Typed as spelled and written
- Lena Stone Criswell

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty-First Year - Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Monday, November 16, 1931

NEW METHODIST MINISTER
OPENS MARLIN PASTORATE

Members of Other Congregations
Join in Welcoming Him
at Services

"The Beginning and the End," was the subject of the initial sermon of Rev. H. L. Munger's pastorate of the First Methodist church at Marlin Sunday.

"Jesus comprehends everything," Rev. Munger told his hearers, "from Alpha to Omega--A to Z--the scriptural reference reminding us that everything is embraced in the alphabet.

"Jesus sought to achieve something worthwhile.  It was Jesus who first brought the world the real meaning of love.

"In the human heart, there is a hunger for heaven, a yearning for a hereafter.  And if there is no heaven, there is nothing to live for."

Rev. Munger was appreciative of the opportunity afforded him by his residence to renew associations of other days.  Two of his former school teachers, he said, were in the congregation, H. J. McIlhany, superintendent of the Marlin schools, and Dr. J. W. Torbett, chairman of the board of stewarts of the First Methodist church.  He also recalled pleasantly his days at Southwestern University of Georgetown, where his brother, Dr. S. S. Munger of Marlin, is a member of the Methodist choir.

The new pastor was presented to the congregation by Rev. E. L. Ingrum, presiding elder of the Marlin Methodist district.  Rev. Munger paid tribute to outstanding pastors of the church who had preceded him in the pulpit of the Marlin church.

At the evening hour, Rev. Munger spoke on "the Spirit of Christ."  No services were held Sunday night at the First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches in order that members of these congregations might join in welcoming the new Methodist pastor to Marlin.

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