The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-10
Noted HumOrist Talks at First
congregational and Emmanuel
Baptist Churches.
CONGREGATIONS CHARMED
BY QUAINT PHILOSOPHY
"0verhanging Branches and
Bright Clouds" Subjects of
His Addresses.

simple practical truths OF real Christi J.
anity. the Rev. Robert Burdette OF Pasa :
dcna Cat Baptist minister humoTist
of rcnown and man OF letters. YESTERDAY
marked his return 10 this city after an
intermissiou Of ten years by preaching
two brilliant sermons before large congre-
cations of representative peopic- At the
First CONGREGATIONAL church in IL. Tore
noon the noted visitor addressed himself
To the subject "OverhanginC Branches.
and at night ne spoke i'll the new lmman-
nc! BAPTIST church on the theme, Bright
Clouds Both sermons went straight 10
The minds and hearts Of his large audi
cnceS.
AS his morning text the sneaker took
the quotation Joseph is a fruitful bough
planted bv 4 fountain. whose branches
rum over the WALL Hc said in part:
Get and hold is the law OF the world
Receive and give Is the VIII Of CHRIST.
the typical song with which you are al.
doubtless familiar namely. Every little
bI;. added 10 what you've got makes a
little bit more. is sound worldly doc
Urine and we abide by il more than We
realize We begin with bank BOOK Tor
the baby. In which the spare pennies OF
turns upside down to rob for street car
fare And so the baby Is skinned frs;
Then there is the bank book OF the smal
boy. ~ which he scarcely knows 'he
uiniinn ion himself. kept under hlS p-
low. but still not protected IRON lhr
family pilla2e. There u mothers POCKET
book anu 81 CD uD 10 tdtu'l
in The h!c safely deposi' vaut. all liih
by FOR some special thing and going /.
nee, some daily necessity.
Hoarding Is Wrong.
This is all very veil. il it goes no far.
iiIcr than q audnble ambition 10 suoplv
tire ne, cSsit,cs- OF jhiS life 1t is the
boarding IN OF more Than one needs ihai
Is wrong. II the grave we're the end or
Ne Il n'gh, be different, hu5 II IS an An,
~
Cold Is ony used In heaven for paw
ing material. Love. tenderness and un-
there. SAVINGS here only las, as rar as
the grave. Did Won ever notice low
your hank hook seldom tallies with The
bank tellcr'C and how he will alwa'
scratch, out YOUR figures and put his In
place nj them? He is ALWAYS right ana
YOU are always wrong and try as YOU
wil 20 convince him TO The contrary Sou
siways fail II is so Of thc book OF the
recording angel. when man present ;
his tally sheet FOR approval after his
lifcs work is done. The things he h1.
l"rheps accounted large 10 his credit will /
be rs Daught. Only litilc deeds Of kind |
ness and the things that have been given
away count in that reckoning.
DO you remember the old tree in tha |
orchard. with one branch. which IN -
fruit was more abundan, than all The
rest. lIuugiuS over the garden wall? /. |
supplied; the small girls and boys On Their |
way 20 school with aDDeS. 1t gave To |
the tranp, 10 the preacher. 10 everyone. |
1t seemed TO cry our to every passerhv !
tn como and hclo himself, 1t had fruit |
10 spare and would have more LEA
year,
~ is ,lic church with the cvorhanrin%
branch that is the ideal one Ii has |
more than church societies and gossip.
Ii reaches bcvond denominatio.;al lines
and gives to all who need help ,,
God loves to give. When the little |
child N his morning prayer asks for his |
daily bread, God makes everyone work |
to give IT 10 him and adds the bener
ccnce OF his providence 10 their efi,rts.
DisIEes Tithing
Mr.. Burdctie then beautifully traced |
The planting Of wheat. the reaping. Il
tErcshing. the milling and The final serv
Ing OF the bread on the family breakfast. |
table.
Il hate tfthlng." the preacher con-
tlnued 1T is nggarIly and so out |
OF spri: with Gods idea OF giving I, |
is based on Jacobs selfish contract witt.
God 10 give him tenth Of all uf his in
come, in exchange for Gods manifold |
blessings to him.
God never sells anything; hc always |
gives IL away. There is enough food in |
The world TO supply every person abund
antly. II it does moi do so. IL is not
Gcd's fault; but mans in failing 10 dis
tribute Gods gifts To him. lie keeps
what God gives him in selfish greed. in
stead of dividing It with his needy fell
low man.
church withholds"its wealth and comfort
20 the needy.
All ihai one gives. comes back in
treasures beyond this life
As an ILLUSTRATION OF this. Mr. Rurdette
spoke OF the tiny cloud. which gave its
rain To- supply the small lake in the |
again taken up by the sun into "A cloud ,
again 10 float back To it's home over the
lake.
lie. this church he an overhanginy
branch, the speaker concluded. giving
frecly TO the needy and suffering, and |
the result cannot be estimated in its
when He says He will give you back
what VIVA you have given away. and you will
lind yourself rewarded an hundredfoid."
Talks of Bright Clouds
Al the Emmanuel Baptist church in the
evening the Rev. Mr.. Burdette referred !
bright clouds. and to the Arab proverb.
An sunshine makes the desert" He
told the story OF the people who wor-
shipped Baal. the sun god relating how
a Justly indignant God in fulfillment
OF The words OF His prophet had with
40 neni the rains and dews. hut sent IA
,loA and death not only reaped great
ha"vesis among the crops but also among
the PEOPLE. He described the misery
ana suffering Of the afflicted people, who
gradually awakened to the lesson that
Gcd's learned mercy lies hidden in heavy
SG.as;.. SGl,s; and rno PRAYED and pleaded for
clon:: appeared delivering them from
their condition
- betlefc IN clouds. said The speaker
Nol becnusc want to. but because |
nave To. Trials and tribuIations disci-
pine and sorrow. pain and suffering the
tense strain of battie--all these things
make as better men and women Foot |
pall boys don't train on ice cream and
fudge. America was discovered by Co
luinbus only after he had experienced
The greatest or suffering and suImountcd
the highest obstacles. Napoleon and |
Washington learned through defeat what |
yylr,,,n1TE meant; They lost a great many
battles but They won the right ones
The second half OF "A football game is
always more Important than the first,
and how often is dofeat turned into
victory during the last stage Of the
game, l believe In these things because
have prevailed without them Gods
church is mighty because It grows up
amid persecution and affictiou.'
Worth Of Discipline.
The speaker then narrated the story
~ the mother who found her boy fight
Ing With n number Os other l1oya IN tbe |