Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-07
The CHURCH'S FAULTS
DR.. Munhall Points Out Some of the
Weaknesses Of Present Day
Christianity.
Says Church Is Organized to Death,
Too Many Lazy Members and
Grab.Bag Schemes.
Large Audience Applauds the Evan.
gelist's Utterances Relative to
Church Weaknesses.

An audience of at least a thousand
people gathered in the NJ L. church
last evening to hear Evangelist Mum
hall. This Tact attests. the growing in
terest in the meetings.; and the 81
lent, intent interest of the vast audi
ence in the sermon. while for an hour
the speaker held absolute attention on
one OF the most spiritual Of these, The
Power of the Spirit, proves that the
interest is deeper than curiosity.
Or. Aiunhali took for his text Zacha-
rah 4-G, Not by might or power, but
by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts, q
and among a thousand good thoughts
Mere the following. Man at his best and
most can not quicken IL dead soul.
Without Me We can do nothing.
Grapes grow on the branches, but never
on the5Nine Work out Your own saliva
ton with fear and trembling. but how
can we work something out of nothing
We can only work out what God has
worked into us. If the personal disci-
pies Of jesus could do nothing without
the Holy Spirit, then certainly we can
not. Reps aiing the story of Elijah
and Elisha going from Gilga to Bethel
and Jericho and across the Jordan on
the Way To the translation of Elijah,
and the baptism Of Elisha, he said that
many church members never got be-
yond the Gilgal of their first experience
and many STOPPED at Bethel. the house
OF God, and like Jacob dreamed 81
man on earth, and some stopped ait .Jer-
icho. resting under the palms, but those
who Mere doing the Lord 5 work Went
on to see their Master glorified. and on
them rested the spirit of power. job
said, u repent in dust and ashes.
Why Because he had seer the Lord.
Isaiah said. Woe is me. for am i'm
done, for miro eyes have seen the King
the Lord Of hosts Nothing Nill bring
people 20 their faces as a glimpse of the
eieritied Christ. What does the churci
need? Not more churches. for in many
lpacss tiit.e ara too many. Not more
tcplleses, for NE don't half support wha'
We have. MOI more Theological semi
naries. at Least not of the kind thai
leach doubt and distrustsof the word q
Cod. NJ more money, for the richer vs.
are the stingiel We are. Not more SO
iceties, fer we are organized to death
nov. No; more members, for we havs
too many dead or lazy Christians now
| Not more music for ungodly singing
land singers are damage to the churcl
new. t.Applause) Not more plans am
l'schemes. fer the magic lanterns. gfal
i bags ard oyster supper schemes hay
disgraced and degraded the chure
4 now. lApplause,) What we need is tn
FIRE of the spirit. We need a fire tha
Will make vital with divine energy al
these things, and 70 get it the chure
needs 10 go over Jordan with her Mas
ter AT the close of the meeting tiler
4 vas conference Of the committee
and plans We're laid for more effectiv
work.
AT the afternoon service there wer
i some three or four hundred present
4 and the opening Bible reading on AS
surancs" was fully equal il not bette
4 than the evening sermons