The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-09
[ngers0ll or the Bblel-Letter from
General Geiger. Of Columbus.

Colonel Ingersoll, which have attracted
large crowds. and are intended to bring .
the Bible into disrepute and slur the
Christian religion. The world is wicked
enough with the restraints they impose,
and with their influence hanished heaven
From such glonmv period spare me and
mine. The valient Colonel has undertaken
a heavy conirac, when he attempts to over
throw, because he cannot understand and
explain, the works and duings of Jehovah.
There are mysteries before his natural
senses every day. Can he tell how the
sun was made and planted in tie heavens,
the planets whirled in their courses, the |
blades of grass shaped and colered. or the
the sands scattered on the shore? And yet
he criticises the doings Of the Creator and
scons at his lack of wisdom in not employ
ing such instrumentalities in producing re-
suits as would have been proper in the
eyes Of this profound Sucker"
1t was perhaps mistake Of the AL
mighty" that Colonel Ingersoll was not
co-existent with him prior to the creation
of the universe so that he could have been
consulted as to the plan. and from his pro-
life mind have made suggestion as to the
material to be used and machinery neces-
sary to give it harmoious action, and thus
mortals.
Thousands congregate to hear Ingersolrs
infidel preachings because they long to get
all the encouragement and comfort they
con to disregard the divine law. They
pine to believe with as much certainty as
they to- o-morrow's sun will rise, that there
10 no hell; no immortality; no God; that
the Rible il farce, and its supporters
fools; that death is total annihilation, and
, we need no chart beyond ''eat, drink aud
be merry" and throw the reins of indul-
gence over the necks of our vilest passions
and sppetites. 1t a dangerous doctrine.
If tere is no future of rewards and punish
mente, one thing is certain, the believer in
the Bible will be safe with Ingeroll and
3 his follwers, because none can perish; bu,
, If tbe Bible is true the faithful Christian
, wili be saved, and it will be we'll for In.
gersoll and his disciples il there is no hell
Daniel Webster once said, II would moi
: give o baubee for God can understand
because it would show he was no greater
e than l." He believed without being abls
I to comprehend the Infinite. The might
4 lest intellects snd best men of the Natior
!, and world have faith in the Bible. NJ
man ever died sorrowing that he was 1
. Christian, ard had followed the book tot
closely, while thousands have agonizet
n that they disregarded its teachings. Wher
: ever il is made the rule of human conduct
- man is happier, nobler, better. Its reigl
is the truest elements and evidence of tn
civilization and refinement of nations; an,
he assumes fearful responsibility VIII
= teaches that il should be trampled unde
II foot as combination of absuRdities AM
II lies; concocted to frighsen the crsdulou
N and simid. When Colonel Ingersoll al
8, serts that the religion Of the Bible ha
4 drive men into insanity. he states what b
70 cannot establish. Men have became Q
l. the memory of their misdeeds, when view
u ed from Christian standpoint, but neve
the full adoption Of the doctrines of th
ie Savior. They make man "wise unit
i salvation" and there is no man more san
W than true and devoted follower of Mel
o. siah. No person can truly follow HE tes
10; chings and example without being &
in peace with himselfe and false to nobody.
in As substitute for the God Of the Bib
- who COLONEL Ingersoll demolishes,
e gives his grand Deity, Free thought. B
% this new divinity every body is to seje'
'e the God of the Bible and, in the e,
~ ercise of his personal independence, es!al
VA lish God to suit himself and frame OF
!" according to his individual judgment
eS what q God should be. II this doctrine
's to govern, we should have as many CO.
" as we have people. Gods would be thicl
- er than blacUberries, and not half so us
~ full. We should all worship imaginary b
- ings of our own creations and, as the Gre
- tor is greater than the creature, each ol
'se would adore mental formation more il
" significant than the nindthat gave it Dirt
>" Such doctrine is at war with CONNIE
NC sense and absurd, and confirms the scri
60 tural truth;
he
'The fool hath said in his heart there is no God
ed In reading about the triumphant of I
n gorsoll in his infidel crusade, my mind go
Dts back many years to my boyhood, and
re memory domes up the Christmas day VIII
We my dear mother gave me my first Bib
Is, On the inside of the covering was firm
,ss fastened this poem. I have the Bible a,
ng the verses firm there yet:
Remember boy who gave the this
w When other days shall come,
When she who had thy earliest kiss
Sleeps in her narrow home;
Remember twas mother gave
The gift to one she'd died to save
~ "That mother sought pledge of love,
"a, The holiest, for her son,
lv And from the gifts Of God above
or She chose goodly one,
or And gave TO her beloved boy
ma The source Of light and life and Joy.
y And bade him keep the book, that when
NJ The qarting hour would come
~, They might have faith to meet again
In an eternal home
=: She said her faith In that would be
Sweet incense TO her memory.
ice "And should the scofer in his pride
90, Laugh that fond faith to scorn,
ta- And bid them throw the book aside
60 Which he from youth had borne,
IL She bade him pause and ask his breast
~, If he or she had loved him best.
ic;
it "a parents blessings on her son
oil. Gods with the sacred thing,
The love that would retain the one