, 1879-04-05
INEERSOLL'S LECTURE.
Tic 7Ilaston Of Col. 1iolert q. In9orao1l.
II iht Editor At The TttLnnd.


TIC H'lfsl"n OF Col. Nouert O' lngeraon'
T" he Editor n The Tribune.
NArEnviL1.E, ILL.,, April n.-lour correspond.
cut, &c. Nh in your Iasuc Of March 70, takes
~" :, ,o.,r for str,Im, Ar. 1nrcrsnl,,s sunday
,oa ~ va" ~ e'ts .n' 4u.Iasu o .,"', ,,'
lecture on "oses fo'ear III" n'Ppant." h"'
l'o lays him orcn to even scrcter criticism.
lIe saws:
Your porsona1 on!nion womb bs In n,ncc II Il
were nccessary fur van to riyc II 10 ins nut,;c
tn prevent wrnur moral teaehtng. AZ lung as
ys ss ssss ssn .oSy ny s BE- fts d 6 s Il ss ss q
Docs nut tic fellow know that tho so.callcd
Is ,roral ,cnchtnpn mud thc nbcliefm 70 10.
oc,hcrl If m c,,t,nr Ia IN ose,,,no +, In a
s.'s s. .,.u ~ . s"No' 70 ~ a''.s''o ~ w
tcaeacr o. tlie prceeht hot3oh OF taosa's, nc
might as we'll bc n teacher of religion, for The
populnr uolion uf morals Is the o.lteroytlt Ut
thc eo-cailed revealed reltsiun No. I say,
a%'s OIL ntogc,lsr. cor yo,rse!i to n9%s
prevalent nuilnn not OF religion only, but Of
Inornls nls0. e. NJ. Ia guilty Ut hypocrttlcal
cant WHEN he ,l,nkcs snyillg e'atlsc In bel4lf
Of sos1!s o. ln orl .enss s,dI. lS nows - vel
anil bound, a,ut l,e,l III captivity by
lnws aIn! ordinances expressive Of Bo-cnl(-
cd tnornl ldeas, which havn ITO ullcr
basls tlmn Ro-calcl revcA!td religion
and ttlc public sentiment wtl.rl, l,as hpcn eilgun-
dcrea by That religion. In getting rid NJ the re-
ltriol VT wnnt to yet r!tl vi ali lis nrou, nil tic
nOit0ns, customs, hnhLtH, uiu 1nws which have
sp1ung frn,n It. Wlat III thu 11sc Nf l'suatrhlnE
the Old rnt II wc keen hur tnult!tntlftious kit
tenR1 II Is Nature n.ul haturnl laws VIZ havu
departed from, ai IL IL to Nature at.l ilrr laws
That We should return. @. n. Is b,.. u tinid
apostle III t1lis [.,slp.i Of Nature, ut,l sccu,s
,lupruIarptl wli!a Atugng away tho swur,l to
tlhig .t.u scubbartl after ii. lie would alug uway
t!u Bbc, which las fuiiercd md bound the pe.-
pie and held then, tt, captiytv by st-callcd du-
ties; hut tor fear u nlnslIg pious souls lie
would hold on to tho fcttcrs anil to she uutua
SILL Col. lnge1su1a, tir prophet Of this Gospel
OF Nature, iR d bn!4igr spIrlt, us WORTHY III isIe
great work he has undertaken. Give us the bows
Ut to-day, let us huyp 4 stuvIp geuc5utiun ,l,-
truiNed in tl,u notIUns inylllcatel by so-callcd
revealed religion, n,,tl |. Is ull TINT VIC ssk
1hefu Is not n liw ct the land eua1ayiur The
natural impniscB Ut tho ,,,,,nAD heart Tint Jocs
not owe til cx,ste1lre tn The trnujn. ucn have
rcrciyctl In The prcrcpts OF ,hu eo-called
rcyru1ru religion, 4 sl,alo generation,
twenty or thirty yrnrs. with Tho UIblu
under o,,r feet, anI tl1rsu etslnyInr lnws would
l,asg under our feet also, Il nun abuses Or III.
xuits me, md shuut hlm down prcortlinr 10 tho
natlirnl Innllse Of every human heurt, TlIe inv
cals tint 1T murder. arul iIIr inv nront,scs to
hnnr o jnr H.. Whpre lid st,ct, n Inv prItinntn
hut in lin 1lttl, ar in snnn Mhrr firm nj rriir-
inn rMtnnt. liz tro1Iiiitns frnm lin H;Giri 4 m",,
Ina n,nrc tf,nu hta sharu of tic rood thlnrs of
this world. u,uI. as liz IA loo much at nitr In
lnouf"r lin Z ~ ;rnr" ira" ho a.snrrns Nn.
IL" fnts nti. ti,nt rt,..w o,,i. ,.",r,n, q. H.,