Evening journal., 1916-06-05
DR.. RANDOLPH TALKS
TO GRADUATING Glass
Preached Bacclauareate Ser
mon Before Graduates OF
Wilmington Conference
Academy
DREW LESSONS FROM
POLITICAL LIFE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, June 5.-Commencemcnt eX-
ercises OF the Wilmington Conference
Academy began yesterday morning,
when Dr. Herbert r. Randolph, pastor
of Grace NJ. +. Church, Wilmington,
preached the baccalaureate sermon TO
the graduates in Wesley NJ. f. Church.
Special music was rendered by the choir,
which was enlarged for the occasion.
The church decorations were laurols.
Dr. Randolph took for his text. Luke,
1913: Trade Herewith Till | Come.
He prcfaced his sermon by relating an
incident which occurred IN his own life,
that of his own graduation at llacketts
town Collegiate Institute. lie said the
preacher ON that occasion had used the
same text he had chosen, and that the
preacher of that sermon was the pastor
of Grace NJ. T.. Church, Wilmington, tho
same church of which he is now pastor.
The preacher referred to was the Rev
Merritt Hulburd. ID. d.
DR.. Randolph during tho course of his
sermon said the occasion of the parable
brings its own interpretation. He told
of the story of the visit of Jesus TO
Zaccheus and how the jews were eX-
cited over the fellowship of Jesus, a
patriotic man. with a tax gatherer and
sinner Jesus picked out the thing IN
the career of Zaccheus that had brought
him worldly success and used that to
enforce the lesson that His disciples
were 10 be Graders in the things of the
Kingdom"
He drew a lesson from political
life, that those who we're in author
ity, had to go to Rome, the seat OF
the government and receive the in
vestiture of office and return to hold
diminion, and just so He, their king
must go away and receive from the
Father. the invest'ture Of the New
Kingdom and that He would return to
establish it, admonishing them that
thy were to trad until He come.
Trade. said the speaker, has in il
/ two great lessons. /, THE inspira'
ton of the vision OF the ultimate" 2
"The necessity of the claims OF the
/ immediate
He showed the value of a goal
[ That when he vision departs the in
spiration is ,ost That we are under
I the inspiration OF the goal cf the com
1 ing kingdom, and that there is no bet
: ter way to be ready to receive the
coming of the new kingdom than tC
I be properly engaged with the things
/ that immediately confront us. This
was aptly illustrated by the "Dary
Day" in Hartford. when the 'egis,a
ture was about to adjourn because the
contamination of the ages was
J Thought 10 5e az hand when Colone
4 Davenport arose and said. "If this be
the last day. l do not know, but there
I Is no better way to receive the com
| ing King than TO be engaged in the
business that awaits us l move tha
the candles be brought in and tha
we proceed to business The propel
attitude toward the consummation o.
I the kingdom is TO trade"
He showed that the goa is neces
sarv-that If we never lose the vision
of the ultimate. we never lose th'
inspiration to attain IL. that he run
ner must keep his eye on the goal an'
mess on with the vision If the ulti
mate. TO inspire his best. People lost
their ambition for the church because
thew lose the vision of the goal o
the church. The church Is not th'
intimate. but the means toward tn
ultimate. The church is not the goal
hut the tho-oughfare through whiel
to pass to the goal.
Jesus. who was a sublime optimist
said 10 the seventy who came will
enthusiasm to report their successes
81 saw Satan falling" Paul was an
optimist. Under chaos and misrule w
still held the vision and looked not OF
mot the things that are seen,' bu
labored under the inspiration OF th'
ultimate-John, when Nero was oi
the throne and murder and misrul'
were the order OF the day. saw
heavenly Jerusalem adorned like
bride 10 meet her husband" There wa
] a wonderful balance in the teaching