St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-24
GET OUT AND HUSTLE.
DIR. MunhaIl Says That Is the Way
to EYanSeIiZe the City.

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to Evangelize the City.
DR.. Munhall conducted a Bible read
ing at the First Methodist church yes
terday afternoon. A large crowd was
present. He chose for his subject,
"Faith Healing" and said that every
ism and science that ever divided
Christians had some Scripture warrant
and foundation. and the reason was that
people failed to get all the teachings OF
the word of God. The distinctive
doctrine of the Presbyterians is fore
ordination; of the Methodists, free
moral agency; of the Baptlstss,
immersion; of the Congregational
lists the laws of the church;
of the Episc0pals, the church itself, OF
the QuakerS, the guidance OF the spirit
and SO on every one of them has war
rant for what they teach. There is a
doctrine of faith healing, and some peo-
pie make a hobby of it. The Bible
does not teach the doctrine of faith heal
ing and the speaker desired his hearers
to get out of their minds the popular
idea of faith healing for that is OF the
devil. Christ died for our redemption
and tasted death for every man, but it is
not so stated in respect to disease. He
bore our sins Oh the tree, but he did
not bear our diseases.
THE EVENING MEETING.
Market hall was crowded in the even
ing with an audience that tested its
seating capacity, the occasion being the
first Monday evening lecture by Or.
Munhall at that place. 1t was graft.
flying sight to see such vast thrOng OF
people of all ages, sexes and conditions
of life assembled to hear the word OF
God. The result of the meeting
showed there were those present
who came to embrace Christianity
and the ministers present were pleased
beyond measure to see men and women
coming forward and expressing desire
to be saved. The stage was filled with
chairs, occupied mostly by the local
ministry and members of the choir.
The meeting was opened by Rev. DR..
Christie, and after a prayer by Rev.
Holman, of the First Methodist church,
DR.. Munhall stepped forward. and an
nounced his text: '"Fhe spirit and the
bride say come; let him who thirsteth
come" In the course of his remarks he
said:
Pm sorry for the church that
has nc voice for the fallen. 1t
InhhCS llO AOW btouoi
full organs or loud-pealing bells your
churches possess. if they don't reach
out after those in distress they are not
the churches of our Lord. There are
multitudes in your SANITY City
that never darken the church
door. [ reckon there were
many saloon doors open yesterday
while church services were going on
throughout the city, and these saloons
were filled with young men. And your
authorities knew of this wholesale VIC
latiOn of the law, and they went
their way in peace and contentment.
have spoken to dozen young men,
who don't live in Swede hallOw or IN
the Bohemian flats either, but many OF
them up OH ST. Anthony hill who went
down to their stores yesterday, instead
of going to church. l have no doubt
that there are many who live
in their elegant mansions on
the hill vino never go to church
from one years end to the other. Ii
something is not done and done at once,
the great majority of the citizens OF st.
Paul will be without hope and without
salvation. 1 believe in any kind of
agency that will mark out the way
to salvation. The most regular
and orderly thing in the world
is graveyard, and many of
your churches resemble the same in
many respects. Tell out the messages
of life and salvation. | believe in street
corner preaching. If the Northerners
had not crossed over the Ohio river the
South would never have respected the
you should remain in your churches,
SO long as nine -tefnths of the
people stay away. You must get out
and work and struggle with those who
are in darkness and sin. | believe in
the Salvation Army. too. 1t reaches a
great many people that you can not. 1t
makes no difference how it does its
work, so long as the work is done and
the results are good. Ii your
child fell in the river, you wouldn't
care how he was saved or by
whom, so long as he was saved.
| do not approve of all the Salvation
Army does, or your churches, either,
and there are many things do that you
do not like. Well, the laws Of the state
don't compel you to like everything |
do. Carry the war into the enemy's
country; | don't care how it is done.
Some of you people had better come
down from your high stills. You get
scored every time you hear about
the doings of the anarchists. You had
better go to work and have them con-
Eerted. The only restraining influence
IN this world is the restraining love of
Jesus Christ. Go right out to the perish
ing ones; that's what Jesus did. l would
you were all alive to the responsibilities
that devolve upon you in this matter"
At the conclusion of his address, DR..
Munhall invited all who wished to pro-
fess Christianity to come forward and
pass into the rooms in the rear of the
stage. About twenty people accepted
the invitation. All the ministers pres
est followed them in and explained and
relieved them of their remaining doubts.