Introduction

Biography

Leander was the son of Da­vid Mun­hall and Abi­gail Rice Moore, and hus­band of Ma­ry Em­i­ly Tho­mas.

He at­tend­ed Chat­ta­noo­ga Uni­ver­si­ty (MA), Tay­lor Uni­ver­si­ty (DD), and the Uni­ver­si­ty of New Or­leans.

During the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, Mun­hall en­list­ed in Com­pa­ny C, 79th In­di­ana Vol­un­teer In­fan­try. He was pro­mot­ed to cor­por­al, ser­geant, col­or bear­er, ser­geant ma­jor and re­gi­ment­al ad­junct, and is said to have tak­en part in 33 bat­tles.

Munhall did a fair amount of mov­ing: In 1850 he was still in Zanes­ville, but he was in Mill Creek Town­ship, Ohio, by 1860; In­di­an­apo­lis, In­di­ana, by 1880; and from 1910–30 he was in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

• Shortcomings of Prof. Mil­ton S. Ter­ry, 1863
• The High­est Cri­tics vs. the High­er Cri­tics, 1892
• Redemption Songs, with John Swe­ney, Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick & John Lowe (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889)
• Anti-High­er Cri­ti­cism; Or, Tes­ti­mo­ny to the In­fal­li­bil­i­ty of the Bi­ble, 1894
• Furnishing for Wor­kers: A Man­ual of Scrip­ture Texts for Chris­tian Wor­kers (Ea­ton & Mains, 1895)
• The Lord’s Re­turn and Kin­dred Truth (Ea­ton & Mains, 1895)
• Inspiration, 1899
• Songs of Wor­ship and Grace (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: E. & R. Mun­hall, 1900, 1904)
• The Word and the Work, 1902
• The Chat­ta­noo­ga Cam­paign (Loy­al Le­gion, Com­man­de­ry of Penn­syl­van­ia, 1902)
• The Con­vert and His Re­la­tions
• Breakers! Meth­od­ism Adrift, 1913
• Resurrection
• Methodism and Bib­li­cal Cri­ti­cism, by Milt­on S. Ter­ry
• Integrity and Au­thor­i­ty of the Bi­ble
• Views of Cri­tics of the Pen­ta­teuch Com­pared
• Kenosis