New-York tribune., 1878-02-18

Colonel rngerso In the OF hts serm on be said
Huxley declaresthat there nothing outside of matter
that man Is only animated machine. Accept this and
YOU rule out all puDshInent for wrongdong. Yon even
rule out all right and wrong for You can't punlsi A
Can you name single hymn that infedclity has given ~.
single source Of eonsoaticn at the end OF fe No;
IN the face OF eternity, IL has nothing 10 give Joha
Stuart MLl--as pure man rs ever lyed-died Ia tue
TSSny Se most 'ps Blatant OF Of as ad oas q
weakest who is now speaking ~, n tsis city
no. minister AZ ts sO rys he SAID With tSs a anys
rhetoric OF which he Is MASTER We leave dead with
the stars. with the birds, with the whispering leaves
with the murmurDg waters go % the graves OF hose
whom love and say leave you to the care % Him
Who never slamoes The body is bsneats bat The soul
lives above with God Oh speak not OF inhieiiy. ia
cold pniosophes. its gloomy and hopeless outlook be.
yo1d this life Rather give me the Gospel OF Chrt with
Recently the very atmosphere has been peryaded by
doubts Of the future We preach the gospel because II {,
the only authoritative word about the utare Men now
are seeking TO take the rough edge OF truth fio the
neec6er and canon famar attack te orssssr sss we
rne OF future punishment they DO not 0eny that there
Yet II fhe Creek aoaios docs not mean syeras,n sSa
is word in that language that does. iou may ye Il
"a secondary moaning-for limited ume-Dut tue Gospel
meaning IL for ever and Tor ever.
METHODIST CLERGYMANs ANSWER
The Rev. 4. W. Ware OF the Hedding Methodist Epls.
copa Church, preached, yesterday morning. on the sub
iect: Colonel Robert g. Ingersol the Bbie-which- -
lie quoted frequently from the pamphlets which have
been sold Colonel Insersors lectures. lie said.
iHbcIsOil IL great deal
easier tear down house 70 build it up TO sian.
der than TO conduct sound argument Almost anybody
laugh and snccr and jeer and find some
body TO applaud IT, especially when ons posses",.
so GLIB tongue Robert G.. IngersoL IIs
is not an ordinary iBfde lie told clergy man recently
that he atheist, Oui and out and denied the ~
isencc OF a God an toto. e has made bold scandaiou,
attack all that dear tO our fathers and lie
has made vulgar attack the faith Of the Church m
the Gospel OF the Son OF God lie has uied 10
hush every prayer. ia public, IN the family and
Ia the closet. lie is man Of denias, not a
OF construction; he rODs but does not sup
piy ana yet he tells us that his doctrine 10 make
every happy ~ ne can De. What mas Bildely
done 10 bless mankind. To direct along PATTI
ways and TO inspire It with lofty ambitions! Here l.
sample OF his Misrepresentation OF TIE c1urcn. He says
the church teaches God has right to damn bee
he made them. This IL foul and scauddlous misepre-
sentaliOn Of the c.se. Toe chlrch makes no such
statement ana does not believe such thing Have you
not been taught from your childhood up tba TO
they have sinned against Cod uO because be has
claimed any sovereign right. This
charges the Bible with being the cansc of cruelty
and blOodshed wherever II - real EygTy tntell-
igeEt man knJws better than this The clergy
Bas been sanGered by nun as Ignorant and yIci0us.
His charge against the Bible Is one OF the most perfect
specimens cf ye ana aGdIciOi5 SANDER round IN toe
whole recOrd OF l. England CHARACTERIZED BY "
nOrance, cruelty aud vice Is Sc0tlandi Is Canada
Look upon our aBd-is 10 land Ol Ignorance and
tue foglest crime ever done, TO say that
the Bibe IL fuI OF tlc genius of al forms n
and w.ckeineSs. He must stand some day at tls
bar OF God. VINO made this Book. he Hast meet tIe
mothers of the children he has Hinei Aud the ShJu-
ders which boasts strong viii Dc too Weaz
up under the burdcn Oi tat day. cfaienxe tue
blatant Dde tq point TO convict on the gaOws ahJ
declared that he we'd his downfall 10 ILe Bible.