St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-27
NO CROSS, NO GROWN.
Religion Which Does Not Call f
Sacrifices Isn't Worth Havfi9fr. ]

NO CROSS, NO CROWN.
Religion Which Does Not Call for
Sacrifices Isn't Worth Having.
There was sparse attendance at the
revival meeting in. Market hall last
evening, owing to the unpropitiodsi
weather. To add to the discontinue Of
the meeting, the electric lights faiiedi
to burn, noticing which, DR.. MunhalEl
remarked: 81 doubt very much whether
the lights have gone out in the sa-'
looms" After a prayer and the sing
ing of a hymn by Prof. and
Mrs. Towner. DR.. Munhall stepped
forward and announced the text of q the,
evening: IF any man would be saved,
Me-" He said: 3ia
ga religion that costs man nothing,
in which there are no sacrifices to be-
made, isn't worth having. That's the,
kind of religion Pm afraid great nIanyI
of you have. Your lives are much the
same as before you prOfeSSed theefaitr
of Christ. While it is true that saliva
ton is offered you freely, at the same
time there is sacrifice, Self-denial and
cross-bearing to be done by you. will
not attempt an analysis of the text, but
will call your attention to some of it's
principles. To Illustrate, will refer to
l remember, ''No Cross, No Crown"
In the center of the picture was apple
of crosses of various sizes. Behind
these crosses stood female figure in
white, which | took to be Faith In
front was roadway leading up to
gateway in the upper right hand corner,
and disappearing i'll a precipice in the
lower left hand corner. This, presume,
represented the roadway of life. Away
up the hill were two or three persons
trudging along with crosses on their
backs; these, | understood, were Chris
tians making their way to heaven. 1
also noticed that the nearer the people
approached the gateway, the smaller
the crosses became. The meaning of
this was obvious. When Christianity
is first embraced, the burden
seems heavy, the sacrifice great,
the cross large; but after
a while, when the beauties of faith in
Jesus become apparent, the load in
stead of a burden becomes a happiness,
and as the gates of heaven are neared
the cross becomes smaller. | noticed at
the foot of the hill man who had evil
IDENTIFY started up the road many years
before. He had laid down his cross and
was engaged saving a piece off. Fve
met thousands Of men like this one-I
recognized him at once. | see him typi-
fed in the man who is asked to pray,
but excuses himself by saying, Let the
elders do that" and he saws piece off
the cross; in the man who is asked to
urge people to attend meetings, and
who excuses himself by pleading lack
of time. He. too, saws a piece off the
cross. | believe there are many people
of this kind in st. Paul, who started
many, many years ago up the road
to salvation, but who have made little
or no Roadway.
Just midway between this man and
those first mentioned there was a man
who was trying to put cross on his
shoulders. His back was turned to-
ward heaven and his face toward the
world. L recognized him at glance.
He comes to these meetings, and while
he knows he ought to be saved, he, goes
this and I'll have to deny myself Of,
that" and though his Judgment and a
conscience tell him he ought to becomes
a Christian. somehow or Other,he HASN'T
the moral strength to put the cross on
his shoulders and plOd on to salvation.
Satan blinds men to the rewards they
will receive and makes them see9 only
the denials, the sacrifices. Near the y
crosses was man, apparently
about forty years of age, : with,
one foot advanced, his -Chead
bowed down as ii in deep thought, L,
knew him. He's the man that's been
coming to the meetings right al0nga1 He
acknowledges he is wrong with refer
ence to his relations with God, and if
you ask him why he does not beeonleia
Christian, s.Weli, 'dheSlfsay,,f.P m think
ing about it," and he thinks himseIf5
into hell. ~ ~ 80 :
''.Just to the left Of the crosses were
two children who had come to the pile
and each one was picking out a cross to
his own liking. While the hearts of
children are tender and their con-
sciences unseared, it is an easy matter
to accept Christ. [ thank the Lord
there's room in the church for the little
people"
At the conclusion of DR.. Munhall's
| address announcements were made as
follows: Women's prayer meeting at 5
D. IN. to-day, at the First Methodist
church. Subject: 'sSeparation." Spe-
cial service for youths and young men
! at Market hall, Sunday afternoon.
Christian men over twenty-five years of
| age can gain admission to this meeting
! by securing tickets from their pastors.
Members of the choir over age will be
admitted in the same way. A meeting
! for the ladies Will be held Sunday aft
| ernoon, at the Central Presbyterian
! church. A meeting will be held Sun
| day evening at Market hall, and over
| flow meetings the same evening at the
House of Hope and other churches.
Failed of a Quorum.
A meeting of the council was called
| for last night to consider the report of
| the committee on streets and board of
health in the matter of dlsposing of the
city's garbage and to award a contract.
| Owing to the storm quorum of MEM
bers were not present and the meeting
| was adjourned. Residents of South st.
Paul will enter a protest against dump
| ing the garbage in the river.
These Will Wed.
The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday by the clerk of the dis
trict court, all the parties being resi-
dents of st. Paul: Fritz Mellat and
Lizzie Angel, Duguld Stevenson and
Mary Alexander. James G. Fitzgerald
and Margaret Wharton, Robert Philip
and Mary Skinner. H. L. Vaughn and
Hattie Taylor. Arthur f. Gerlach and
rIora II lNoicooha1-nnr Gborlac How.