St. Paul daily globe., 1888-04-28
SIN DEFINED.
DIR. MunhalI Lays Some Cold
Facts Before His Hearers.

Facts Before His Hearers.
Market hall contained an audience
scarcely half the usual size last night.
The weather, of course, was response
BILE for the sparse attendance, but DR..
Munhall did not complain. He accepted
the situation philosOphically. and gave
thanks that there were even that many
present.
81 would like to have all Christians in
the room to arise and state the name OF
the town or place in which they were
converted" he announced.
They arose one after another, in rapid
succession, as soon as few brave SpIr-
its started it. One said he was converted
in st. Paul, another in England, one in
the Salvation Army at Winnipeg, one in
Nova Scotia, another in New South
Wales and one in Ireland. One man
said he was converted in Cincinnati,an
another displayed equal bravery by say
ing that he was saved in awful Fort
Wayne, Ind.
When they had ceased, DR.. Munhall
said:
Il have not heard of any one from
Chicago" and when the laughter had
subsidized he added:
'When you can save man in Chi
cagO you can save them anywhere"
"What mixed audience this is to be
sure" he continued, ''and it is we'll that
it is so on earth, for we must all be
ter home"
His text was from the first fourteen
verses, fifth chapter of IL. Kings.
''Naaman was captain of the host of
the king of Syria" Dr.. Munhall said,
land great man, though leper. You
should all have this man clearly before
your thoughts, as he is representative
of every unSaved person in this house,
for leproSy is but type of sin. There
is striking analogy between leprosy
and sin. l have noticed an
advertisement of certain kind
of soap. The card shows a
white man washing black man with
this soap, showing portion of the skin
already white. 1t is as great a lie as
ever was told. Can the Ethiopian
change his skin. OF the leper his spots?
Leprosy is an incurable disease. 1t is
not possible for sinner to make him
self right before God. A man may
dress as fine as peacock and look all
right to the world, but God looks at the
heart. My friend, even after you have
left Off this and that bad practice,
you've still got a sinful life. Sin is in
your heart. You may dress it and pet
it all you like, but it remains there.
Oh, that you would understand the in
curableneSs of sin.
''Now, n aaman was not disqualified
as commander-in-chief by reason of his
lerrOsy. 1t is not a question of the
character of yourself. but question of
sin. If you have sinned in the least
particular, according to Gods law, you
are guilty of all. If a man had the
leprosy and had a full beard, all that
would mark the existence of
the disease in bis body would
be little yellow hair in the beard.
The hair is the only visible indication of
leprosy. Another man is covered with
spots and shows it everywhere. This
has solution. Two men came to the
throne and the first paradeS his religion.
He is dressed up, and is apparently the
best man on earth. The other, who
looks as though he were guilty of most
anything, fell down and cried, "Oh,
Lord, forgive me, wicked sinner" He
went away justified, and the other man
didn't. The trouble with you people is
you won't acknowledge the existence of
sin. Leprosy is an awful thing, but sin
is worse. God has provided a remedy
for sin, but your pride is OF such char
acter that you are not willing to humble
yourselves. Remember crucifiXion day
and those blue-blo oded Jews. Why was
he crucifed? Because he Of
fered them cross. When He first
came they thought He was to
be king and shouted His praises,
for they wanted to be postmaster under
the new government; but when He
offered them cross instead, they cried
Cruelty Him. God is no respecter of
persons. The rich and poor, high and
low, are all the same with Him. For
giveness from sin is not a purchasable
commodity. What does God want with
gold and riches? He is king who
gives. He will give if we ask it. You
must come as you are. and come recog-
nizing that you have no merit"