, 1879-04-07


nn'nc, n,na Volney. Tl,c breeze turned Into
hurricane OH tl.e fnlldol coast.
llat fnyhterious mower which wo call tho
Providence Of God las Invariably In its dealings
Ms tn The fabla when wo wcro All young. Nature
has always tried frat kind incans OF tcacl1ng or
puniehing. Size throws tufts Of grsss At flrst,
but II these arc 1aughed a. she throws stones
e o1ssas for the trst tltns Nature deals with
him kindly. A headache comes. But II tho
young t1,an laughs at these repsoofs anl Eoes
onward In hts vice, then this once kind muster
une fades, Ills .iniu is blasted, his friends dis.
own him, his 'llus0 falls to ruin, his eye Elnrcs
like .lmt Of a wild beast. Ills holly trcMblcs,
II dies. md Hell rcreiycs its wc'l.httcd
Ts Tsss o. nefe : sate one "a" iGr euren en p F1r
generations a patiuut Providence uses Ron.le
tneans aud II the Btata or tho Church does nut
rofurin Itself This Just, God rises In wrath MnA
hurls armies nt thu stubborn ofFcnlert, or com-
1'lal'ds the in'laels to rush IA md wake up thu
prfcsts atnrid with long carousut. OF IT, the
yolupOsllro Of Ignorance lnli concct. Thus
Nature aung tic intldcls against the French RI.
llrton. nntI tho Communists against the nwfnl
Justify, therefore, the iutlue or the Com'nuu.
tst! Dy no means In full, but In uart We lnust
forgive men whose extEctnc views hnvc bccu
created BY extreme wronEa, wlloso 1crisEyc
laughter has been largely created by the almost
the lnuRll souMas. And Furthermore VIC nro not
u seek always the virtue of the actor but sumo.
times VIC may seek the virlun os results.
When one thus looks over tho outspreaa lifc
of humanity Asnl marks Wflnt good retults hnvH
come from tic tlchato VI different nnds, tnarkH
tllnt without this free, purifying process there
llas been no good pro9rcss 10 nny form Of
thought, one cannot but feel that the addresses
any means All unn,txed evil. II any man could
so speak TINT tho public would believe ul hu
should sny, theiI the harm from selt public ora-
iions would be very great; but fn our day no
tnvt, tie public follows him With It's winnowlnH-
IAN Just as lie follows the speaking past, md In
the iihal outcome the public will doubtless be
found holdin1 Mr. lngcrsoll'A b truth, Without
holding bis striking crrUrs or Injurious nctise
disbelief. AS hu Sits the past this present silts
Ynu may wonder wkat can be meant by Afr.
ln.ersol's truth. Well, the real fact Is rlat he
lns set forth Iii his address, nnny valuable IDEAS.
It is true they arc ali found IN the Christian r.
lgion, but they have not been male sufficiently
prominent by the church Itself. In tic very
midst Of tile iutidel'a laughter tlltre nny often
he seep,a doctrine OF Christianity seI forth III
wonderful uiss1netnuss, for therc Is nothing SO
"Aiai,'s Words About uou's Worls'' Vic
rlltculcs The idea Of being savc.l without having
nny pessonnl merit, and then sara tint II llu
were. III Heaven playing upon his harp. and
should see III thy eompany gentleman whom
he ',atl cheated down on enrtl,, bis hart, would
abate lis music for little WHILE. Here IL where
the papers inscr. tho word "aprlnusc," bnt the
truth Is this rcn'urk differs from frequent
pulpit utterance only by tlie uso OF the word
"gentltlHan." Tie true rcliGiu,, Of Justs
makcs no provision for plactIlg golden lsarps
In tho ,and Of cheats. l. says, Blessed the
pure, blessed the righteous; 1t says, fls ttnt
no harp.1nusic. It goes bcyund Mr.. Ingersoll,
nlld forbIds lnan IRON hoping for tny good
worship even on Garth II hts brother has might
ngainst him. ! Guys II YOU llnYn como eyon 10
tieman y hath aught ngntnst thee, 70 thv way
nlll FIRST be recouclled to that agent1cman,''
and thct YOU cnn tAkc up your ~farp with d.
light, md II sou should SEQ that gentleman"
your hand viii play oil the more loyfn1ly b..
