Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-06-22
The Unitarians W.. IngersOll.

From the Hartford Times.
In H ,rtford, recently, Rev. John,
c. Kimball spoke Us follows:
take my text, this evening, from
the 18th chapter of 1st Corinthians,
part of the 31st verse:
""And yet show unto you more ex-
cellent way"
Some of you, the past week, have
been listening to lecture of Colonel
Ingersoll. the eloquent apostle of
atheism and unbelief. Do not start
and be afraid at the charge! I am
not going to bring out any of those
old racks and thumbscrews that the
Colonel has so graphically described; !;
not going to derounce you for hear
ing or him for speaking the views
thai were presented. I am glad
that You wentA There is at least one
branch OF the Christian church
which believes in, and which prac-
tices, a liberty of opinion, = liberty Of
speech, and q liberty of hearing, as
bfUad. and deep, and full as any
thing which the lecturer has plead for
himself.
Colonel Ingersoll, I suppose, is
the most thorough-going aud pro-
nounced sceptic that has ever pre-
sented himself before an American
public. To him, indeed, there is no
God of any kind, either good or bad;
no soul, no future state, no immor-
tai life; nothing but flesh, and blood,
and skulls here, and O great blank
Of the grave beyond. In many of
his lectures he is flippant, superficial,
unjust; he does not present the
strongest argument even against re-
ligion; does not fathom, or voice the
the deepest doubts and questionings
of our own time. There is many
Christian minister, many a youth
full student, in spite of the great
conventional truths of the gospel.
who, out OF his own wrestlings and
strugglings and questionings, could
teach him tricks of scepticism and
arguments against religion such as
he has never begun to dream of yet;
and when it comes to construction,
comes to giving anything in the
place of faith, anything that will
help US in solving those great prob
lens Of life, of the universe, all
around US as we we'll know, he is
utterly futile and worthless. And
yet, in spite & all these things. in
spite Of all these frailties Of bis, /
believe that he il doing an impor-
tant, and, in very many respects. q
divine work; I belive that he is
taking . position 10 which, in some
measure ii least. he has been called
by the Great SPint Of ell. There
are many. very many. things in his
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