, 1879-03-24
The Peoria Prelate's Lecture on
The Mistakes OF Moses"
A Wholesale Denial Of tic In,
spirati0n OF tito Bible.
The Mosaio Account OF the Creation
Inconsistent with scientifi,
Discovery.
a nep1orah1e Exhibition Of vulrar,tv
aud Tlippanoy.

"Dob" 1ngcrsoll and "pnpc Doh," wa, una
bis nnttYo heath" ngain yesterday, after dr.
lighting nnt astonishing the cit'ca of the Eo,,
With his cl0Quencc his brilliant snttrc, u,ul H.,
general rattlfng md shnkng-ltp OF theological
DIR boncst Rnl tho reception te mot witl, on If,
rcturn to tic city wharo he Is 10 lone n,n1 ~
we'll known was nothing less than n gcnun.
ovation. The mcre announcement tint llu wou1i
lecture on that now famous subject of h,
"Somo Mistakes ot Noses" was sufficient IN
draw together m audience Of larCa propurlion..
But tho expectation fell far short of .e rraltr
BY o'clock In the afternoon MI the seats TN III,
frat floor OF llayerly's were reserved, mud J.,
an hour later stantlIng-room was The best thai
anybody could get unless he cared to BIT tl,rer.
ly under the root. flavcriy's has not contained
another such audience but oneo this SEASON. and
Tint was Oil that memorable night wtten (ier.,cr
snng In II rurtanf." That of yesterday teIl g,
little behind. but only q little, AMI It was ca,Y
to sec that the distinguished lecturer appre.
clatel md felt proud Of this fattering rcycp:io,
OIL Ills return to the Mctropolts Of the West.
1t was just little altcr u o'clock Wien thu
lecturer, accompanied by Gen. /. N. Stiles, m
pcarcd on the neatly set stage. amidst tlc stl,
coming pIaudits Of that large md unusually ID.
teligcnt audience. Gen. Stiles did the intro.
duc1ng, md ho did 1t, too. IN Ills usual graceful
and elegant way. Quietly stepping to tile front,
be said:
IA brilliant, genial gentleman, man ol
brain, and with heart as tender as wotnant:
a man greatly respected And admired by all Who
know him, md greatly deteslcd by mnny at,oos
those who do not, unl do not agrcc with him Ia
opinion; q ma1i who docs Ills own thinking, wko
says what hu thinks md th!nks before hc ss,,
n r m mill In, ~
historical character. lie will lu this from Ii,
own standpoint, and In h!s own woy. lind hs
lived hundred ycnrs ag0 a,nl succeeded In
doing this, he would, Under tic for.na Of
Law, havo 'becn IMPRISONED, If, tn7euI
tic were suffered to live, hts children taken rom
him. his property conf seated, Ills uama
truducel, nld Ills mctuory ylliled. Times
ftago changed. The world Of thought an1 optn.
ton moves as well as tho world OF matter. no
may spcak to yol hero to-lay freely all With.
out reserve. Ho may Etvu hts hunest thought.
1ou have como here to hcar lin, nhd not INC.
Let mo Introduce hlul-Cul. Robert u. Ingcn
soil.
Az Gen. Stiles turned to Col. 1nEcrsoll, aBi
the Inter arose, came forward, al,ti powed an-
other burst of applause assured lin uf vel.
c5nlo md d thrice welcome hack tn Ch!cagu.
Whun tho enthusiasm had somewhat subsdesi,
he began IN hla happy, get-dnwh-to.bnsnct
way to saY just what he bud to say. 1t waa
| substantially as follows:
THE LECTURE.
/ Now and then somo one asks me Why aut
tndcaYoring to interfere With tho religious faith
Of otherBt al,d why try 70 ta1so from Tho world
the consolation naturally arising from belief
| IN eternal tirs. |LaugINer.l And / anawcr,
| want to 10 What ltttlD 1eat to mako my cuan.
trv tff1tF want hfDn(tHn thu
| horizon; want to show tl!At wo caH tl[iTes u
all these questions aud yet grasp each Others
1nnls iu common friendship. 1Appause. I
want, IN tho first plaec, to FREQ the Clergy Ian
have found It out generally. 1.aurhter}
want to show that every minister nlny nut he i
parrot, not IN owl, sitting upon lhc dead limbs
! Of the tree OF knowledge Anfl hoot[,lg the hoatA
want to show thnt cacf, ono eau bo nn inyest'
gator, thinker; aud want minister TN! con.
gregatlons grand enough so that they will 10.
only allow ll!n to think, but wlli dc'na,tl Ut him
honest play Of his thought. As 1t is nov, they
arc employed iike attorneys for the plaintiff VI
dcfendnnt; and II few prope know yunu2
n1antn thu neighborhood- -tnaybe lo hasn't tave1y
to be wicked ffauEhterl-a young man who has
shown no decided talent, 1t occurs to them ks
Will mako minister. [Laughtcr.] They con-
tribute nnM they send hin to some sctlnol. i
Ent"o uAt tI9t tno uuAE 'hhu HIh Hln'o 'l"H ~
nln. tIlan r!neY tnonEntt a',si no ciiahssa n1s
onnons', e +, Eyesy 9iie wun SoGtrloutca Will !eei .
na!!Ise!1 !ns lnulVsauas'y sWlhdlcn, nllu tlcv III!
aoiloM that Young Enah 10 tlle grave "isn 1ho
poisoncn snalss o. tnal1ce Alll slatlder. want
" see o9ery one hGe ilte, so t!Mlt rhlnlt VIII
no' oe o'lloff ihsy navo III aassaet'nse,!s,
paSS eIed d aar ksu ~ ',l ,.,as
,etet.laetory, Ahu every froscssor III l;'4s
.aeIotY taRes an oath o!iGe ~ i've fents-that !,
az iong as tle oath VIII 1ns"-takes an oata .3Ias
onee IN tiyo yrars not only sl'at no hnsn't Hlrns
the iaet iiYe, but, SO help lli;n uud, hc Will nut
qnflng me next hve. intel!eStunllY aasatve.
/ !Laughtef'J Ana prooahly ttere is no naa
aney could custer keup. lksnewra tanshtenl Ih!:.
sltce tHe loundatlon n tug institution 'ns1a
tas1't M hecn osi9 casu u perjury. lMufo lahsn.
wien Tue !ounaation- Was Ialu. .An.i n9S' n'
~hen they eenti out minister, they train h'En'
aad everybody Knows
lie Will suR1NK AND snnlyEL VI
and bccon,c solldly stuutu frou, div 10 DIR,
growing III without tho aIr Of liberty Ind tis
sunshine Of thourht. 1 want 10 frco i,c schools
| II 0ur roi,ntrv. want tn shny tint when 3
! Presbyterian }uda some fact ineouslstcnt viii
Mossa, fn Mili .nfn.l 1u lin int. want IN .hof
that Il r,li not be- the wursu for him M for IIayIns