The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1879-04-23
THE PHOENIX HERALD.
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most essential requisites of manhood
-gentlcmanly instincts. trulhfulncsi
and mOdesty. He IS not a gentlema-
because he treats religion with scorn
ridicule and sarcasm, instead Of ar
gument A gentleman may reasor
calmly against religion, en,leavoring
to convince his voiaries (hat they ART
wrong; but the moment he subject.
them to ridiculc lie desccnds 10 Ia,
level of Il tlackguard. because there
is no other subject which most peo
pie dccm so sacred, and which thou
sands Of intelligent men and women
hold so dear, regard 50 tcndcrly, think
of so rcverentlv, as religion Sup
pose a man should announce & lee
ture on Ingersoll's Family" and
should pour out invictiye, ridiculC
and traduction for an hour on his wife
and dau yhter Would anyone blame
Iagrrsoll if he gave him a thrashimg
Would anyone pretend that such q
fellow was Il gentleman? Yet he
would be as well entitled to be 50
called as the man who ridicules that
which is to many dearer than house
hold treasures, and which they en-
shrine in the inner sanctuarics OF
their natures with all precious and
holy things. Let Ingersoll pour ont
argument if he can; let him reason
logically and dcccnlly. if he is able
ana the public viii respect him. how
ever much they may deem him mis-
taken; but his present method only
places him on 4 level with Dennis
Kearney. Both are orators lit is said
but both are hlackguards.
Ingersoll is not truthful, because
he willfully misreprescnts. He says
I'VE believe in three Gods" which is
not true As w2ll say we have three
governments because we have trinal
government, or that a man is three
men because lie has a triple nature,
as to say that those who believe in
trinal God worship three Gods. He
says "the ministers OF the day were
made from such members of fami-
ly as were believed to be unfit for
anything else" another untrUth
The Christian ministry viii compare
favorably, in point OF education and
intellectual power. with any other
class of people He says religion
had nothing to do With fact or
science, except to delay or incumber."
False again. More dicoveres have
been made by Christians than by
atheists. More scientific works have
been written by the friends of Christ
lianity than by atheists. More is be-
ing done for education by Christians
than by atheists; and by way OF con-
trast with The hundreds OF colicss en-
dowed and carried on by Christians,
Will Ingersoli tell US how many col
leges are conducted by atheists: He
says ''it is said God established po-
lygamy 5000 ysars ago Still false.
The original marriage established by
God, according to the bible, was mo-
nogamic. In time the marriage re-
lation became corrupted; b':t God
was not responsible for that any
more than lie Is for the rawlings of
Ingersoll. These are a few Of the
misrepresentation taken from the re
pertoire of this modern high priest Of
infidelity. y mce lot.
Ingersoll Is as void Of modesiy IS
of truthfulnoss and gcntlemanly feel /
ing. Thus he says that Moses did I
not write one word Of The PcntatcGch. /
Now from time immemorial the Jews
have ascribed most of these books to .
Moses. The protuundest Christian .
scholars who have made the bible
STUDY are almost unanimous in the
opinion that Moses wrote them, ex-
ccpt some additions by & later writer
And now, here comes The great sand
lot champion Of inidelity and brush
es aside all this study Of years with 4
single sentence. What sublime i'm
pudence Bob would do for 4 life
insurance agent. He has the check
for il However, it may be set down
IS a 'little mistake, eXcusable in Z
man who was not there, to know
what he Is talking about" lie ac-
uses Christians Of lack of intelli-
gence in believing that the world was
made outof nothing; but il he We're
lot wholly blinded by cgotism and
-anity lie would see that modern atie-
sic science is mere open to this
.hargc than Christianity, because
Christians trace everything back to Il
creative, intelligent pow
II, wniie the latest phase Of skepti-
al science traces all things buck by
| series of ovolutions to 4 primnrdial
germ. Now, whence came that germ
from God, OF nothing? No doubt /
Bob can tell. y man who can say
hat Moses didn't write = word Of The