The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-01

BERMINaHAsI TRIUMPHANT.
He Thrills the Popular Heart aud Sets
the Press in Motion-,As an Orator He
Is n BOnuargeA

He Thrills the Popular heart huu Sets
the Press in Motion-,As an Orator He
Is a Boanerges.
The announcement was made In Sat
jlurday's DAILY REPUBLICAN that Rev.
William j. Birmingham, the priest In
charge, would preach on "Clubs ard
jISocials," In st. Paul's II. O. Church
Sunday evening, which he did, drawing
AN audience of about thirteen hundred
persons, including one OF ourreporters
who was treated so kindly to chair
and table where no could SEQ and hear
that he will be glad when he can go
again. The gentlemanly sexton, L. l..
Alesslck estimated that hundreds OF
persons went away, failing to get adj
,lmiSsion,u as the crowd was so great, As
AN orator Father Bermlngham Ia u
mighty, rushing mind and n Boaner-
ges.
He has the true spirit and right idea
,lof an orator. As mighty whirlwind
suddenly falls upon the dry leaves of
Ia great forest and scoops them up and
with great force hurs them in a
common cloud toward heaven. so this
Iorator an eager steed painting forthe
fray, personally magnetizeS and cleo
ltliiles his great audience for as pro-
|longed period OF time as may be
necessary, until he melts them to
tears. Finally he brings the Omnipo-
tent to his help and Bermingha ham is
Victorious.
Like u young athlete, as he is, %
: years OF age, he stepped upon the
platform in front of the altar and
read in pure tones, and distinctly de-
Iberate articulation, Matt T-15, and
then said "in the name of the Father,
n the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen"
and suddenly pitched upon these
words by repetition:
BY their fruits ye shall know them"
HIS Introductory called general at
tention to tho evils OF society and
} compared tile different periods of life
with the Seasons OF the year. The life
of the youth settles what the man
shall be. Misery in life comes from a
lperversion OF youth. The great
81 enemies OF umhanity do most prey
dlupon tho period OF youth. The arch
lonemy seeks to Supply tho memory
IpeYert tho mind aud oven to over
S throw the reason.
While the speaker reioiced In being
n preacher OF tho nineteenth century
n amid its numerous, wonderful anC
~ useful developments he profoundly
s regretted that attainment and inten
sity of vice should go hand In hant
l-,with modern progress. Ii the active
ard progressive course OF evil be moi
checked, II bad affairs go on as they
are now, church, society anu State are
limpeIiled and may be destroyed. l
such iniquity as exists now can go oil
Christianity must become a my tn II
the estimation of mankind.
For eight years the preacher hat
nlade a study OF the period Of youth
: and if things will not change he fear
for Christianity. devastating ant
bowling vice is sapping the very foun
dations of society. This must stoT
- for we cannot see our youth go madl
rushing on to destruction. ....
We must do better work for thel
happiness and their protection in on
homes. Parents must more faithful
discharge their duties in caring fol
comforting and protecting tilnir littl
children. Tho craze with largo elias
of people to own the title deeds {
three or four brick houses, to the nj
glect of the social care and training {
: their little ones, Is fearful mlstaE
= both as to their own happiness and I'll
j. saving OF their children from d.
structlon.
The speaker went with great el,
Iquence and elaboration into the NOR
philosophy Of sin, human depraWt
hereditary crime and the protect,
and reformatOry work of home trail
ling and Christian education.
With sympathetic eloquenee he e.
larged upon the importance OF mo
tally correct, attractive and loyin
lhomes that such should be the Groi
social center that would do away wit
the naturally social desire FOR cubs.
In vain is Tie work OF preachers al
teachers against the social abomin
ton without the cooperation of pa
ents and family homos.