Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-31
PRAYING FOR THEPE0PLE
DIR. nfUNHALL breaches ON
SELF-DENIAL.

A Religion that Coats Nothing not Worth
Having-The Revivalist Wants to Sec
Savannah Walked Up-Whst He Says
About tho People Who Abuse Him
Hts Address to Young People To-MOr-
row Afternoon.
Rev. j. W. ROgan, Of the First Presby-
terrain church, spoke very briefly at the
opening ofthe Munhall meeting last night.
In the prelude to his sermon DR.. Mum
hall said that man is built on the seven
daY plan. God intended man should
work SIX days and rest one. The divine
idea Of Sabbath was not a day for loatng
around home, eating a bi- dinner and
sleeping. Working seven days in the
week VIII drive a man crazy if sept up.
Or. NunhaFs text was: 'Then said
Jesus unto his disciples. II any man VIII
come after me, les him deny himself, and
rake mp bis cross and follow me-" Mat
thew XVI, ~.
"a religion that costs nothing is not
worth having observed the revivalist.
THAT S the Kind of religion that a great
many people have, too. We see great
many people IN the church who show no
GelfdeuiaL What has your religion really
cost you? You 20 TO the theatre and
play cards and do other things Just as you
formerly did. Your religion does not cost
you auything ami 1t is not worth having"
The speaker Illustrated his meaning by
comparing a picture which he once saw
TO real life. The picture represented a
road at one end OF which was the gate Of
heaven, and at the other end not very
CHEEKY looking crater. About the
middle OF the road was pile
OF crosses, large and small, thrown
together indiscriminately. One Of the
characters had big cross on ais shoulder,
but his back was toward the gate. An
other seemed to be thinking about some
thing. Among the others were two little
children picking out little crosses from
the pile.
My heart was panied the other night
said DR.. Munhall, ITO see little girl
about II years old who wanted to take
one OF The tickets which are scattered
through the congregation for the sigma
ture Of those who have experienced a
change of heart, but was held back by
her mother. | would rather a house
would fail Oh me than do such a thing.
Sod SAYS 1t would be better that mill
stone were hanged about your neck, and
that YOU were cast mo the sea, than TO
put stumbling block in the way Of these
little ones.
II want 70 see some excitement in Sa-
Vannah ] have not seen any here yet. /
Htuiu like 70 see lne city excited over re- !
IiglOn as It sometimes Is over politics, and
cotton and the opera. | would like to see
yOu wake up and get in dead earnest. If
your children were drowning you would
be excited, and yet they are dying and
you are Indifferent.
eSpurge0n once said: i thank God
that during the past thirty years OF my
ministry | received Into the church fifty
children each year on an average, and the !
first one is yet to be disciplined, while a
humber OF the old members have been dis |
ciplined'
at Is good sign for people to get mad |
at the preacher. / am being abused, ] |
understand, every day. But dol not care /
a fig about people getting mad at me for /
preaching the truth. The truths are God, !
but some people want to shift it all on the
preacher"
Dr. Munhall announced that no service
VIII be held to-day OF tonight. To-mor-
row at 3 10 p. m. he will talk to the young
people of bOth sexes between the ages OF
u and p. The address will be delivered
in the Independent Presbyterian church.
The doors viii open at 2:45 p. m, and
will close promptly Al 1915 p. IN. Admis-
sion viii be Dy ticket.