The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-10

His Audience Kept Ronrina with Laughter
by His STORYTELLING,

Gilmoros Garden presented n strange
spectacle last evening Tho section whore the
lions and tigers used to he exhibited was hlled
with chairs while the platform from which the
negro baby show had been given was reserved
for tho lecturer. About 800 persons occupied
the first dozen rows of seats. while the less for
tunato purchasers of 5O-ccnt tickets. to tho
number Of POO. were scattered along the far-off
edges of the amplitheatre. At "a quarter
past 3 Col. 1ngcrsoll mounted the platform,
threw his hat aud coat in one corner. and
began. His lecture WAS largely repeti-
tion of the previous one on The Liberty Of
Man. Woman. and Child" but contained some
new points which greatly delighted the au-
dcnce. Every American. he said. had the right
ot guessing EuGrnnteed t9 him iy the Constitu-
tOn. and n" considered himself MS comprtant
To- guess AS any. man who could be hired TOR
that purpose. Laughter and applausel Bc-
CAUSE Smith. Jones, and Brown built achurrh
II didn't civ" them the right to think Tor the rest
of the community. The men in aivqnre We're
always called hrretcs. The men behind were
invariably orthodox. II he must have teachers.
let them be people who hnyc the cheerful habit
of living in the present The grave was not n
throne. nnd dead man WIS not a king.
The gentleman who padded about IN dug.out
1000 years ago believed ia hell. He believed
II II even moro irmy than the editor OF thu
New York Md,psndeut who, in arer,nt issue,
said that he believed N nell and was glad Of II.
lLHughtcrl The gentleman in the dug-nut be-
lrNrd IN "A devil. because. u there WAS not ono,
how could you mus' such fine pictures Of him.
ANA il was singr.ur in't that while everything
else had PROGRESSED thet q yin : been patrnt-
ahlc Improvement ON that drvil IN i.UOO years.
What right has u man." the COnn" conin-
urd. Wiping his face with his ip"k't 'thandk.r-
chief AMI i.esticu'atinglv Nnhpmsntlv. what
rig has man W th IL. n. a'ked 20 his name
TO do my thinking Tor me- Why U : world was
not m ior gentleman to live In ilftv vcursagC.
The lecturer gnvr "a vivid description of the
horrors of the Sabbath under the old regime
derrd and turned palH under the loathSome
dissertations on hrll-nre which had nisgrigrd
the pupits of that day. He described in "a man
n"r which Kept the huus" in a continual roar II
laughter III" teachings Of Puritan divine Of
his native town Oh thi. subject. Little boys"
TINS venerable j. u. WIS wont 70 say. II once
from son' distant pl3nvt and curry on grain
of sand IN It's bill and Ut the end oi another
thousand billion years was 10 come again and
carry on another grain oi sand. be- would have
cnrtel oil th" en- re- earth before II was sun-np'
IL HE'LL Then. after the day : agony WAS done,
u tLoy had heen very. very good. their parents,
es % reward. would ik" them down 20 that nice.
cheerful place. The village grlVayard
who acted Us though thrv believed that the
saviour. when hs said. Suffer halle oh ldren TO
'ni" INTO me-. had "a raw hide concealed about
bus person. ant only wanted io roaX them With
"a roach ut %. Even when they do not h'lt
their or~prinE. fhry llf to aud de'eiv" them.
and lh"n expect them to tell the truth. The lrc-
Y plds. VI .ch. Iue chlt'- ilthrr and mother
hU' promised e. tak' IT riding with III M the
n"N time they went ont Weeks passed 1. and
sun the pfpmisr Was uItu llillNI. Al length one
gui'tly oui of tho rnar OF the house. got into
tneir cHrriaEH. and drove away. As they were
going out they pfSs"o th" front ptlzza on
winch the child was standing with his nurse.
Tn" ttlo fellow looked up into th" nurses lace.
pointed t. his departing parents. and said
There go the two d-dest liars IN Grand