Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-22
SALVATION Is FREE.
Religious Services Held by DR.. Munhai
Xesferfiay.

The great American evangelist, Dr. Il.
w. Munhall, continues to hold large and
interesting meetings at Armory Hall, de-
spite the inclement weather and. muddy
streets
Yesterday afternoon the last Bible read
ing which DIR. Munhall will hold during
his present stay in the city, was held in the
Sixth-street Methodist Church, was largely
, attended by Christians, and proved very IN
/ teresting. The topic was the Second Com
| ing of Christ While all are highly en-
tertained by the eloquent, able, forcible
sermons of the eminent divine many pre-
/ fer his Bible teachings and explanations of
Scripture as given at the Bible readings
The attendance last evening at Armory
Hall was largely in excess of that OF the
preceding evening. all the seats IN the
main hall being occupied. About one hun
dred were seated upon the platform, and
the organ ACCOMPANYING vent was assisted by
a violin, flute, and cornet. The solos
I by Mr.. NOrthup were musical gems Rev.
DR.. Frost made few opening remarks, in
which he stated that this evening would be
the last opportunity the people of Sacra-
mento would have to hear DR.. Munhall, as
he leaves tomorrow for San Francisco. He
desired that all present would come again
! tonight bring their friends, and fill the
hall, main floor and gallery. He said there
was strong desire on the part of the
/ Christian people of this city, who recog-
nized in Dr. Munhall noble worker in the
vineyard of the Lord, to have him return
to Sacramento some time during the month
of May and remain here several weeks.
If such an arrangement could be made, a
tent could be erected, the countless thou
sands could be accommodated, Jesus and
H m nrucifa1 oonl1 ha r,raanba1 salVatio,,
held out to the sinner, and a great good
could be accomplished. He had not spoken
to DR.. Munhall or anyone else about the
matter, but he wanted an expression Of the
people, the hundreds that he was address
ing. He said "All you who desire to
extend an invitation to Dr. Munhall to re-
turn to us in May will please manifest it
by saying aye" The entire audience
voted, and when the negative was put,
there was no response. Turning to DR..
Munhall, the speaker said: = You have
unanimous call TO visit this people
again"
Mr.. Northup then sang, with organ ac-
compartment, the beautiful solo, "Oh
What Shall it Profit Man if he Gains the
Whole World and Loses His Own Soul"
DR.. Munhall then read the following notes
handed in by Christians. designating those
for whom they desired the prayers of
Christians
" Pray for my Sabbath-school class.
. Pray for my sister, that she may find
salvation"
" Pray for lady and her two daughters,
that they may flee from the wrath to Gomez
- Pray for my two brothers"
" Pray for my husband, that he NAV be
converted"
Pray Tor my husband, who was once
Christian, hut has departed from Christ
and become slave to intemperance.n
" Pray for hayward son, who has for
saken his mother in her old age"
After few moments silent PRAYER, in
which all Christians present Joined with
bowed heads, DIR. Munhall announced that
he had selected for his text John vi, 40:
" And this is the will of Him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son. and
believeth on Him, may have everlasting
life; and l will raise him up at the last
day." In my sermon last night | told YOU
that there was absolutely nothing inter
yening between sinner and his God ex-
cept his own unwiilingness. Mankind I'M
saved is spiritually dead, and the Master
has said, Come unto me, that We NAV
have life.'
Just at this point of the sermon six young
men entered the gallery from the northeast
and walked around the entire distance,
passing out at the northwest entrance, at
tracing the attention of the entire multi
tude the Gathering of their feet making so
much noise that the services were stopped.
Some of the young men were even so i'll
hammered that they did not even take off
their hats. After they had tramped out
into one of the rooms of the armory, and
the confusion was somewhat allayed, DR..
Munhall remarked: "And Satan came
also, and of course he is here. l don't I'M
derstand this. and l don't want to, but l
know it amt right"
Continuing his sermon, he read Romans
v, II: Wherefore, as by one man sin
entered in to the world, and death bv sin.
and so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned.' Ephesians H., / And
You hath he quickened who We're dead in
trespasses and sim Revelations Ill. |:
" And unto the angel of the Church in
Sardis write; these things saith he that
hath the seven spirits of God and the seven
stars; / know thy works, that thou hast a
name that thou livest, and art dead"
That is the condition of unsaved man
that Is the condition of all of you here to-
night who are unsaved.
At this point loud talking and laughing
from a room occupied by one of the mill
tary companies became so annoying that
the minister was again forced to stop, and
remarked: They, perhaps, don't know
they are disturbing US. Satan was vigilant
and jealous in his efforts to prevent in
roads upon him. | hope we may over
come him tonight" He asked some gen.
tlemen to go to the room and ask them to
allow the proceedings of the meeting to
proceed without further Interruptions.
Uncle John Douglas and Benjamin Bugbey
went out and asked them to desist, and af-
ter that all interruption ceased
The words of the text was lano1ao,a ,,rad
by Christ in addressing the Jews, who were
sinners. A man who is a sinner is as one
dead spiritually. He gave several illustra-
tons of what death is. If tonight. on
your return home you should see one of
your loved ones laid out in lev GOODNESS
what a realization would you experience of
the awful hand death. When you look
out upon the landscape after blizzard has
passed over it, the limos of the trees stand
ing out against the sky stripped of their
foliage, the verdure dead as if swept by a
fire, you would realize what death is. |
know what death is. | have seen it on
many bloody battlefield. In oiden times,
when captives We're tortured with all the
ingenuity that could be brought to bsar to
create the most agonizing suffering, living
man was bound to dead man, face to face.
and left in that position until death re-
heved him from suffering 1t was a cir
cumStance OF that KIND which caused Paul
TO exelaim, " Oh, wretched man. who shall
deliver me from the body of this death"
John xiva 8: Jesus saith unto him. I
am the way, the truth and the life; no
man come,h unto the Father, but by me-"
John J.. 4 In him was life and the life
was the light of men," John xi 25: Jesus
said unto her, am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live" Corinthians
w., 10: Always bearing about in the body
the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also
Of Jesus might be made manifest in our
body We see by these passages that Jesus
has brought life, and all who believe in him
shall have life
When you go home tonight and see your
loved ones in the bloom of health YOU
know that is life. You behold the land
scape, the limbs of the trees clothed with
foliage, the earth covered with a carpet of
green and bespangled with beautiful flow
ers, you know that is life. Life is so much
better than death, and God grant that you
here tonight, one and all, join God with
your intellect and whole heart, and he
shall quicken you to life You can
come if you will, you can have life if YOU
will, but you cannot be saved against your
will God does not DropOse to force ON on