Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16
A DISCOVERY THAT INGERsoLL IS
ORTHODOX AFTER ALL.

Some one sends us little tract contain.
ing eplgrammatic expressions from Colonel
Robert G.. Ingersolrs latest lecture,
What must we do to be saved?" We
have read the tract and VIC have read the
entire lecture. If this is truly Ingersolrs
creed, the Colonel isn't so far out of the
way. He is coming around, maybe. He
manages to get considerable scripture into
his creed, as he sets it forth. There is lots
of hope, in fact there is a great deal of
certainty for the Colonel. We subjoin a
few articles from this mans creed, Just to
show from what book he got his declaration
of faith
Honest industry is as good as pious
idleness, say the Colonel.
WE'LL that's all right That's orthodox.
The Bible says the same thing, and said it
long before the Colonel thought of it
Faith without works is dead,
"Christ believed the temple OF God to
be the heart of man. y Ingersoll.
Yes, that's orthodox, too. We "must
worship him in the spirit. "know we
not that ye are the temples of the Holy
Ghost"
elf go to heaven l want to take my
reason with me. ~ Ingersoll.
OF course, and so you will, d" for now
we see through a glass darkly, but there
face to face now | know in part, but then
/ shall know even as l am known. II.
Corinthians, xiii. II.
"Fear is dagger with which hypocrisy
assassinates the soul. "-[lngersoll.
That is good gospel, and perfect love
casteth out fear"
elf l owe Smith ten dollars, and God
forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. -
[Ingersoll.
Correct you are; the prayer of Christ
ianity is "forgive US our debts as we for.
give our debtors" "Owe no man any,
thing"
treason is the light of the soul, and if
you haven't the right to follow it, what
have you the right TO follow !''-[ Ingersoll.
"Yet in the church had rather speak
five words with my understanding, that by
my voice might teach others also, than
ten thousand words in an unknown
tongue. Brethren, be not children in I'M
derstanding howbeit in malice be we
children, but in understanding be men. -
II. Corinthians, xvi, l9, 20.
"If you go to hell, it will be for not
practicing the virtues which the Sermon
on the Mount proclaims. u Ingersoll.
That's all orthodox. "If We know these
things, happy are ye if ye do them"
The men who saw the miracles all died
long ago. l wasn't acquainted with any Of
EN-. u Ingersoll.
Same way with the men who saw Ser
vetus burned. But the Colonel most
firmly believes that Servetus was burned.
"A little miracle now, right here-just
little one-would do more toward the
advancement of Christianity than all the
preaching of the last thirty years. lin
gersoll
" If they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead. u Luke
xvii, 81.
{" If there is a God in the universe he
will not damn an honest man. Il lngersoll.
&c A false balance is an abomination unto
the Lord but just weight is his delight.
Proverbs, H, l.
'There is only one true worship, and
that is the practice of Justice. II niger
soil
:. Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which be Caesars, and unto God the things
which be Gods. Luke XIX, %.
"God will not damn good citizen,
good father or good friend. Llngersoll.
Certainly not nor any good man.
y gOOQ SUUN6Iu ldNUT
he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Surely, he shall not be moved forever; the
righteous shall be held in everlasting re-
membrance. u Rsalms xxi, 5, 6.
Study the religion of the body in
preference to the religion of the soul. A
healthy body will give healthy mind,
and healthy mind will destroy supersti-
ton. - Ingersoll.
That explains why the Indians have no
People who have the smallest souls
make the most fuss about saving them. y
Ingersoll.
OF course, Colonel they are the hardest
kind to save.
81 will never ask God to treat me any
fairer than l treat my fellow.men.-
gersoll.
Well, that's perfectly orthodox. "For
if We forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you, but
if We forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your tres
passes.' ''For with what judgment ye
Judge, ye shall be judged and with what
ye mete, it shall be measured out
to you.
upon the shadowy shore of death, the
sea of trouble casts no wave. ~ Ingersoll.
The Colonel must have been singing that
good old hymn, When l can read my
title clear, y in which occur the lines
And not wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast"