St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-14
WORDS OF CHEER.
DIR. MunhalI Addresses Two
Largely Attended Meetings at
Market Hall.

Market Hall.
About 1,500 persons assembled in
Market hall yesterday afternoon to
listen to words of encouragement and
cheer from DR.. Munhall. The floor of
the house was for the most part taken
up by those who have made profession
to Christianity. The gallery was
packed. The exercises opened with the
singing of duet. Ere the Sun Goes
Down." by Prof. and Mrs. T0wner.
DR.. Munllall preached from l. Corinth-
ians, xvi. 1; w atch and pray. Stand
fast in the faith. Quit yourselves like
men" He said:
The Bible constantly represents the
the Christian as soldier. We are eX-
hOrted to fight the good fight, wear the
armor of the Gospel. But we are first
told to watch. Watch what? Not
the world, nor the devil, nor
Christians who need watching. AS
soldiers of Christ we are told to watch
for the coming of Gods Son from
heaven, and if we do that we shall con-
tinually grow in grace.
Next we are told to stand fast in the
faith. 1t is not enough to believe; we
must keep on believing, even unto the
end. A believer who continues in faith
is disciple of Christ. We are to stand
fast in the faith by holding to the doc
trineS of Gods word. And so each of
us ought to have a Bible and keep
studying it all the time. Read the book
of Romans through once a month. and
in year you'll be rooted and grounded
i'll the faith. There are a good many
preachers who don't care for doc
trines. They feed their congrega-
tions on sweetmeats with silver
the soul. There is only one food for the
soul and that is the Word of God. Get
your souls permeated and filled with
this Word. Keep thinking, writing and
talking about these things and you will
become so familiar with the faith that
you can resist any temptation.
"'Quit yourselves like men, When
you are beginning i'll the faith you are
like children, and need the milk of the
Word. There are
SOME BABIES FORTY YEARS OLD
in the churches and the preachers keep
nursing them all the time, but | want
you to grow up out of your childhood
to be men and perhaps help the preach
erS take care of those old babies.
Another thing, 'be strong Now
We uOll NlFStlt dSdlllSG utSu dul
blood, but we wrestle spiritually with
the world and all its temptations. We
have no strength i'll ourselves: we must
get it from somewhere else. The only
place we can get strength is from God.
We must put on the armor of the spirit.
Our strength comes from the word of
God, and the more we search the scrip
lures the stronger we shall become. We
must be not merely a fortress, we must
go out and fight the enemy.
'ETheSe are the four points of the text,
but there are some other things that are
gradually led up to through this text.
Pray; live in the spirit of prayer,
which is simply praying without eX-
pressing our thoughts. Thank God
that He has shown you the truth and
the way. Don't neglect your private
prayer, even though you live in the
spirit of prayer. Now as to Bible study.
Read the Word at least fifteen minutes
each day. You take time to feed your
bodies; are they of more consequence
than your souls? Now see one or two
people asleep here. Let's have some
fresh air; the lack of it put them to
sleep. 1t isn't my fault, be-
cause I've been talking good sense
to you. Another thing is to work daily.
Make up your minds to go into the
church to do something. Work as if the
whole thing depended on you. If the
preacher doesn't give you anything to
do, find something for yourself. Don't
let day go by witout asking somebody
to come to Christ. Don't go to church
alone; take some one else along. Do
your duty. Make up your mind what
you've got to do, and then do it. Join
the church, if you haven't done it al
Il 10 tT, Ill
kinds of weather. Stand by the prayer
meeting and you'll never backslide.
Help the preachers. Speak kind word
to him and encourage him, though he
should not need encouragement. Do
your work, not because it's your duty,
but because you love to do it. Now,
young people, children of God, keep on
keep on to the end and the great and
Incompatible reward shall be yours.''
THE EVENING MEETING.
The usual large crowd attended the
evening meeting, and DR.. Atunhall's
remarks were to backsliders. At the
close of the service large number
stayed to the workers service. and re-
ceived words of encouragement to con-
tinue in the Christian life which they
vertS is how very large-over l .500-and
large portion of these have signified
their intention of uniting with some of
the churches of the city.
NEARING THE END.
DR.. Munhall announced for this even
ing a talk on card playing and dancing
for those who are troubled with that
sort OF thing. There will be two more
Bible readings this afternoon and to-
morrow at the usual hour. The Mum
hall course will close tomorrow even
ing with jubilee meeting at Market
hall. Tickets. not good after 7:15 p. m..
were given out yesterday to all who ap-
piled for them. at 7:15 this evening
the doors will be thrown open to every
body and closed at 7:30 o'clock against
all cOmerS.