.
Campbell Morgan, was omitted owing t. his late
return from New 0rk- This afternoon MANY pl
the people 70 Mount Hermon school 70
attend the midsummer field day games, which
were held by the students who arc attending the
summer term Of the school. The men who took
part in the meet to-day were largely the Same
runners who won third place in the intercoilc-
giate meet at Mortified II the student conference
Mount Herrnon has long been known IN college
circles for good athletes 1t turns out. and the
reputation is wcl deserved.
Among the more recent athletes who prepared for
Wglf pa line pfnfr
Of the Amherst football team. Herbert Miller,
ager OF tae Yale Football Association: William
Iamkie e2ptain Of tho Brown track team; Ralph
Shipmau tennis champion OF Wesleyan. and Leslie
Johnson head coach 81 the 1902 Yale baseball team
The work at the meet Today was very creditable
and the visitors returned well satisfied With their
trip across the river.
This evening Dr. A II. Plumb. pastor OF the
Walnut Avenue Congregational Church, Boston
was the main speaker The platform address I'm
the auditorium given by Dr.. II. O. Weston
president Of the Grocer Theological Seminary. DR.
Weston has been connected with the work here
since its first beginning when d. J.. Moody
originally planned the conferences. For
many years he has made his annual pilgrimage
hither. and always been among the most
honored men who have helped build up the work
In his address this morning Or. Weston paid a
touching tribute 20 .. L. Moody. There
man." raid he, whom I honored / did him.
no man whom I loved ] did him: and
has reached him a spiritual force in the nine
teenth century
LESSONS FROM RAIN AND SNOW.
The first address the conference given by the
Rev c. Campbell Morgan. extract from which
appeared in Saturdays Tribune. struck high note
which other speakers Will try to maintain during
the next fortnight. His text was as follows:
For as the rain cometh down. and the snow from
heaven and rcturueth not thither. but Watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that
so shall my word be that soeth forth out or
my mouth; it shall not return unto me void but II
shall accomplish that which please. and 1t shall
prosper in the thing whereto sent it-Qsaiab
". 10. Il.
The following is report in part Of the address:
The chapter from which my text Is taken is I'm
itself poetic prophecy, prophetic poem. Having
first local Valu. and application nevertheless
reveals great principles or life. which are of per
manent value and of perpetual application The
heart OF the message contained I'm this hfty-Afth
chapter OF Isaiah is call TO to turn from the
wickedness of seifcentTed and self-seeking life to
the life which Is God-centred and Ciod-seekinp
That message is voiced in these words: Seek We
the LORD while he may be found; call ye upon him
while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his waV
and the unrlghteous man his thought; and let him
return unto inc Lord, ana he Will have mercy upon
him; and God for he will abundantiv rar-
don For my thoughts are not your thoughts, saith
the Lord neither are your ways my ways For as
heaven is higher than earth. my WAYS higher
thoughts" '0ui
This great Gall is introduced by description Of
the hot feverishness of the falsely controied Ufe
va that are thirsty, We that have money We that
spend your money for that which is not bread your
followed by another description which is in striin
contrast TO the one with which the prophecy onens
filled with joy and resonant with music: .Ye sbnI
forth with joy and be led forth with peaCee the
mountains ana the hills shall sing. and tile trees
of the fields shall clap their hands" 9
now II Is IN the latter part of this very wonder
These words declare by iIlustTati LvS' &c &c
pen ana the power Of the Word God as