St. Landry democrat., 1878-12-21
A COlOred orator.
WADEs INTO COLONEL BOB INGERSOLLs :
TENETS WITH CONSIDERABLE SPIRIT
HE STICKS TO THE: RIB AND THE ARK.
ICOulu. .ouIiltii.

culure.l people, who have discussed III
teuets and arrived ut the truth, IN spit
Ol the tact that COL IngtrSoII i,a grr;,
matur, and, what Is more, IL staunc
RspuUlicali.
Il lew Years ago an old, whitr-ll llaire,
cuiUretl man, known Ills Uncle jim JunII
Sul,, Ielt that he was suniuiuiitu to ll
sr.> .cc OF his Maker. lie accui.ilng,,
uu.l,h.d up " ii.IL lcarnlug he n.ui, ST.
am ut The ulIgrnt sIuLy OF the Sc,p
lures aud lI;l, 1T late brtn holding l,Ill
10 Il al,iai congregation III IL prINal,
liuusc. Unclc Jim /, Il unique gctiiao II
Ills way, and his Interpretation OF tn
Scriptures Is both novel ANA li,ttrcSlin Z
Vest. idAy he preached nu Hell an.
Mu>cs," auh trIc,l 10 stein the curIcn
m unhciiet which Coiuric Bob hat,
started alnnug IL few OF Uncle Jim,
hearers. ime coiored orator took 10
his text t, Q .)as~agt fl 'nI Luke, " came
10 send tire upOn til" eartn.'
You hdh All Ub you heard, said he
cob Ms>s.l Bu, lngcrsull, vino did rigli
snarU tor dc culiId people III dr rchti
lion, for which | glus INN my friicia
tluu. Dat is one good SPOT III Mt>>t In
gtrs0Irs life. Bnt, you str II aln gwiut
To- do for us to hc posed upon i'y tines,
ii..e l.d ;Iu ttluI5 % his ul dc Sacrei
forum 90 religion. Wc'se got to let Il,
politics slip out an reason about de mai
ter Ike men 1T cElciIai,. We must lt
uui ftrllu> slip ar0Iluu ish,>t in pick II
sieplnt> 90 lell2l"n, which IL d 4lt "i
Ju>ll> himself. | btItb dar's SOME ul
You UaikIcS here tu-nlGIt .lat 8 been
stlrkin up to MH~>a l}ub'> rtil-lon.
has my ..Jrnn y"I nov. tell y"u now
as | snakes my finger ut you, dat yOii =,
sliding down de hill into de PIT Oh bel
fire , AN uiittss suiiItt,OdS catches you US
tie cumllaiI lUtl Sc gone nigstrS. | has
son now ny de ruat-tlll Hul.IiHg you
ir,n dc burning pli II ynu lun nriie,
what ST gWIie t" >"y, Let 5 5ni slip.
Y"u needn't Try |" '>ulde ynur>rivts III
lnur pride amt vanity uf spirit iLt deere
ain. no hell. Wny secs de flames CIR
ella aud swO,ptn aroun JOu now like
IL hungry huzzaid.
Mass, lngrrAull IN his lecture on He'll
aud Muses cnnlplalns oh de lack ut
science in dem days. What for de-,
want science den I What did dey al,
want wid our 'vapuratlons, 'lrctrcity
and sich 'vtnli"ns ut ile day =? VI, caast
We wiiiles away de time III scItutltic>
aud sicii. an We cant do without 'cn.
But dry hiim't have no use for slcll i'll
srrunients way back yOuder III dc dark
ntSs ob dc past.
lures Il chile had tu git up TWO pigentis
for lie sacrifice, an, desc here pigeons
went tn de three priests, au' dat each Oh
DE- parsons would hlb to eat two hundred
de fowls. Now yuu knows, you WlciuHl>
niggers, dat It's long as de priests lE,n
plenty uh cullud semncn to wait Oh dr
table dat deere WIS no danger Oh ut
priests eatin' too much.
He says in his speech at de Op'ra
Huuse, dat IL finite don't hah de pellsis-
sion TO commit h sin against dc Infinite
Now dat'S nOnseiIse nu de face Oh it.
You 60 out in de street an' take IL raznr
an cut somh0dy's throat. ii you ain't
got ne purticularity about you, JUS you
try once an you'll be rested by de police
H.aR ah' scented bOfOrc Massa Judge
Dnpuy. 'Spose de Judge says to you,
"Sanbn, is you guilty or not guilty -
becase you'se Infinite and I'se ii ti,lite."
Would de Juge be likely to say, Take
IL harp an 90 your ways"
All We needs, my bredrrn, is tO 'vesti-
gate tle subject, and we sees now dc
pnth C0nnei has been posed upon. H..
tries tn 'suaie people dat Eve wan t mutte
outnb Adams rib. How was SHE made
drn2 Did slie grow from de grn,n'?
Here sle am; now what you gwlnc to
do wild dc pNah crItter? M,iss. Bob
says bank rnbber got one nb lr silbei~
plated i,arps, becallse he had faith in de
rih. Dun't de Scriptures says dat If ii
man isab de faith, he can walk up wild ali
de angels, sllnah You ain't 80 foolish,
niggers, Az To think dat jesus has de
time or de 'natu,pto to spy int" "aIl al man's
DE man dat tells de Lord to bis fcce dat
he don't belieh in d. rib, Ties tie Al
mighty, and he'll is too gn,nl fur him.
wants now to call your 'tentinn tu de
flood an de ark Massa lngersolI, ie do
old NM,r injnsiice. He says he war not
married when he was five hundred years
oia. Now dat wa'nt Nm.i'> blame. He
couldn't help hisStlt. Anyhow; Nner
war slrn what you might specify Il yunng
fs.iier. He Want as old as de young
men nh twenty to-day. De Bible didn't
say nufiiug ahuut his slnnkin' ,let :
vile cigtrs. nor ',luIgin' In tnxcltin'
drinks, nor fmliu' viii bad girls, an ear
ryln' an like de sport g,nislirn ,tn now.
DE fac Is, brptlren, dat Nner didn't lah
de 'cllitles dat We lab. Case why
Well, he cn,lltln't put IL n,tice in de
paper sayin' he wanted to carry on wild
u girl, an de steamboats, wa,n't den
much 'caunt, an he couldn't tr.,ei.
Mass;s Bob ain't got nn revrence fan naf-
fling, brriirrn. He has dc 'lacity to 'sert
tlat .tr 'count oh tle food il IL liz. He
nsrs tigaefs. Whicsi ynu all knows is dc
biggest liars IN de wnrld, to nrove dat
il rained seven hundred feet el,ery day.
Well, sl,nse it ii,if Don't you spust de
Almighty kliawe.i what he was gwine
to ,tnls He had de flood ranged before,
hand; be had ,le water aIl cnniaIated on,
hand. OATS wllar he beat de. bad fell
lers and when cherry thing was ready.
be let de liquid 0oze out in lump an
it filled de earth. Now den you niggers
betieb in Massa Bob it you has de
liacity.n ~