St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-16
Thousands Greet the Evange-
list at Initial Meetings
in Market Hall.
"One-Eyed" Cook, the Mime
apolis Postoffice Robber,
Is Here in Jail.
The Hebrew Independent Po-
litical Club IndorSes the
Democratic Ticket.
THE BATTLE is ON.

of the Great Revival by DR..
Munhall.
The chorus choir which has been in
training for some weeks, filled Market
hail with its inspiring singing yesterday
afternoon on the opening of the
revival services by DR.. Munhall,
beginning at 3 o'clock. An
audience of many hundred people
filled all the chairs of the large hall
and a few were in the gallery. All
the preparations for the meetings had
been completed. The city pastors had
many of them poured out their souls
before the throne of grace at their
morning services in behalf OF the meet
ings, and it looked yesterday as If they
had not prayed in vain, for there was
APPARENTLY a deep interest taken
by all who were present. Many
Of the pastors of the city sat, on
the stage with the choir. and several OF
them took part in the exercises. Rev. 5.
G.. Smith. of the Peoples church, made
the opening prayer, after Kew. Ii. ".
Mabie. of the First Baptist church. who
presided, had given out the first hymn,
and the choir had sung it. After the
PRAYER Rev. Dr.. Robert Christie, OF
the House of Hope Presbyterian
church, read from the Scriptures,
and then there was prayer by the
Rev. +. o. Holman, Of the First Metho-
dist church. Another hymn was well
sung by the choir, and then DR.. Mabie
opened the six weeks revival work by
a short statement that the local pastors,
aided by many big-hearted business
men of the city, had arranged for an ag--
gressive campaign against the forces of
satan. which, it was hoped, to wage sue
cessfully. He paid high tribute to DIR.
Munhall, who had come to do some OF
the
HEAVY WORK IN THE FIGHT.
He introduced the Evangelist as the
Joshua who would captain the adVanc-
ing hosts.
DR.. Munhall stepped forward and
said, LET us pray" He is middle
aged man, stout and healthy looking,
with mustaehe and hair as black as
let and well trimmed. He wore black
prince Albert coat, and rundown col
lar. His voice is pleasant, and could
easily be heard in any part of the hall.
His manner is easy, and he is not much
given to violent gestures. AS a rule,
though, at times he is very enthusiastic.
Much of the time he spoke he held his
hands clasped behind his back. He
took as the text of his first address. the
words found in John, vi. 47,-"Verily,
verify | say unto You, he that believeth
on me hath everlasting life"
He explained that the belief must be
of the heart as wells as the head. "a
child" said he, "believes in his minister
with his head, but he believes in his
father with his heart, for he obeys his
father and would not do anything to
IL. O. 4I,n f1-,tn INnIf Hf in,
Christ. There is the belief in the head,
and desire to obey His wOrdS-to con-
fess. him publicly before men and to
giveup all known SINS"
Some of the eyangeliSt's side remarks
and illustrations are striking. Speak
ing of prayer, he said: '.Men complain
that when they begin to pray their
thoughts turn to business. In that re-
spect they are not far from most of the
saints. If DR.. Watts had known as
much about the devil as | do, he would
never have written:
Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees"
'Don't you think you can scare the
the devil off by getting down to pray.
SATAN GETS DOWN BESIDE YOU
and begins to talk on other subjects"
:'Faith is only the car coupling which
attaches the soul to Jesus Christ, who is
the engine. Everybody knows that the
coupling doesn't pull the train, and
everybody knows that the train won't
go unless the coupling is there. Faith
is like that coupling"
Again, he said: ASK some men if
they are Christians, and they say, We'll,
l belong to the church. That doesn't
settle it. You may belong to half a
dozen churches and then be lost more
surely than if you. had never seen a
church."
81 am not saved because | feel good,
but | feel good because l am saved, If
1 have got nerve tissue enough to feel
good at anything. Some men never feel
good anyway. One man is fat and
healthy and doesn't know he has any
digestive organs. He can't help feeling
good. The children like him and the
dogs follow him. Another man never
weighed more than lis pounds, and he
has been nursing his digestive organs
for twenty years. He never feels good.
The children take the other side of the
street when they see him coming and
the yellow dogs run away from him.
Every day is blue Monday with HIM.
Now if only those were saved who feel
good, the first man would have a mon
Oply over the second. But it isn't
necessary to feel good to be saved"
DR.. Munhall's speaking, as a rule, is
of a substantial sort, earnest and full Of
incidents and illustrations nailed to-
gether with Gospel quotations. At the
close of his talk he made short prayer,
the choir sang and DR.. Munhall said he
would dismiss the meeting, not with a
benediction. but with handshaking,
after the fashion of the Quakers.
"Those who won't shake hands with
somebody will have to stay here" he
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