The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-21
THE BIBLE AS The
ONLY PERFECT BOOK
The Rev. Or. Munhall breaches
to Men Only
DIVIDED INTO FEATURES
Discusses Bible from Literary, Bio
graphical and Historical Stand
polnt-Announcem Made of
the Closing Services.
DIVIDED INTO FEATURES

The congregation which heard the lee
ture of the Rev. L. w. Munhall at the
First Methodist church yesterday after
noon was composed exclusively of men,
and they filled every seat in the house and
stood up in the aisles. The subject of the
lecture was the Bible.
Preceding the lecture announcements of
the last two services of the present series
were made. Tomorrow afternoon the Rev.
answering all questions which may be
unlimited in writing. At night he will
preach on dancing, card playing and the
atre-going, while at the Tuesday after
noon meeting the sermon will be on the
Law of Separation"
In discussing this question the preacher
will take up the subject from four stand
points: That of marriage business, pleas
ure and benevolent undert akings. Under
the latter head he will pour hot shot at
different club and benevolent societies and
the members of such. He will also make
project which has been undertaken re-
Gently.
The Last Service.
Tuesday night will be the last service,
and will be a Jubilee meeting. A special
sermon will be preached to the new
members who have confessed Christianity
during the meetings. To them he will
give special advice for the living of their
new life.
The lecture delivered yesterday after
noon was one of the strongest efforts
made by DR.. Munhall. Its delivery re-
CURED one and one-half hours. but so In
teresting was It none of the members of
the congregation showed nervousness and
left the building, as is occasionally done
at lengthy meeting. The preacher was
suffering from a cold, but his work was
SO convincing that every man In the whole
congregation arose and declared his faith
In words. A number afterwards protested
Christianity.
Man Could Not Write II.
first made the assertion that the book
could not have been written by man If
a man had wanted to write 1t; and also
1t would not have been written by man
If man could have done it. He said a
good man could not write such book.
and a bad man would not write such a
denunciation of his own life.
He then took the Bible with eight of tho
great features, of which 1t is made up.
as follows:
Literature, physical science, biography
predictions, history, m" Inns for living on
earth and ethical tru>..s.
In these contrasts ne took the very
highest authorities in each line of work
and showed by their own words, their
utter dependence upon the Bible and the
manner In which their work had all been
actually done or forecasted In the years
long before even their birth. He made
their testimony prove the truth of the
words of the Bible in each line of work
wherein they had labored.
After having shown these contrasts he
made coed all his statements with three
assertions:
The Only Perfect Book.
First-1he book was made up of sixty
six books, each written during 1000 years
by thirty-eight different writer's. He then
said the placing of these sixty-six books
in one book made the only perfect book
in the world, wherein authors had done
work during previous years as in this
case. Thus was the infinite proven and
the fact that 1t was not the work of man
shown.
Second-Therc has been no Improvement
in the Bible since 1t was first written. In
no other work of the world Is there such
an example of lasting sincerity.
Third-It has withstood all attempts to
destroy 1t and such attempts have been
made in every conceivable manner by
every imaginable person.
A plea was then made for the follow
ing of the precepts Of the great book,
during which q number of persons pro-
fessed their faith in Jesus, and said their
deslres were to get right with God.