Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-21
HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE!
DIR. MUNBALL PUTS THE CUES
TION 10 TEE UNSAVED.

Unbeliof tho Worst OF All sins-A Bu-
man Soul Worth More than a Who q
Constellation OF Worlds--The Rev
erend Doctors Yiews on Hen.
Before beginning his sermon last night
Rev. Or. Munhall kept up a running fire
of comment. Something in one OF the
hymns suggested to him an incident
which led him Off 10 tell the audience
something about the length Of sermons.
81 have known people" said he, "who
would blow preacher up If Re preached
81 minutes. They would say that the
sermon was too long 80 minutes is plenty
long enough As | went home after the
service last night noticed that the thea
tire was not out but l don't suppose any
one blew them ND for that. ! kRsW9cI a
man in New York whose congregation
allowed hin to preach Only - minutes
That was just ID minutes too long, 100.
ANY man that allows his congregation to
dictate 10 him like that had better quit.
''Men Will 20 10 the post office sunday
morning and get their mail and read the
papers and study the stock market, but
when they 90 to church they can't stand
more than thirty minutes. ! am always
sorry for such pc pie. When l WAS q boy
they used 10 pr Nch sermons three and
four hours long. But they have been
chopping them of and cutting them down
until now they are only half an hour dong.
If they keep on l would not be surprised
if in ten years they cut out the sermon
altogether"
DR.. Munhal announced Hebrews
H., 81 as his text: chow shall we
escape If we neglect so great salvatiQng p
81 asked man a little while ago IL be
was Il Christian. DO YOU think / am
beathen?' be replied. rejoined: IL you
are not a Christian vou are a great deal
worse than a heather. Surrounded as
you are oy civilization and tnnumerable
evidences of the gOspe's truth, and so
manv privileges Of a Christian land, you
are a great deal worse than a heather II
yOu are not believer 4 never thought
Of that he answered.
9The text says, How shall we escapeP
Escape what:
tine expression 'damnatiOn Of hell is
not popular now with good many preach
ers. but that is what is to be escaped.
Religion would be mere namby-pamby If
there was nothing TO escape from.
''Hell is only a sequence. God Is not
monster who delights in tOrturing his
creatures. He'll is just as much a Sc
quence OF unrighteOus conduct as broken
bone is the sequence Of falling of chair
or this stage.
Ollt man 1 pay AbD CtAlts OA a Apt-
lar, l don't 90 buggy riding on sundays,
] love my wife and child, | don't get
drunk, do not slip in the back way aud
get drink under the pretense that am
sick
"That is all right. II L drank whisky
would drink it straight. A man may not
get drunk. OF steal, or beat his wife, and
yet be a sinner, if he does not believe in
the salvation Of Christ. IL you are guilty
of the sin Of unbelief you are guilty OF
the worst sin in the calendar. Unbeliel
is the root OF all sin. He that believeth
not is condemned says the scripture.
Every man. woman and child that is
not Christian is making God out liar.
If you believe the story OF Gods son you
are a Christian. To not believe that the
Savior came down and suffered on the
cross for your sins is worse than TO go
home and drive a dagger through your
mothers heart"
Among other things that the speaker
said were: lone soul is worth more than
10000 worlds" ar ] could call back
from the region Of despair as many souls
as are here tonight, l would
not have TO preach TO them to
convince them Of the truth" "The
great salvation was wrought out
by a great Savior" sit is a glorious
thought to me TO feel that have health aud
strength, and am able to lift 900 pounds
tonight If it was necessary for me to do
it." "Satan came very near telling the
truth when he said, 4 never did tell the
truth'v