Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-15
ADDRESS TO THE CHILDREN.


The Afternoon Exercises at the Bethany
Baptist Church.
The Sunday school of Bethany Baptist
Church reassem bled yesterday afternoon
to resume its sessions. The exercises
were appropriate and interesting.
Robert J.. Burdette addressed the chill.
dren.
Mr.. Burdette said in his usual rapid
and forcible style:
1T isa pleasant thing to get back to
our places after our vacation, We are
all workers in the field of the Master as
men are workers in the great fields of the
far Western prairies.
But to the point, am TO preach a
little sermon to the little people about
little things. Taking that Book of
books, we find the words Take
heed unto the foxes, the little
foxes, who destroy our vines. Never
stay in the house because of lion. Why,
have not a very strong voice, but can
roar louder than any lion in Montgomery
county.
Il win take care of the lions if you
will take care of the foxes am not
afraid of the lions.
Il never saw anyone hunt for a lion,
but up near Bryn Mawr we have fox
hunts A great number of dogs and men
chase poor lone fox all day long-but
| never saw them catch fox. | don't
know what we would do if lion came.
We never had lion there; but it is
probable that greater number Of people
would come together and the lion would
be killed in one dsy.
Now have an orchard, a few trees.
This year | got one apple / didn't get
it, the boy did Now if lion came into
that orchard could stone him out. but
lay in that orchard one whole day 60
dig out bores no longer than your finger.
The big things do not count much, but it
Is the little things that tell. / was never
afraid of lion, but when | was boy if
was left in dark room with a small
dog | would jump about foot.
Now | would like TO be governor of
the State of Delaware, or President of the
United States, and / would make good
one, too-at least l think so. / could
tend to all the duties of that great Office
but could not put a crying baby to
sleep If were to try all night, because it
is harder to do that little thing. ANY
man could please one-third of the the
people, but he can't go to sleep with a
hungry, buzzing mosquito in the room
with MIN. de knows that mosquito is
hungry and will make its supper of him.
he does not fear the great people but the
little mosquito.
"Now to speak of temptations. big and
little. Do you know that l never burnt
down a church? Never had any temp
tation to do it, But I've lost nv temper
more times than / would like to tell Won
here to-day Now know none of the
little boys here ever killed creature;
of course not, would not do it il they
could. They have no temptation to do
it But do not they often have a hard
pull to keep from telling a little fib, lust
about so long, marking off a short space
on his thumb ma il. Il never stumbled
over a four story house in the dark,
never, though it was just in my way, l
never tripped over it. But have step.
ped on banana peel and my feet were
where my head ought to be in a second.
And when / have seen people across the
street laughing at me, have become SO
mad.
81 knew boy once who went out into
a woods and found huge gray thing
hanging to q tree--it was hornets nest
the boy had never seen one. He picked
it from the tree, took it in his arms and
started for his home with it. he would
take it TO his mother, who should boil It.