Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-02
VOICES FROM TIE PULPIT.
DIR. MUNHALL ON THE DANGER
OF DEMONSTRATION.

OF PROCRASTINATION.
His Sermon Last Night on Everlasting
Punishment for sin--ReopeninR of the
Baptist Church-Rev. Timothy Harley
ON Baptism-Dr. Atticus q. BAygOOd's
sermon on salvatiOn--MemOriaI Ser
vices at the Synagogue.
There were perhaps as many young
people in the Independent Presbyterian
church yesterday afternoon 80 were ever
inside its walls before at one time. Or.
Munhall had announced that he would
deliver a sermon TO the young folks Of
both sexes between the ages Of - and %
years. A good many who were less than
u were present, and they were gently re-
quested to step out to make room for those
who were older and without seats Two
thirds OF the audience were pleasant
faced misses in their teens.
on the platform were Rev. DR.. A. G.
Haygood, Rev. J. W. Rogan OF the First
PRESBYTERIAN church, Rev. W. &. LoVett
Of Wesley Monumental, and Rev. 7. I.
Christian Of Trinity NJ. e. church.
"Remember now thy Creator in the days
OF thy youth, While the evil days come
not. nor the years draw nigh, when thou
shalt say, / have no pleasure in them,'
Ecclesiastes xii, l, was the text.
Life is "A problem the sum OF which Is
never accurately realized until made
mp" said the speaker. "What we sow
that We shall reap. II you can tell me
now as you stand at the threshold OF life
what direction you are going TO take, |
will tell you what the result viii be, and
where you will land. Stop and consider
the import Of that which God has said 10
you in the text. God has fixed one period
IN your life when He wants you, and that
Is in the morning Of your life. lie VINO
does not fall IN with Gods plan is very
Unwise. There viii come a time if you
continue 10 dislike these matters when
You won't care anything about them.
Your cOnsclences will become scared by
sin, as a mans hand viii be by rough
work and handling hot iron.
"In the last ten years reckon ! have
seen 10000 people profess faith In Christ
and | don't suppose l have seen two score
who We're over 40 years old take stand
for the Lord Ones nature and habits are
so fixed by that time that there is not apt
20 be n change. 1t is said that out Of q
hundred scientists over 40 years old not
more than one would believe Haryey's
theory OF the circulation OF ihe blood even
after ne demonstrated its correctness by
an incsiOn in a dogs breast. So il is in
the matter Of religion. You need not en-
terrain much hope Of being saved when
you are old.
81 was in meeting once and asked all
who felt that they had been saved after
they were 80 years old TO stand up, and
there was not one. l asked those who
had been saved between 40 and 30, and
there was only one. There were between
30 and 40, 8 between % and 80, and II be-
tween 20 and %. When | asked all OF
those 10 stand up who had been saved be-
fore they were 20 years Of age 400 or 800
people rose.
IL have no hesitation IN saying that, in
my Opinion,lt you leave the matter your
souls salvation until you are 40 years old !
there lie only one chance in 10000 that you !
will become a Christian. 1 have no hesi- |
tatiOn in saying that If you leave this mat |
ter until you are 30 years old |
there is only about one chance in 1000 |
that you Will become a Christian. If you /
leave it until you are - there are ninety
nine chances 70 one that you Will be lost.
1t is nv conviction that four-ffths, if not
nine-tenths, OF all the believers In every
creed the " GRID over became such before
they were % years old.
the lowest possible idea, the very
meanest view person can entertain OF
salvation is that il keeps your soul out of
hell. 1t does. | am glad to say, but that |
is mean idea to take Of it, and yet it is |
the idea that nine-tenths of the people en- |
terrain. The right idea is, that you may |
pose there is a boy or girl in this house |
that wants 70 die in his or her sins. |
If was to take slip Of paper around on |
which was written a sentence like this. |
q utterly ren0unce all desire for my |
SOULS salvation, l could not get a single |
signature. / declare il TO be the meanest |
thing you can be guilty Of-the deliber- |
ately determining that you will now re-
jet Christ, but after awhile will accept |
him.
Gan old minister, who had been so years |
pastor, once told me that he had kept a |
record Of l 200 persons to whose bedside |
he had been called when they thought |
death was near at hand, but who got |
we'll. OF all those who professed repent
ance only "a gave any evidence that they
had passed from death unto light.
no wants to 90 TO heaven empty
handedg Go out, and trust your eternity
III the hands of your Creator. Lie, then,
VIII not be failure, and your reward
Will be great and generous"
After the sermon Or. Munhall gave a
short exhOrtati0n. Blank cards with the
following on them were circulated among
the audience, aud those who wished to be
saved were asked to sign:
SINNERS DEDICATION.
am a sinner cannot change my sinful
heart. / am helpless. Unless have HELM
from another, perish. I believe Jesus came
to save sinners--eveu me. / believe lie paid
the penalty OF my sins by His death on the
cross. believe he can forgive my SINS and
renew my heart Therefore. do now look 60
Thee for my salvation, and for and O. live as
Thv follower. ] DO now f0rsake every known
sin. do now engage i'm Thy strength 20 do
every known duty; aud since Thau so loved
me, / give Thee the love OF my heart aud the
service Of my life. And this do AZ my ''rea-
sonable service" and as a deliberate act
never 10 be recalled.
Nothing in my hands bring.
Simply TO Thy cross cling"
WILL YOU SIGN THIS?
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