Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-06-07
No-thsl.Id Summer Conferences.

EAST NosrHrrELD, MASS. Nay "A, lsl9.
W. B. Moody, son OF tho lao Evange.
ist D. L. Moody, has recently aanouno
ed the preliminary program 10. .IS
twenty eighth season OF tho Nortnne,u
Summer Conferences, organized ~ Dis
father, and there 10 every indication ina,
the annual pilgrimage to this place VIII
exceed that OF all prior seasons.
True to its original aim, tho purpose
of the Conferences IL again to furtner
the interests and sharpen the efficiency
of the practical work bequeathed TO tne
church of God by It's Divine Founder.
Mere philosophical discussion finds COM
psratively little place upon the Nortn.
field platform. To devise ways ana
means for the advancement of the cause
Of Christ among the colleges, among the
cities and the outlying hamlets OF our
own country, among the nations-these
are the objects for which thousands
gather during July, and for the inspira-
tion to general Christian work and the
conrad ship OF similar endeavor thou
sands more gather here In August.
The college men come first to North
field. Fresh from examinations and the
base ball field they gather to plan the I.
NJ. C. A. campaign in their institution.
Many sturdy athletes are among them,
rivals who have played against each
other, but rivalry ia laid aside In COM
mon endeavor, and for the one Master
thew strive together. The speakers are
clerpymsn only in part, large NUMBER
are laymen, many are professors, inciud'
| ing q. B. Wright Of Yale, L. d. Miller
of Princeton and E. A. Steiner. After
the studen. men come the young women
who meet for similar purposes.
Two special Women's Conferences on
Missions follow, one to discuss the Home
Mission field, the mountain whites the
Alaskan Indians, the problem OF the
unassimilated immigrant. Congressman
W. s. Bennett of New York Is to be one
of it's speakers. The other widens us
scope to cover the world. at II one
meets the mission frontiersman, the
lonely sentinel of some Gospel outpost
| in China, pickets of the far flung battle
line of the church. Either in person or
by some Conference speaker their work
is presented. A prominent figure Is s.
NJ. Zwemer, F. X. G. S., author and
authority on Arabia and Mohammedan.
ism. The Sunday School finds special
place on the Mortified program also,
and for week teachers and officers from
a dozen states hold summer institute
of the most practical kind.
In August meets the General Con-
ference for Christian Workers. II
knows no sectarianism nor asks pass.
word, and its interest Is as many-sided
az the present day demands upon the
church. City missions, city conditions
the rural church, the foreign field. the
life of the home and the individual, al
these 1t deals with. Rev. j. Stuar,
Holden, head of a noted institutional
church in London, England, will be 9
frequent speaker. DR.. Len G. Brough.
ton, physician and preacher OF Atlanta
Ga, comes again. Among the Other
speakers are W. Gelesnoff of New York
liz. B. 81. MACPHERSON of London and G
Glenn Atkins, D. D., of Providence, R. l
G. Campbell Morgan, D. D., will onct
more be on the platform.
The precise dates of the Conference!
are: Y. M. C.. A. Student Conference
June 24-July 8; Young Women's Con
ference, July 6-14; Women's Home Mis-
siouary Conference, July 1920; Summe
School for Sunday School Workers, Jul!
I15.22; Summer School for Women's For
ergn Missionary Societies, July 2l-2s
General Conference of Christian Work
ers, August 81. From August 23d t
, about October 1st a series of Bible stud
les aud special lectures will be given a.
Mortified Seminary and at Mt. Hermon
i. the Moody Schools. The usual reduced
railway rates are in force this year from
June 10th to Oct. 10th, full fare going
half fare returning, applying to prac
tically all of the United States east o
the Mississippi with the exception o
those states north Of the Ohio river.