Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-15
ROBERT JONES BURDETTE.
THE POPULAR HuMoRIsT breaches
AT BETHANY CHURCH..

He Tells How to Get Joy Out of Trials
The Sunday School Children Enjoy al
Address by HIm-He Says Ho Is Too
Small to Talk Slowly
Robert. j. Burdette, the wor!d-famed
lecturer and writer, preached IN Bethany
Baptist Church yesterday morning
Deacon Burdette, as he is known in the
church, delivered a powerful discourse
on the text James i, q: MY brethren
count 1t all joy when ye fall into divers
temptation.
Burdette, the humorist, occasionally
frightened the remarks Of Burdette
the preacher, and his characteristics were
often apparent. The sermon was A
powerful exposition of the power of
prayer and the need of trials To
strengthen the Christian. His discourse
was simple in language, and when he
used illustration, it was striking in its
adaptation. He said that man is not
satisfied even If be has things
his own way, and even if our bank &C.
count has four figures on the right hand
side Of the ledger, and our children are
models of department He said the
great troubles come to a person but once
IN life time, while the little trials are
always with him. "The little boy gets
intro trouble as easily and as often as a
dog goes in and ssut of the water, and
yet does not know the reason why any
more than the dog does. | believe l
would cry over sum of compound frac-
tons now before | was through. All our
little trials came to the one great burden
bearer, snd we should bear them uneom-
plainingly
Christians have moro trials than
other people, that is what they take upon
themselves. 1t is no easy thing to follow
Christ. It was not easy then it is not
easy now. The Christian is not in hig
native element here The water is called
the native element of ship. Nothing is
farther from the truth. The ship is in a
constant warfare with the water they
have nothing In common. The ship sails
upon the sea, until she needs repair and
when repaired returns to the foreign
element to continue the struggle. The
ship is better for the strife. for if
she be placed in the dry dock for some
time she will fall to pieces. Thus it is
with the Christian. he is in constant
warfare with the world but he is stronger
fJr it. If he should withdraw from the
activity of the world, he would become a
poor follower Of Christ, and would doubt,
less drop entirely from the ranks.
People think if they can but seclude
themselves from the things Of the world
no temptations will assail them. They
make mistake. They never are In
such bad company as when they are
alone. The devil finds way to conqrer
man easily. when that man is by him
self Trials make better men and women
Of US and fit us for that glorious place
which God has prepared. Lst us have
patience and grace to look on trouble as
from the Fathers hand; working with
cheerfulness, that we may count it all
JOY when we are tempted for Christ"
The sermon was intensely interesting
and Deacon Burde5te's wonderful flow OF
language, both graphic and eloquent, re
ceived rapt attention from the congrega.
ton. He speaks $50 words, on an aver.
age, every minute, and il would puzzle
swift senographer to take his speeches.
He is short in stature and says he IS too
small to talk slowly. He had tried to be
deliberate once, but without much sue
cess, and his sister told him that his
faster style was the more effective. He
has talked fast ever since Mr. Burdette
was the guest of William II GrarO