New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
WORKERS In CONFERENCE
LONDON MEN SPEAKERS.
EuLOgy of Booker T. Washington
DR.. McAfee's Sermon.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. !

morning and evening the lecturers were the trio
OF English Bible teachers. who are spending the
month in Northfed. The Rev Dr. G. CamI-~sf
Morgan led on at a. with second OF his
blackboard talks on Exodus He followed at
IL O'Clock by the Rev Webb-Peploe of ST PauIs
London one OF the many foreign speakers whom
w. R. Moody has used at Northfeld In his attempt
TO unity and centralize the various religious ac-
tvites of the world
MI Peploe was advertised to speak each morning
OF this week his subjects TO deal with the
attributes of Gods nature. which have been given
to men, He began this morning by speaking OF
Grace" as It is interpreted from the teachings Of
the New Testament He will continue tomorrow
on Peace, the Result of Perfect Christian Life
and the final address OF the series will be on
GLORY; or, the elimination OF Gods Nature in
Man"
In the evening. DR.. Johnston Ross. Of Cam
bridge. England. gave the closing lecture using
as his topic the words of the psalmist There Is
forgiveness with thee that thou mayst be feared ;"
At the camp council this morning where the
young men who are making their headquarters on
Notch Mountain assemble, short address was
given by Len G. Broughton. pastor OF the Baptist
Tabernacle. Atlanta, Ga. and on Round Top, at
the sunset meeting. T. D. Stevenson a member
of the faculty Tuskegee Institute spoke on The
Black Men of the South"
IN speaking Of the work done by Booker T.
Washington. Mr.. Stevenson said:
Since Booker Washington walked into General
oareroot. years ago. he has built up institution
representing twenty-five hundred acres. with nine
" buildings, protecting two thousand students If
teen hundred of whom in the higher grades and
hve hundred in the primary departments One
thousand Of the students boys and from
fourteen to thirty-fve years old, and the rest
girls. Forty-five trades are taught in the school
and every boy and girl must take trade away
with him. Thirty States are represented and
twelve foreign countries. although the bulk of the
students from the black belt OF the two
thousand students each one spends three days at
work and three days in the fields. Four-hfths are
unable to pay tuition. and those who do pay give
only $50 year, while the exact cost per capita is
800. The school thus has TO raise 100000 year
beyond the permanent endowment.
In connection with the religious side OF the school,
over one-half the are members of the Young
Mems Christian Association. or orner religious or
ganizatlons.
For fourteen years a farmers conference has
been held each year for the advancement OF agrt-
culture in the South, and the graduates Of Tus-
kegee have established sixteen little IuskegeeS
in the Southern States.
OF the six thousand who have been at the
institution. not at present is in Jail
Several elderly deaf persons in the audience have
been able hear this year at conference by means
of small telephones connecting the pews with the
pulpit.
DR.. Pentecost has explained to the audience the
working of the acousticon saying that his chief in
terest in the invention is that 1t enables his wife to
hear public prayer and sermon something that
had not been possible for her IN twenty years A
dozen people at every service now seem equally
happy as they enjoy the sermon. though sitting
under the gallery near the back of the auditorium
in the row Of seats where the receivers have been
placed.
DR. M'AFEE ON PROVIDENCE
1t takes a master preacher to hold 4 Sunday au-
has alr adv ste mad to txo SNreA
sermons through the day. This task DR.. C1eiand
B. McAfee performed most satisfactorily on Sunday
evening. His text was:
And we know that all things work together for
good TO them that love God. TO them who called
according to his purpose" CRonans vlii %. In his
sermon he said:
Christian and may mean more il we see its connec-
ton with the whole argument of the chapter. In
the seventeenth Paul is calling the Church 70
be ready to suffer If need be, and to keep manly
front toward it, Every has to suffer whether he
is willing to or not. but there is way Of suffering
which is not worthy Of manhood. a kind OF craven
names three encouragements to our taking our
manly places in the kingdom OF God. which cannot
First he points out IN the eighteenth verse. that
sang for s9ng is only the strug1g Of
bound lives toward the glorious liberty OF the chill
of God in the effort to set free; some OF it comes
from the opposition Of Satan in the effort TO keep
thing. It is honor TO a TO bs worth the
devils while. Then secondly, Paul urges, In the
twentystxth verse that the Spirit Of God is ready
to be our helper to match 9; the feebeness OF our
to help our infrmities and Ignorance; The third
encouragement is in our verse at this time, the
Gods love is supreme. ali things work together for
good TO any man who is in line with that love and
Verse Of Comfort it is Of cheer for rnanli-
ness clarion call to take our place IN the kingdom
go finally astEay nor fai al to os come out Xictors
days who outlined his sermon in three parts:
First. what is not in the text: secondly what Is
follow the first two heads OF his discourse There
some things not in the text.
In the the first place II then the text does not say
You hear people sigh. laboriopsly. and say. "Ah
pends There are are experiences ,s which: taken alone
for the best. One experience needs 10
Becomes good one. 1t almost shocks some peo-
pie to be told that certain sorrow is good for
tireiy right if the sorrow were taken alone Il
Moe Us %aen ueee e % Se e f the JOY are is tn in i
1t is as though workman in factory were set
does his part e fait6fuy but With utter bndnsss
as TO the meaning of II. He comes TO thinking OF
mystes him: what can this prota5eance ineanI @pa
Why. this indentation? And he can never under
the presence Of the sompleted machne. doing some
sees his peee s n It's pFoper pac end on aa m
Share Of the work It could not do IT, he ssss f now
II the pTOluDeEance ana the inOeQlatiOn We're not
there. He finds its explanation IN its working
together with other parts. It is perfectly rat
ural thing for TO try to understand expert
ences, and rack our brains over them but |. is
one of our idlest efforts. until come into sight
of a longer course OF things thap most OF can
see The events OF the day may be in themselves
runous, but they part Of the scheme OF
things that is working for good
THE GLORY OF Law.
The president OF Harvard University said a
while ago that in his Judgment the greatest con-
ception a man could have is that OF a universe Of
law, the coworking OF forces. that while any
one would work ruin, together they work good
1t is great conception. Here is force pulling
al the earth from the sun. drawing n steadily
toward that centre with its heat and gases. and