The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-02-07

Col. II. G. INGERsoLL lectured In
ChickerIng Hall, New York city, on last
Sunday evening to an immense audience,
and hundreds were turned away be-
cause they could not even ind "stand,
Ing room" The audience Mas "inteli.
gent and refined" says the report OF
the lecture, and for quarter OF an hour
before the lecture ''Rev. DIR. Sidney A.
Car.y's son kept them In good humor
with polk as aud other profsne selections
on the organ" When the room had
been closely packed in every part, and
quiet was secured, then the big infdel
appeared with q huge bundle Of manu-
script. which proved to be scriplurs aud
theological quotations. In the course OF
his re'aarks Col. Ingersoll said:
J he idea of hell was torn OF revenge
and brutality on one side, aud OF coward
ice Oh the DINER. The American people
are too brave, too generous, too may
nauimOus, to belieie In the Internal dog.
ma Of eternal damnation. lApplause1.
have no respect TOR any human being who
believes in IL. Laughter]. / have no
respect Tor tue man who breaches II, Tor
the man who pOllutes The imagination Of
childhood with the Infamous lie. Zap
plaueel. have no respect tor the man
VINO would thus add to the sorr0ws OF
the world. want to be tree and frank
with you. hate the doctrine; | desp Use
and defy the doctrine. [Applause]. For
agOod many years the intelligent and
learned of ChristendOm have been ex.
aiming the religions OF the countries,
and Of those that have passed away, and
intelligent and learned men have said
that they were all baseless and fraud.
ulent. When they got through they
turned to Christianity. By the same
methods and arguments that religion
will be overturned In our day. Why
Because every religion Is and has been
the work OF man, and every book has
been and L. the work OF man. II books
existed before man, he might pdmit
there was second volume. Man never
had and never will have an ioea, except
what he gets from his surroundings.
Nothing on earth comes from any other
sphere whatever. Man produces every.
thing. Every religion Is the embodle led
belief OF the people who existed at the
time OF Its formation, and In no book Is
any knowledge superior t0 that of the
time when 1t was written.
Hayingdlsposed Of the Bible, and pro.
claimed every religion dishonest that is
sustained by miracles, the lecturer said /:
ave have got In this country relig,
ION that has been growing for 1880
years. and a that religion has grown
small men have grown great as men
have ceased to believe In 1t they have
grown charitable II that religion ex-
. Isted tonight az 1t once did, would not
be djlOwed to speak In the city OF New
York. Applause. 1t is through The
GOODNESS and inhdelity of the church
that I ret my right to speak, and I say
Il 10 70 che church's credit" Laughter. l
In conclusion Col. IngerLoli "took up
religion, denying every thing In his we'll.
known pungent STYLE" says the report
Of his lecture. "but saying little that
wss nsw." The Bible he put as 1.-THE
ioundaEion Of hell, and bell would never
b dIsposed OF tiIi the inspiration Of the
scsiptnrss Was" The lecturer read
from ths Bibls, commenting anil ap.
plause and laughter. 1.-THE audiences was
plainly 10 sympathy with the speaker.
opplanding BIZ most ultra ssyings and
lsaghing h his blssphsmy,"