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NORTHFIELD GENERAL
CONFERENCE CLOSES
Many Brilliant Addresses at Gath An
nual Session DR.. Patton and
Mr.. Trotter Last Speakers.

Especial TO The RCformer.)
EAST NORTHFlELD, Mass, Aug. 81.
The 3lth annual session of the North
field General Conference for Christian
Workers, which closed last night, was
the scene of an unusually large number
Of brilliant addresses and inspiring con-
icrcuccs on many lines of religious
work. Following out the special theme
Of this year s conference as announced
by President w. r. Moody, The Special
Problems of the Ministers, a ministers
meeting was held each morning at
which there were notable addresses by
Rev. John Il. Davies of Philadelphia,
Melvin Trottcr, the wellknown evan
gelist and director Of the Grand Rapids
Rescue mission, who gave the closing
address last evening, and Prof. &. w.
Richards Of the Lancaster, Pa, Theo-
logical seminary. Prof Richards s adj
dress on Wednesday morning on the
subject. Can We Still BE Evangelicalg
was received with particular satisfac-
ton. Or. Davies s series on the New
Testament Church has also proved Of
uplifting power.
Notable among the Auditorium adj
dresses before the entire conference
were the sermons of the Rev. Cornell
Jus WoclfSin of the Fifth Avenue Bap-
list church, New York, and a series by
cX. President Francis J.. Patton of
Princeton university on Christianity
aud the Modern Man, in which he
showed ia q mastery manner the his
toricity Of the New Testament and its
complete authority ms the basis for the
belief in the forgiveness of sin and
a personal salvation through Jesus
christ. DR.. Patton gave one of the final
addresses in the Auditorium yesterday
morning.
Or. A. T. Robinson of the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary completed
60 the great satisfaction of an audi.
cucc which each day filled Sage chapel
TO its capacity his studies in the Epis
tie 10 the Hebrews, and DR.. Charles In
gls Of London, England, also conducted
n daily series of Bible lessons.
The Round Top meetings were as
usual devoted largely to missionary
talks and in addition the problem of
the church and the immigrant in the
large cities was presented in the Au.
ditorium by Rev. Charles \. Brooks OF
the American Homo Missionary society
Hall Young of the Presbyterian mis-
sion board. A particularly affecting
story was told by DR.. G. ID. FISHER, who
spoke of the persecution of the Ar
mcnian Christians in Van, Turkey. Mrs
Usher, who was q Mortified seminary
girl, died of typhus fever, which she
contracted while ministering to the
thousands Of refugees who crowded the
mission
The praise aud testimony meeting,
each dag under the leadership OF
Charles NJ Alexander and his corps OF
assistants grew constantly in power
md hClpfulncss. Mr.. Alexander alst
devoted much time 10 the interests o.
the Pocket Testament league an,
placed among the young people of hi
children $ choir aud the students wht
worked in the halls and about tn,
grounds some hundreds of these littl
Testamcnts
a pleasing feature of the conferenc,
was the reception given on the middle
Saturday afternoon by Mr.. and Mrs. w
Il. Moody aud the conference speakers
followed i'm the evening bv q meeting
in the Auditorium devoted to an ex
PLANTATION Of the history and ideals o
the Northfcld Schools.
Post-coufcrcncc plans include Sc
rios Of five Bible studies by Rev
Charles Inglis Of London. on the sub
icct Of The Believer.
For the entertainment of those wish
ing 10 stay on the Mortified Hotel an
many of the private boarding house
viii remain open.