The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-11
MEN SAVED BY THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST
Interest in the MunhaII Meet
ingS is Growing
THE REMISSION OF SIN
Traces the Shedding of Blood From
Abel's Time Down to Christ.
Monday to Be Devoted
to Prayer.
THE REMISSION Of SIN

Another large audience heard the Rev.
DR.. L. w. Munhall last night at the
First Methodist church. The interest
grows more intense each night There Is
nothing of the sensational In the sermons.
The minister presents his arguments in
a clear, logical and forceful manner, ap-
pealing entirely to the reason and never
to the emotions.
The text last night was from Hebrews
10 chapter. "a verse; Now the blood of
sprinkling, which speaketh better things
than that of Abel" Dr. Munhall said
in part:
1.-The blood spoken of in the text, Is the
blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed
for your sins and mine. The blood OF
Abel was not the blood that was shed
by CAIN but the blood of the Offering OF
his flock, which was offered unto the
Lord.
without the shedding of blood, there
is no remission of sin. Abefs offering
was acceptable to the Lord, and through
the blood of the lamb which he offered
as bloody sacrifice, he anticipated the
Lamb of God. which taketh away the
sins Of the world. and thus was his Of
fering accepted of God.
Found Peace With God.
HE found peace and favor with God.
and surely no one can doubt but that
we can find favor and reconciliation with
God coming from better things than
that which speaketh by the blood of
Abel
"a preacher once said that he was
tired of these songs which make us
wade ankle deep In blood-that we are
not saved by the blood, but by the love
of Christ 1t is absolutely untrue that
YOU are not saved by the blood of Christ.
Christ saw us guilty and exposed, and
at the cost of his life he came to our
rescure, and he suffered for our sins,
and died that you and l might be saved.
1t is not the love of God that saves any
one, but the heroic act of the Son of
God.
1.-The life of the flesh is in the blood.
The demand of the law is life. We trans
guessed the laws and Jesus suffered for
us and died for us that we might have
eternal life. Thank God for the blood
that speaketh better things than that of
Abel.
Recognition of God.
After all, the whole matter of our sal
walton the simple recognition on our
part of Gods proprietary right in us. Ny
unsaved friends you belong to God. You
are bought with a price. Therefore, glo-
rify God, accept the facts and receive all
the benefits therefrom. What good does
1t do you, my unchristian friend, that
the ransom of sin and death has been
paid, and you are invited to partake Of all
the benefits of Christ.
81 remember when I was young fell
low, 1 took 1t into my head to know
something about common law. 1 talked
with a lawyer friend of mine concerning
the matter, and he loaned me such books
as he thought would suit me. 1 remember
one day Of getting upon this case.
An Apt Illustration.
"a man had been accused and convict
ed of murder, and sentenced to be put to
death. He was executed and pronounced
dead. When he was being prepared for
burial, 1t was discovered that he was
alive, and bye and bye he was able to
stand up and move around. The judge
was informed of the matter and he was
asked what was to be done about 1t. The
Judge replied that according to the re-
cord of his court, there was at one time
such a man who had been tried, convicted
the court has no knowledge of any such
A.. l,a I'm Of
man. So it is like this; L. w. Munhall
was once condemned sinner. One day
l discovered that that sentece had been
executed.
Jesus Christ died for ana paid the PEN
atty for us ALL II He died for all, then
L. w. Munhall and everyone of the rest
of you died. That is to say, the sentence
Of death against me was executed upon
Christ, and incidentally I was put to
death in the person of Jesus Christ. now
know no such person as, L. w. Munhall
who was guilty and sentenced to death.
am not killed under the law. The sentence
of death has been executed. So by the
grace of God, l stand before you guiltless
because I accepted what Christ had done.
Il tell you II ID THE DtSt tiillS tldt ever
to me. There Is. therefore, now
no condemnation to those which are in
Christ Jesus This redemption is for you
my unconverted friend, as guilty as you
are. Jesus Christ gave his life in obey
ance to the law for your life and saliva
ton is here for you
There will be two services today, one at
8 and the other at 7:3O o'clock. Sunday
afternoon at o'clock Dr. Munhall will
deliver confidential address to the
young men of Birmingham. At $3.50
o'clock the women will hold a song and
prayer service at the First Baptist
church. Sunday night there will be two
services at the First Methodist church,
one to men only, and in another room/of
the church a meeting for women only
will be conducted by the Rev. DIR. Hand
ley and the Rev. DIR. Dickinson. Monday
will be a day of special humiliation and
prayer About 100 prayer meetings will
be held in different portions of the city
at the homes of the various Christian
families. The meetings will continue next
week.
Gen. Hampton Critically III.