, 1879-07-13
Growing Antagonism Between
Archbishop and Priests
in Hendricks
Diocese.
ao Answer to Tynda1l-". Two
Miraculous Results Of
Prayer.
General Notes, Personals, Sunday
pIeasantries, Services To-Day.


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II NAV be SO, but he has had great advantages
tn the yery fact that his critics are clerical. It
is notorious that in any matter requiring hard,
dr. reasoning there can be no worse advocate
than your average minister, no matter OF what
denomination. Accustomed to set forth bis
riegs and doctrines before 4 favorable and ad-
miring audience, who have no opportunity, even
Bere they willing, to answer him on any point
of his argument. he finds himself at a loss when
confronted with clever and unsparing oppo-
nent well vcrsed IN the methods OF argument
and rules Of evidence, and ready to catch up
and cover him with ridicule in any place where
be mar pcrthancc stumble. Such would seem
TO hare been the case in the present dis
putation, for it is remarkable that one
yery vulnerable point in Col. 1ngersoll's
a,mor has been unassailed by his adyersaries
Probably they overlooked it, but it Is possible
that, even if they perceived it, they would, on
account OF their ministerial capacities, hesitate
to tread on such dangerous ground. 1t may be
interesting to elucidate what is meant more
Clearly, The NTH of all Co... lngersoll's argyll
ments may be summed up thus: The true God
Is, and always has been, merciful loving Being
the Father and Friend Of mankind, now the Tod
of he Old Testament is frequently depicted,
more especially ia the books OF Moses, as an in-
human, savage tyrant. ordering ana afect.ne
Tie s!agng ano tor1ure " t man, ,,a.t In ,
human disposition; therefore this is Col. ln-
gcrsol'6 conclusion) the God OF the Old Testa-
ment hus ~; .ti .ne - ae W n4e;ad - al ~
meut ~ 70 ~, s@. h.xh+ ;r,aa;
AoMers H. rn1nrs, has 1 i1veste5 r. -
ana nstun ~ tse1f ;nto = to1;coi sv1,ar,sm Tn deal.
tng with it ne must treat it ss such, and in our
c,1ae ~ 1ooic The very first and most Obvious
1uass y. ta1 arises in rerari f., it is What il
.hs nroof Of The irst part Of the proposition or
Xxx ue l Ioorians call its major prenise!; is it
"nst 1os'et ea. 3ba1 unicb avcrs that The Snnreme
pa;so :. ond ,tways has been me.clful, loving
Estl1ar Te 20 snd Friend to mani This sounds like
.+s-.iinc onestiou, and is the dangerous ground
~ shIrh nnr clerical friends were lotn to tread,
u but !, Is one that requires to be answered.
NV ip Other xo5ds doSs co iaFerfe 10 Seicge as
sumo nat tne uou =. roercifnl and benevolent
r1r RrNya g In reniying 10 this, the teaching Of
Christianity must for the moment be put asiae,
t;"a.. tor ~ - vho ' sre oranst Col Tnrersoil.
.ma .,al't ;uo .he;r doctrine ~ rcgarIis the
Gnd # thr o1d Testament that be IS assailipg.
Wei. then, can be claim it as having been tie
generally recognized opinion Of mankind III all
as i;e:a ~ =; no ba+ sc,,sns ~ nh;1os1nhV
can 70 discover snch theory or belief1 Not
~ pnSdhsm Eh;sh with oi1 its system Of re-
wards and punishments, and its sinyularv pure
morullty, did not even so much as deny God,
for i SHINY Nv did not know Him: not among the
Brahninss whose seif-Existing Power they
deemed nndiscerned anl not to BE- comprehend
N hr mortss: mt IN the ssrc)i~ion - Of Con
fuei1s. whirh was rather system OF social and
poitical iife built upon slirht Foundation OF
pphosonhr ~ ami rontatns m tT:,re of a nersonal
Cod; pot ID the polytheism OF the Greeks, which,
eyen before its degraded couDterparr among the
Romans. repnrded It's rods sfmniy as lndued with
ali the Qualities, sensations. aims, anu actions
ot man, IN some instances even Of brutes; Ger
tsin1y not IN the pantheism Of the
Egyptians, Phoenicians, md the various
Ssuitic races, or in The Iiceutious idolatrlrs OF
Mo och and Asta1te. Or can Col. Ipgersoll ap-
pe4l to the spectacle of the works Of nature, Of
the world around rs, Of lumauiIy. and ercIaim,
In them beho.d tue evidence Of merc,fui
God"l venture to saw ssuo y again, for, bow
ever beautiful be some Of the sights which Col.
lrgerso11 himself depicted to us,-the infant in
Its mothers arms. the green fields, the bright
sun,-ret how can Nc avoid seeing the reverse
Of the picture,-the rayapes of disease aud death,
the poverty, The crimes. the misery on every
side, and forget that The same God was the ali-
thor Of these, tool Taken by themselves. would
not these incline us to HE idea of maleyolent
Dei,y at least ~ murb AZ the other does To that
ola gracious Bengl Whence, then, does Col.
lngerson derive bis notion Of a snnremely mcr-