Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-28
BOUNCING BOB.
Infidel IngersOll Demolished by
Bishop Wayman.

1t was announced through the city
papers that Bishop A. W. Wayman, OF
Baltimore, would deliver lecture at
Washington Hall, last evening, in an
swer to Col. Robert q. Ingersoll, the
celebrated Scriptural iconoclast, and to
be spectator to the proposed demoll-
ton a REGISTER searcher for truth
found himself present, about eight
o'clock. The reverend colored
gentleman had not vet appeared on the
platform, and the truth seeker occupied
himself in taking census OF the audi
ence. The result showed thirty-two
males and thirteen females, four oil
the former being white. About ten
more came in during the course OF the
address.
About S:l5 o'clock, Rev. Smith. OF
Pittsburgh, who had been delegated
to introduce the orator Of the evening,
stepped forward and said: "1n the
course of my career | have been often
called upon TO take public plat
form, and know there is but
little inspiration to he derived from
empty chairs. But as the time for the
lecture has already passed, / will now
introduce to YOU the speaker OF the
evening, Bishop A. w. Wayman, OF Bal
timOre, one of the Bishops OF this col
ored episcopal diocese. who will now adj
dress you.
Bishop Wayman came forward and
made his genuflection. In physique he
is not unlike his victim, Col. lngersoll,
though rather smaller i'll general APP
pearance. He appears to be
very intelligent gentleman,
well read and thoroughly conversant
with Scriptural history. He called the
Colonel MIR. Inglesoll' during his lee
ture, and invariably referred TO him as
"the learned gentleman. He began by
saving: "The sacred historian has
beautifully told us how the great Goliath
of Gath came forth and detied the ar
mics of the living God, and so terrified
the army of King Saul that no one would
venture out againsthim But the strip,
ling David volunteered to 20, and
when Saul saw such an ex-
hibition of bravery he embraced
| him and put his own armOr upon him
But David took only his shepherds bag
and sling, and selecting some smooth
stones from the brook, and placing
| them in his sleeve, went out TO meet
| Goliath. At the first blow the giant
fell, and David cut off his head with his
own sword and went his way rejoic'
ing. In meeting this modern Goliath
of Gath, | will not put on the armor
of eloquence. and will arm myself
simply with the sling OF faith and
if succeed in getting him down / will
cut off his head with his own sword and
90 on my way rejoicing"
With this by way of prelude the ora
tor went into his task, which lie ac'
knOwledged was rather severe one
IngersOl has said a great deal that re-
ouired the most skilled argument to
controvert, and the Bishop said he
"might rs well attempt to describe
the architectural beauties OF Rome OF
Paris in night as attempt to
answer all that he learned gentleman,
Mr.. Inglesoll, had said" He said he
would take up Ingersol's lectures and
review them, but, beginning with the
one on "IIpll," he found enough mater
ial TO occupy one lecture, and devoted
himself to that. He called it a frightful
TRADE that said but little OF the doctrines
that famed from its front and claimed
things from the Bible that were not to
be found from cover to cover of that
book, "book around which standard
literature clusters as every twinklins
star encircles the gittering sun"
1t is not our purpose to follow the lee
turer in his argument, which was of {
pattern with the many that have beer
hurled from pulpits innumerable at the
head OF Pagan Bob. The Bishop proved
himself familiar and well-informed, anC
his audience seemed highly pleased.