The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-12
EAST NORTHFIELD
CONFERENCE PLANS
Gatherings This Year Promise to Be
of Even More Than Usual Interest
Some of the Speakers.
(Special TO The Reformer.

(Speclal 10 Inc heIOfmef.
EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, April -.
Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, D. D., of
! Westminster Chapel, London, has Just
cabled W. R. Moody, son of Evangelist
Dwight /. Moody, his acceptance Of an
invitation to be one of the speakers at
the General Conference for Christian
Workers at Mortified, July 80 to Aug.
! -. Owing to a severe attack of typhoid
fever, DR.. Morgan was compelled to
abandon his proposed visit to India and
the far East in October, but on March
| was able to resume his pastoral du-
ties in Westminster Chapel The an
nouncement of his visit to America this
summer will be welcomed by a large
circle of friends. 1t was in Northfield
10 years ago that DR.. Morgan first be-
came known to the Christian public Of
America.
Plans are already well under way for
the annual series of religious confer
ences to be held here this summer.
Since d. l.. Moody inaugurated the first
of these conferences in 1880 the Chris
tian people from every state and almost
every nation have gathered annually
1Of inspiration anu CHRISTIAN .ltlON-
ship. The gatherings this year promise
to be of even more than usual interest
and help. Besides the regular program
there will be, through the late spring
and summer, special speakers and ad
dresses to which all are cordially invit-
ed.
The Northfeld seminary commence
ment, including a sacred concert, bac-
calaureate sermon and commencement
address by DIR. w. L. Sperry of the Cen
trail Congregational church, Boston,
Estey chorus recital and graduating ex-
ercises, will be held this year from
, June to inclusive.
The 18th summer term of Mount Her
mon school will be in session from April
6 to July 90, thus giving the sumner Wis
itors a chance to see Mr.. Moody s
school for young men actually at work.
Contrary to the usual custom, the
Young Women s conference will this
year precede that of the students,
meeting for its 22d gathering from
June Is to % The delegates to the
Student conference will be here June %
to July 4. Camp Mortified opens its
season June "a and provides accommo-
dations for several hundred men who
love to rough it in the cool and quiet
of the pine woods.
The Foreign Missionary Summer
school. with its five UNCONVENTIONAL
camps for girls, comes from July 5 and
10. Then follows the summer schools
for home missionary societies and Sun
day school workers, the dates for which
are July 16 to %, and July Il to "a.
The General Conference for Christian
Workers will be held this year from
July 30 to August 10. From then on spe-
cial addresses and lectures will be Civ
en- by many prominent speakers, among
whom will be Rev. f. B. Meyer, d. D..
Of London, who conducted the Bible
study series throughout the summer of
1914. Dr. Meyer will be here for the
first two weeks in September.
: Among the teachers and speakers al
ready secured for the coming summer
are: Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin. Rt. Rev,
= Arthur S. Lloyd, DIR. John r. Mott, Rev.
e G. 4. Johnston Ross, Nolan Rice Best.
!. George Sherwood Eddy and Rev. Milton
s. Littlefeld of New York city, Rev
: Sidney A. Weston, d. d., of Boston,
e Prof. Charles R. Erdman, of Princeton
n. j., Rev. A. t. Robertson, d. D., of
e Louisville, KY, Rev. William Evans and
8 Raymond Robbins of Chicago, Rev
= John Il. Davies of Philadelphia. Rev.
8 Russell Cecil, D. D., and Bishop Collins
= Denney al Richmond, Va, Rev. &,
. Campbell Morgan, D. D., and Rev
Charles Inglis of London, Eng, Rev
. Charles R. Brown, d. D.. of New Haven
Conn, Rev. w. d. Mackenzie and Rev
John Douglas Adam of Hartford Conn
:, Rev II. E. Fosdick of Montclair, y. J.
n Miss Margaret Slattery of Fitchburg
: Mass, Misses Martha K. Lawson Nam
!. ME Lee Frayser, Laura White and Mrs
. Helen Barrett Montgomery of Poches.
i ter, n. Y, and Miss Emily S. Strong of
/ Pittsburgh Pa.