Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-19
BIBLE CONFERENCE OPEN.


Rev, G. 1. Schofield of Mortified is the
.s. Instructor. ..
The third semi-apnual Bible Con-
ference Of the Wilmington Bible Union
was begun in Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church Tuesday afternoon, President
Thomas MoCorkle presiding, and will
continue the rest of the week with
services at $50 and 8 O'Clock. On
Sunday the Rev. Mr.. Sohofield will
speak at 10. 80 q. m. and 7. As p. m. j.
III. Westcott, choir leader of Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church, led the sing
ing and Mrs. Thomas MoCorkle was
organist. Prayer WAS offered by the
Revs. Dr.. Henry g. Weston, president
of Grocer Theological Seminary; George
II. TruIl and f. F. Briggs, after which
the Rev. Mr.. Schoheld, who is the
Northtield instructor, was welcomed and
introduced to the audience by the Rev.
w. L. Pettingill, the local Bible union
teacher. T- .-u
Mr.. Schotield took for the afternoon
lesson Romans I, 1S: "For know that
In me (that is in my hesh) dwelleth no
good thing; for to will lie present with
me-; but how to perform that which is
good find not. y .s.
He said he would not discuss the
question Of ."sinless perfection" except
to state that, SO fnr as he could find,
there was no scriptural warrant for
teaching the possibility of attaining
to condition Of sinless perfection in
the flesh. On the other hand, however,
We must not suppose that because this
is SO, therefore We were to be content
with present attachments. God would
have His people living the life of VIC
tory and not that OF defeat.
And what man needed, said DR..
Sohofeld, was not helper, but de-
liverer. And deliverence must come
through the Lord Jesus Christ. Man
could do nothing for himself, and
nothing could be done for him until he
saw his helplessness.
In the evening, Mr.. Sohofield began
the study Of the book of Revelations,
which will be the subject each evening.
He said. "If God calls it revelation
tits revelation and if we find it not
an unwilling we have gone about it in
the wrong way. 1t is not sealed book.
In the last chapter the apostle is told
not to seal the sayings of the prophecy
Of this book. A blessing is promised
to those who read ard hear the words
Of this prophecy" .....
The book can be separated along
natural structural lines. Although 1t il
the most highly syn,bolioal Of all the
books, yet yearly oil the symbols are
taken from the old books of the Bible.
The hardest and best way 10 study the
book is to look back and find where the
symbols have been used. The imagira-
tive why Pastor Schofeld thinks has
been studied too much. In general
analysis Of the book he made three
divisions, first, chapter /, the Patmos
version the things the apostle saw
second, chapters 2 and 8 which almosi
entirely are composed of missives from
the Lord to the seven churches, the
things which are; third, the things
which shall be hereafter; chapter A to
the end. Taking up the Patmos version,
chapter /, he said it falls into three
natural divisions. The first three
verses are general Introduction. From
the fourth to the eighth lis the state.
ment which John the Apostle makes tc
the churches. From the ninth verse
to the end OF the chapter the version
proper is described.