, 1879-04-14
lNGERSOLL.
@3N ." "01AB&~ NV-E1K0
TILE QKFECTH In HIS AunNEaSH4.


Prof. Swing preached yesterday morning Mt
tho Central Church, tak!ng US his text:
II iaply they might foei after God and dnd Hin,
-Acts, ar1l. ~.
These two dtec0llEfes aro not spoken regard
Ing tho man, Robert G. Ingcrsoll, but regarding
the addresses which f,o ia delivering and IL olirr-
wise publishing. The man 1ngersolt Ia said to
br, tn hs private tic, kind, netghbor!y, liumuuo,
atIa In many ways an example which might bu
initiated with great pr5A. by thousands who
represent themselves as holding tho pagan or
the Christian religion. hut, wcro this author
and lecturer niean, Wicked mai, l should still
be bound to consider his thoughts apnrt from
the thinker just ns wQ deal with
Bncon's ideas apart from Ills moral
uunllticA, md tho politics of Alexander
Hamilton apart from tho tnflrnlttcs OF
his moral acutllncnts. Tho intellect OF suc!,
IN Individual Us the ono bcforc us Ia
thinking mn chine. 1t makes survey Of tho re-
lig!ous lanlscapo. Objects atFiko It tl.at escape
you md mo. Ills eyes arc not those pf d preach
ct, not those OF u bishop, nor those OF m eyau-
gcist like Mr.. Moody, not those OF moralist
like Dymonu or William, Penn. not tl.ose Of
Theotlvte rarkcr or E'nerson, bnt they are
viaan rrplr his own, n,Al our task Is ltnjtc4l to
The inquiry what this peculiar sense tltscuydrs III
our wide airt vArlca world.
We perceive at once tat tlcae a4ldrcasca do
nut o!cr US any systctsl nf philosophy for woman,
aaptrs 4, By a,y valuable Aontor TO tell each
yailnK Teeu'aehns how u liya. They arc tic
speeches Ut q lawyer retained by ono client OF U
large caac.. hien trained III q profession CONC
n ny asSscss Sw onS Hto tH r,oa shnn.
always between tho, sau,o banks. The
lnaster Of learned profession at last becomes
IT, slave, Ilo who follows faithfully any call-
w. W. ~sars a. last "a soul Of that eallg,s shape:
sGhoolmastcr. lie had assembled the boys a,nl
girls III tue winter mornings nlnl ha dismissed
them winter tyenlnEs after shutdown; uni lad
ae,e en ba t1l i1r sp Long onv winter s9n
old an1 feeble pulse; but, dying, hts mIul iol.
% his iast w9tds wese: II s growing lark, Tic
Very rarsly does Tie nun III tic pulpit, or nt
tho bar Or !n craftsmanship cscapc tlis mold
Ink hanl Of bis pursuit. We arc al. clay III ths
lt@n1s of ti1at potter which Is called pursuit.
u'sus mors coI,mony olp an snn .ns OF NV wa'cf
timro 10 ' class 81 men ''iu nloro pur lno.,. IL
ilut thnn others In lunguaEa Uni fornIs
Of speech thu lawyers ro,nposo such class for
It IL their eapecial duty 80 to arrange uart nf
the facts llut they shhl seen 10 bo the Whole
1acts. aud next to their power Of presenting q
calse must como their power to enncent oil as
| AobO w tHE4e pA5t0oVs ~
| phsr must SEQ md set forth at ouce boil. silica
" all questions, but lawyer must learn to sec
tue one sldu OF q case for u,ere ia another mt,
ckpIrssly employed 10 see the reverse Ut tho
shield. but tsw of us ato philosophers. Whet,
w wish % to exhibit something wa instantly cut
Eooas; Il VT are to display only yard of sk,
~ VIII veil the sun ind NOVA about 10 nnl illo
ss1ht pos!tlnn aud then light y litto moro gas
taat tho aelaa. ana h.ls. aaa heavens may ii
Withdraw, aul permit " IL ses Tho fold Ut BRIDE
a.y4s; @ Iaas ~ ths professions. louoscd by teInR
tren Al lanEs sxcspl Tho fabric that isEbei,Is In.
| folded BY tAcls sktlltul hnKnE4.
Mss " iatsnse Hsnotional power like Att. Iugur-
soil and 'nsh who, like hlnl, nayr hea.sa " fu} Ut
eoioEs as q PAINTERS shop, arc wuul beyond com-