cause you have alnended The wrong. Thus our
F" ntle,," Instead Of setting up q better word
tEan Gods Word, has only so expressed the
ideas Of religion tt they shine forth out Of the
free to cal IT'S aid. Now, Il so l,appcus that
there arcnnd hnvo6ccn t!leolog1ans who lnYcn0t
set forth plainly enough the valuu OF personal
character and personal GoHl worka, THEY have
carried their substt,ltonal ideas to such m ex-
cess ttlat It Inns not been felt by the Arcragc
Christian that lin need bd anything or do my
thing: he must depend wholly upon HuGstl.
tutc. Upon the hurdcncd crust VI such u the
ology no blows but those Of a. ,pItilcss rldculc
could nuke any impression. Thoac reli<ionisty
WHO sGnd to pcrditton Incu OF stainless tntcE-
tity, saying uvur their righteous graves that
mere morality is most dan!nable, those teachers
who will then scud bloody murderer ami lIfc-
long sssinllcr 10 Heaven by a llnnl baptism or
ilvs minutes Ut faith, llnva long bcen beyond
the reach OF ordinary languagu und logic Tlcy
have long needed the hut shafts and deer, d.
rfslon Of tlis plalt'-spokcn lawyer. Tic tufts
OF grass which wo tender clerEymcn threw Mt
such srItIers wcru ridiculous efforts; they necdeI
good, big rocks.
Do you not nlI know TINT the Church has al-
Fars oeen carrying along those little hlrna,, in
ir'nitses which ncea @ tc well rtdicale!l nld
ter arc Just as much Il pnrt Of the progress ot d
true Christianity as tho solemn hummer Ut a
luthgr or a Wesley are u part Of q progress,
Tie Vo!taire laugh did not in}uro ll,r tuman
Its Popes and priests acs ui,d ollmInnte tuauv
absurd Or pucrtn Incidents. Rltliculu is one OF
the most powerful cncMlos Ut bad cnuac. 1t
cannot nurt truth, for truth pure and s!mp!o
tl's thunder, MD lightning. aIA storm of TIL,
tleatre, 1nndc up by s.ecs-ir0p md rid lights but
he cannot raise laugh over the rcal thunder
storm in the sn!try June. Whcru weuk,ess is
the setentiats, Il, accounting for thu TACT ,lasa
!u[d WILL risH III an exhausted tube, said It t!ncS
90 hecausc Nature nbhors Il vacuum, HIT
Fascnl, tul<inE q tube to thu ta. ol n tnpun-
tain. fouut TINT tho &lercurr did not rise so
high tllcrc IN ths vacancy as It roso down tn ilu
valley, aud he killed dead forever the theory
that Nature abfloss o vacuum hy asking tic
Ravants wl!ether ahe lated Il vacuum nlUru 1T
tho bottom Of mountain than shu did u The
top3 I1e old tticory never breathel unce after
that lauglicd had passed around. Thus huyc
there been times when thu public tcnots OF ~
lig!on have needed that pnrliiraton tint comes
through irony. puscal's kind wit enyclopcd liz,
Roman Church for generation, mud d!,l for IL
wflat had not beeM done bY lll1 heavy logic Of
either Roman Or Protestant in.clects.
Many of tho Blue Laws md many Of the Gus.
toms Of tllu Purltans weTG ovests,rown by rd-
c1lle. Some OF ,llu Blue Law have not yut bepn
repealed by leelslntio,t becauso il.ey were re-
pea!ul by lilo public SMILES utll sa!l1es Of w.t.
Prof. TYLER Of Michigan University, 1,as recent
ly pub!is'csl history Of American literature,
md lu luis luhg r4searrhes Atlpng Old
book books md manuscripts ho has unearthed
laits, al,l prnettco u our falher. Els lnls o,ie
Of the first t}oycsnors or thr Virginia settlc-
mcuts praying thnt no psintin4.pyusses Or
sehno-louscs might comu from The Old World,
for whcro education goes llo says theru will 70
revolt nEhi.lAt good government, nntl there Will
roft,c spiritual unrest. Tho importation of
trlIitlng-u1llcGs VIVA therefore for ln1lg tt,,1o
iurbidden. tD III thu New England sottlutncut
tl4e faithful are wArnrti urai,lst thu dreadful
Al. kI.4k.