Daily Republican., 1883-06-18
DOVER CONFExFNCE ACADEMY.
Services In the N. r. Church Yes.
terday- Baecalsurs ate Address.

Ps, etc.
Special to the REPUBLICAN,
DOVER, Del, June 18th, 1893 The
| NJ. f. church was crowded at both the
morning and evening services to-day.
In the morning the choir sang volun-
tary in connect on with the usual
hymns. The scripture lesson was read
by the pastor and short sermon
preached from LIST Cor. ii, IA: "But
the natural man reCeivcth not the
things of the Spirit of God for
they are fooushness unto him neither
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned. After the ser
mon, X. II. skinner, Principal of the
Academy delivered the annual address,
before the graduating class.
The church was decorated with flowers
and the school ocnpied the front seats.
In the evening the Baccalaureate ser.
mon was preached by the Rev. John Y.
Dobbins, of Trenton, n. j. After
speaking of the pleasure the visit to
Dover afforded him, he delivered an
eloquent discourse from Second limo.
thy, $40: GAN scripture is given by
inspiration of God" All men, said he,
are inspired not alike in degrees or
manner. but there are moments when a
revelation of the spiritual world is made
in different ways.
He then named them and said the
HOlySpirt inspires us, shows and makes
itself known in the manifestations.
These inspirations f us with superhu
man light With all these inspirations
only a few of all are known as those ex-
traorlinary by being inspired, viz {:
Moses, David, Daniel, Isaiah, Mark,
Luke, Paul, and Peter. These were the
flowers of this inspiration. This iuspi
alton in these men was not of the com
mon kind but extraordinary, which
was given for large and brneticient
ends That this inspiration might have
its full power, these men did not Under
90 everything that the rest of the hui
man race did, but they were kept in
allegiance. Some doubt may be enter
tanned as to this inspiration as a mys-
terry, but no doubt.should be entertained,
and because we cannot understand
these doubts and mysteries, should we
deny his inspiration?
No. He then went on to provet the con
sistency of this inspiration and to clear
the mystery. In all the Bible we can
not find an elaborate argument to prove
he existence of God, but everybody be-
lieves it. He then proceeded to prove
why the book did not prove that fact,
and said the same thing applied to in
SEPARATION, which is of divine origin.
The book itself proves that its pages
were the products of Holy inspiration
in the minds of men.
He then proceeded to show that the
contents of the Bible were divine in
their origin and that they were true
Several illustrations and reasons we've
given for the above, and after dwelling
on the subject for short time he closed
by saying "that the book was divine
because it does what it promises" He
also made it applicable to life and ex-
promises as theirs. The sermon was
very interesting and listened to atten-
lively.
The examination of classes will take
place Nc nday and Tuesday. The Rev.
j S. Willis will address the Scott Lit
erarv Society Monday evening in the
M. E. church. On Tuesday evening,
exercises by the middle class, in the
Academy Hall. On Wednesday after
noon, business meeting of the Alumni
Association in the evening, f. S.
Brown, Esq. will address the Alumni
Association in the NJ, +. Church. On
Thursday morning, the annual meeting
Of the Trustees will be held and in the
evening, at Court House Hall, the
graduating class will render the closing
exercises. X.