Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-18
NIGER SOILS ADDRESS AT HIS
BROT'HER'S GRA We

known for his robust disbelief in the
Christians God and tho doctrine Of an
immortal life. With all the eloquence
OF his strong nature he has upheld that
cold nogation against the public scnti.
mont Of the religious world nor have
tie advocates Of the Christian doctrine
found in him an easy or desirable op.
ponent to be ovorthrown in controver.
: sial encounters. When, therefore, a
sharp personal bereavement overtakes
such man--an inevitable experience,
sooner or later, for all OF us-the pub
lie naturally takes an interest in his
behavior under afiliction il desires to
. know what, If anything, he has to say
concerning this unacceptable fate which
is still, to the greater part Of the
world, Christian or infdcl, profound
mystery. Most of us believe, or pro-
fess to believe, the sublime realities
taught by Christ, and emphasized,
years after his departure, by Paul but
not all, in or out of the churches, seem
to comprehend the eternal laws and
principles OF the sublime doctrine on
which the Christian church was ionnh.
ed, or to realize that these laws pre az
much in force to-day ns they ever
were. Col. Ingersoll, who rejects alike
the modern and ancient evidences, and
believes in this briet and troubled lite
sbaten NJ tho f;rs, rad;cai tr;aI
His dearly loved hro,her 70 dad and
Colonel Inoersoll oddrossad h;s c.;onds
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,ha". yVnu ."o present !, ~ .errlolo
sneH,9 snous'., oous seyeu, anu pu' Paruy con
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noMe,'i.ana w., Lo.n 'n's ~ ID .no notable .nlng
sua' ,. penoa.h ,ne naruy eA.erior OF
Yno .suPors',.,o" rcpuuiaung Soiohei
nssetsoi' WIZ ~hom tne puphe is
iainillar, tnere Is another iar more ten
oer ana pelieying individual HIS
u tn,nu y aa,s ~ N a STATE 9i conllict, W nat
~ ,n sa,u, Is new ana nner revelation
.nan ne nau before maze, OF an ocean
aePVn OF tenderness ana love that
l'a. nuaves al unseen oeheath the rugged
l'iomon.ory oa sne atneistic y hIQnI vWnich
ly beautiful address, so full of love for
his departed brother, reveals stormy
conflict in the depths of that inner sea-
1t is an evident conflict between two
opposite forces the resolute spirit, on
the one hand, to stand, like man, by
the proclaimed doctrine of his lifa--
the belief that has scorned the assumed
weakness OF leaning on any faith in a
future life, and swept all such tendon
cies into the domain Of superstition"
and the still, small voice, on the other
hand, which no liie-training and no
philosophy can silence, arising in the
shadow OF great afiiiction, speaking
calm and clear in the inner soul the
proclamation of the reality Of a higher
and grander lie, as the destiny OF all.
For "there is natural body, and there
is spiritual body" 1--WE are troubled
on every SIDE; we are perplexed, yet
not IN despair.
Paul possessed the clear vision which
showed him not only spiritual realities,
but their laws and principles. Hence,
alter shis eyes were once opened, he
might be perplexed and troubled, but
ho was never IN despair. He saw
lie beyond tins. But Coi. lngersoiii IS
not only troubled, but unable to see
any evidence OF future life; all this
splendid individual consciousness, this
knowledge OF the beautiful world
around us, this enjoyment OF the spirit
OF lmmeasurable love, this perception
oi the infinite universe OF other worlds
to which we may asplre-all, as he
thinks, is TO DC exunguished with the
mere insect nash oi nus hie. his
gloomy doctrine, ana also the irrepres-
slole spirit oil spiritual consciousness
OF something more and better than
this, are both shown IN this striking
passage from his address
Lille Is the narrow vale between
the cold and barren peaks Of two eter-
mites. we strive 10 vain TO look be.
yond the heights. we cry aloud and
the only answer is the echo OF our
waning cry. FROM tne Voiceiess ips
Oh the unrepiylng dead there comes no
word, but IN the night OF death hope
sees star ana listening love can near
the rustic ola wing. de whosleeps here,
when dying, mistakIng the approach
OF death ior the return OF heaitn, WINS
pered with his latest breath, u am
better now Let US peheve, IN spite
OF DOUBTS ana dogmas ana tears ana
fears, that these dear words are true oi
all the countless dead.
ms Is out the vaguest, most unsao-
stantiai KIND oil q hope, that uia rise
against despair how insuhcient ~ Is
to sustain those who are IN aifiiction
was painfully SHOWN at TINS innerai,
where one iady OF the iami,y iainted
at the grave, ana another mad 70 De
torn away from the grave after II was
covered What a painful proof oil the
inability to discover the spiritual reaii-
ties all around us ! Ana of such pain
iul but TOO common scenes, as true an
ulterance has been made by the New
YORK preacher, Talmage, as was ever
spoken;
THE way Out Of this world is SO
blocked up with collin and hearse and
underiakers SPADE ana screw driver,
That II is almost Impossible ior inc
napplest passage IN al nus history.
We put olack ins'eaa oi wn''o On .ne
place Wbero tDe goou man gains MS