The daily gazette., 1881-01-17

AhocfiythS 1totNunts
Ingersoll says he believes in Christ
rs man, o reformer In his day, and an
INF lei. But he does not believe in the
Christ Of the gospel, with his Cody at
tributes; very small part of the true
Christ 10 the Christ Of Ingersoll's belief.
Ingersoll said IL be had lived in ChIis,'s
he would have been his friend. He
would have been no more His friend
than PLATE was, and II He were TO come
upon earth again Ing.rsoll could not be
his friend unless he repents.
Ingersoil 10 divided against himself,
therefore, on two points: LIST, as TO ''lf
there be . God;" and ID, a. O his
Christ. Thus Ingersolisn 10 inconsis-
tent with itself. II degenerates into
gil teriDg generalities aud q huge mass
OF impious utterances. Ingersoll takes
only q part OF the gospel, but he has no
ght 70 accept par Of 1t without taking
| all. do not call him fool, for he l.
not one, but a man OF reason, who says
lie loves fairness and justice. there
fore ask him, In all fairness, why he cuts
up the gospel, accepting all that suits bis
carnal religion and denying all that ap-
plies to the Christian religion. demand
this oi the man, who claims TO follow the
slight OF reasons holy torch"
INGERsoLL's INCONSISTENCY.
Alas for the Inconsistency of Inger
sollism. Later In his lecture he turns
upon the whole new Testament and as
saults its genuiheness. He Lays he can
not say he will believe the New Testa-
ment until he sees the new translation.
Here he kills his Christ his intidei, his
retoImer to whom he swore eternal
friendship. He kicks the entire New
Tesiam out Of his belief, and In do.
Ing so hath slain his Christ.
According 70 the lngersellian plan OF
salvation there IL nothing TO be saved
irJm but poverty, sickness, pain, i'm
prlsonment, ill-temper, ignorance. But
See how many people there are in the
world who can never be saved from these
ills. What help does the IngersollIan
plan Of salvation offer these people {?
None. II dooms them all.
IngersOlrs inhdelity Is sowing the
seed, Of libertinism over this country.
His salvation saves him from poverty
because he knows how to make 1t pay.
But 1t did not save Payne from poverty.
Ingersoll Is on the plains, deiying the
God OF the hill-tops to come down ID
ngEt him on his own level. The fight
has already commenced, and here in
Wilmington IL has resulted well. In
geTsolls expected audience OF Two thou
sand dwindled down TO less than six
hundred, and II other cities do as well
as Wilmington, Ingenoll will soon be
driven into the caves aud bushes on the
sides Of the mountain, 70 hide himself
In shame.
DIR. Caldwell concluded by inviting
all present to attend his evening dis
course, when he promised to drag In
gersoll forth, face 90 face with "the God
Of the hill tops"
THE EVENING SERMON.
Another large audience was present
in the evening. The subject of the
discourse vas {:
"Christianity-Its divine origin, its
wonderful preservation its evidence
external, internal and demonstrative
its beneficial influence"
DIR. Caldwell opened with familiar
conversation with Ingersoll, inviting
him to come up and see the God OF the
hill top. aud addressing him through
out an "Robert."
He referred to lngersoll's eloquent
words at his brothers. grave, declaring
that here appeared the better and
brighter side Of the man. Coming to
the proofs Of Christianity, DIR. Cald-
well took up a portion of the Second
Psalm, in which the Christian world
recognizes prophecy of Chrisl's COM
ing. He said that the prophecy had
been fulfilled and no inndel could suc-
cessfully deny 1t. The texts in ques-
tion were not interpolated. They were
written one thousand years before
Christ. The OLD Testament was trans
lated into Hebraic Greek by order ofa
pagan king two hundred and eighty
years before Christ, and this was the
translation used by Christ and His dis
ciples. The latter did not know the
Hebrew language for it was then a
dead language, but they did know the
Greek, though Col. Ingersoll is igno>
rant to say the reverse. The Hebrew
had been o dead language since the
captivity, and the New Testament was
written IN Hellenic Greek.
Iugersollism ID the worst form Of inf
deity that has appeared. II 10 the moral
phenomenon OF the nineteenth century.
II SHOWS . laughing, ,lasci yious, bacchans-
Ian god asking Jehovah To step down
aud out and give place to itself Infdels
claim that this passage of the lid Psalm
refers to David, bat 1t does not, since
David wrote it, and he would not have
So written OF himself. CHRIST refers TO
this psalm rs prophesyiug his coming,
aud Il was only after Christ came upon
earth that the Jews, who before be isved
that this psalm prophesied q Messiah,
made II refer to David, confessing thH;,
otherwise, It would prove the truth Of
Christianity.
The speaker showed by history that
this prophecy Of an all ruling King could
refer TO no earthly poteDtate. and In this
connection quoted some eloquent wor,is
OF Napoleon on Christ. Turning to the
New Testament, he shove the fulfill
ment OF the prophecy. All the gospels
call Christ tho Messiah. In discussing
Ingersolps assertions about scriptural In.
terpolation, DIR. Caldwell declared that
Ingersoll Is not scholar. Ho publicly
asked any Of IngersolPs friends to chal
ienge the lecturer TO come TO his (tbe
Doct1rp )study when mex In Wilmington
and read, II he could, o chapter from
facsimilies Of the ancient copies of the
Old Testament. Ingersoll obtained his
knowledge from Christian scholars. DR..
Calwell met In2ersolps objection to the
revision of the Scriptures, showing that
the books were copied by uu.npired men,
aud therefore errors had crept In, witch
learning might In part correct. He also
met the okjecTion that Christ had written
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