The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-06

The H0Osier Revivalist Points His Morals
with Unpublished Saxon.


The H0Osier Revivalist Points His Morals
with Unpublished Saxon.
San Francisco Examiner.
DR.. Munhall began his lecture with four inter-
roeatories: Why should a man be doer of
Christ? How doer of Christ? When doer of
Christi What is doer of Christ?
Show me the things that with faith can do"
he said, land will show my faith by my works
manifested. We would be doer of Christ, be-
cause as we grow in spirituality we grow in
knowledge. By intelligent study grow in
knowledge of the need of spiritual life and learn
why the material life is unfrutful and unworthy
without doors of Christ and His works.
Il had cousin in Indiana who Is now
preacher. He was OF the most brilliant
men ever saw; learned. wise'and eloquent He
never told lle never played truant at school,
and never did any of those things BOYS usually
do. So his father and mother decided that he
ought to be a preacher. boy who can tell lies
and plays hooky will do for lawyer, but man
will not do for preacher who win lie. don't
say that only a man who can't lie is destined for
a preacher. Anybody who is not an idiot knows
that any man can lie 1t is only the man who
will not lie that is fit to be a preacher. AS my
cousin grew up and went through the university,
he did nothing that was sinful. was good. SO
unlike other men. that he was said to be cut out
for preacher so he wasgiveif to the Lord Thus
with Sunday 1t ia apart from other DAYS; it be-
longs TO the Lord. and should be consecrated to
His work
what is going on in the world. The man or
woman who never reads book containing the
impress of intelligence will never become
builder In the Lords temple The great weak
ness of the church is ignorance of Gods word. /
have met preachers before now who really know
nothing of the way of salvation who could not
sit down by poor. sick. soul and point out the
way to the light and ermth andusteftal glory of
the Fathers kingdom a re.4sev ART
you will be doer Of Christ by being faith
full; not to be faithful SO that it will be said.
We'll done. thou good and faithful servant in
the sight of men. but in the sight of God.
During the late war, when Sheridan was
making one Of his raids ia the Shenandoah val
ley, woman came down out of the mountains,
armed with an splint broom. and joined his
forces. why, my good woman said he what
can you do with broomp She answered, A
woman can do more with broom than You
think. Ii can't do anything else. can show
what side | am on Every man should show
which side he is Get on the Lords side if
you cant do anything else. t
~ saw young man once who told me that
be had resolved to give to the Lord one tenth
of all he made He believed in tithes and he
would as soon think of spending his employers
money as the Lords share. | said: Let me rub
up against YOU like to rub up against men
who show their faith by their works.
when a man has to shorten his financial sail
he usually begins with the minister's salary, then
cuts off his pew rent. next stops his church paper
The last thing he cuts off is his cigars In 1873
friend of mine had to cut down expenses He
told his wife that ne would cut off his coffee for
the ensuing year. and asked her what she would
do She said she would give up her tea His
daughter said she would do without butter on
her bread. and a son said he would be as good as
Mary. Turning to his thirteen-year-olds son, he
said: Now, John, what will you dop John
studied moment and then said: IN give nm
salt mackerel We don't have 'em very often,
and don't like 'em anyhow That's the way
with nlne-tenths of Gods people. They rob
God.
Il saw tree in Indiana once. and was asked
what kind of tree it was I said it was chest
nut. but my friend laughed at me- went up
the tree, and found acorns upon it. II had the
leaves and bark Of chestnut but the fruit of
an oak. That's the way with many Christians.
They look like doves of Christ at distance, but
when we get near them we find acorns upon
them.
When shall we be doors of Christi Now. q
man says. will attend to this business first, and
then will be faithful doer for the King A
woman says she will attend to some social mat
ter and then turn her attention to Christ and
His works. Hark We. A voice from the heav-
ems says: Bolster not yourselves up with the
promise of the morrow Before the business or
the society matter is attended to the blue birds
may be singing over your grave
ITO be doer of Christ is to do nothing but
what You can ask the blessing of the Lord Jesus
upon. Be liberal Go down in your pockets
and shell out Give good weight; give good
measure; pay 100 cents on the dollar. Be hon
est and upright, and keep ont of saloons. Back
in Indiana / know number of ground-h hog
Christians. Do You know the habits OF ground
hog2 Well. it stays in hole all winter. and
when it crawls out in the spring, il it sees its
shadow it crawls back in its hole. and stays
there for six weeks longer. Well. when some
evangelist comes along, and the country, alive
with fire and zeal, makes Gods sunshine warm
the earth these ground hog Christians crawl out
of their holes, and seem to be glad and happy to
be out in the warm light again. I am sorry
there is no way to plug up the holes after they
come out for they pop back in them the first
time shadow falls on the church"
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