, 1879-04-28


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lnXcrsoll had delivered Ills lecture on Tho Mla-
takes Of Moses" Rabbi Dlcn preached scrn,on
to his cuuufeaation 10 show that t,nhcrt ,nn,1c
tbo ,rt.tnko, NM, rrt N,... D.. ,.t. A.
,ae ~, t''etaNes anu not Moses. tor th's mo
Hnonl among o'hcrs WIS tnaao the tarEct uf tha
Cot0ncl's snrcasm 10 his lecture Oh "Skulls,n
which tho Kabbl took ~ muct, to
heart as he lid tho colopcl's irreyer.
e''t hau(!'ng u Tue hIble. ito was
aaaa,e al il III. ane.nun w theories, lie wrote @
n lecture entitled "Lyinr Made En.y,' showing
how lucsrsot tlt,l not stick to tic truth In his
snrcaatlc Fcnlashs' fc"anS ''"' '1e l''hh1
Thousands who would like to SEQ ingersoll
ntnihilntcd could not bo accommodated In Ills
synagoruc, corner Of Second au, sfay streets,
'"op' i''cH io"'e1 .t"fs' - ,.. w ,s.,. ~.
battlefield Oil, Which h!s ahSeFsary uca't JUS
blows. But for Some cause or Other M tho t,e-
1icvcra In tho Bible lid not turn o'!t When INC
.coolc, Including three reporters, III tlIr ynat
auditorium, and before tho lecture was oil DE-
lvcvcd, only half t1ozcn or so besides tlle rs~
por,ers remained. ...,
Tint il wns moro pruRahla to servo llle Devil
thu, the Lord, applying It to thu microscopic
nudenco on this occasion untt thu Hlmonsc
crowd that went to hear lila adgcrsary's lecture
jHkt H1tl(lAT, ~ WIS ln interesting GuEhllSHt tE
saii, to :niilltons Of prople whetIer Thy Bible
was true or wrong. Most people had learned
To love nrd cherish it nnd value It as the true
Word ri (lod Now cutncs n ,nnn WHO tells
them ttlAt there was not word VI truth IN y,
mil TINT they must no longer believe III It..
SIncu nunu of our lcnrncl men hal taken uDt!lc
gauntlet t1lat this n,an threw down, lio thought
Il 10 bc his duty to ta!so up the challenge ind
make batt!u for truth mud religion lie could
no longer fetnain mute mid allow the
Moly Word 10 bc wrcstcd from ih.n.
as ''' mueh s' o. mun's life Is
worth 10 doubt the sanctity Of the Bible. But
times have changed a thoasanas oex or -
through, thu miro nl distoria It's t,ost bcAuti.
full 1,a1sngcs to suit his aclfsh pttrposcs Last
Sunday ,lle CoioHel matlc a,! attnck upon bin
anl upou big brother, Dr. Wiso, i.' c'acinnatl,
who takes tint man for fool would bc sally
disappointed. lie stood to-dny foremost nn,oug
tile Jewish expoundars Of the lsibla, .nn'l knew
moro In hts little |ugsr tlaa Col. 1ngs.soll Ia Il,
,ucpt s I'll tiat was I,ally translated. iIo himself
admitted that over 100000 mistakes wore in
tho copy ho used. No shystcT lawyer
was not currcet. Ifc thought II ,nuel, more be-
coming to talk Of serious things In 4 serious
manner, and he must therefore be excused Tor
not making hts audience laugh as did tue other
lEttRfET, lult 3nrEfEutl 6Hlls uE Guu1A HEll9 y
book Us good as tic Biblo himself, AMI about
5000 laughed bolstcrously. and appaudod that
stupid remark. 1Ic could not seo wl,ore the
lnugn came in. Il was not the reinark itself
tim. caused tho hilarlty, BIT the NJ 1erls OF the
ITo would quote Two sentences--ono from tho
old Testament, mud one from the New-whIch
noitlgr Iugcrso!l nor any otller inidel could
make sport Of; 1le tlrst ono was lang AS. Gon +,
a,Sl !he other, though rather queer for u jew
s lonss pHa 70 IL lie Whole hama Ias5 That was tic
Lords praycr,w"our Father .. who .o,,,t.9 art ~
uassarca csnnot be- dcnic1 nor made sport Of.
While hc wns Watching last Sunday. over two
wounded hoarts, from this very platform he
was naiigned and traduced by a man who
would trtiio With the i4oisest subjects. Though
him vindlcatt himself, yet ho fclt sure l,o had
thc whoe civilized world on Ills shle. There
were to-day as tnany i3ibles read as "Errors Of
Msa oss' on and 4 skasI ao euy ' to seeaTfa aspan S a
n,lstnkcs tn.t RohcrL nlat'o by .us!ng
q fnlao OF imperfect translation Of the
Dible. A fnau who cunr1ot read the Dlblo In
the Original language Is not able to comment Oh
wh!tc tho Translation traplics something entirely
tlIiIcreut, Fur example, the first word in Gcnc-
sta was In Hubrew, "ncreshcs," which ie traus-
lated In English, "fn the bcginntng.h Now tic
word docs not Mcnn III tnu DcE'nhhE, at oil.
Il menus at the lead," and Is also translatcl
as "tlrmumcut II and "nrct,," or "losnc.n
The fact is, "0od created the heavens and tlle
carti,N and this truth Of this no one could deny.
Il mnttcrs not WHEN lie created, or how long It
Took lin, to creste it. All the rcst after sliat
scntcnco WAS murcly explanatory. lie took UP
n ullnlbor Of other sentences that wero per-
ycrtrd bY Iugcrsoll, and Eayo their proper ex-
pianattons, Hs heart, he said, was sick at
iii the Infamous lies told BY Ingcr-
soil, nnd il would tnke moro titne
than he had to paco them all
in tho propcr light. lie called 1ngersoll an In
would stick to 1t. That man said tlln& the
Bible contained slot worn aoout women tna1
was ot ~ iGtt @ ,'n,..r ,,,tnrut vhnaown,