Daily Republican., 1881-01-10
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NEW JKRusALEN CHURCH.

answered II the 18th and 18TH verses OF
this chapter are TO be taken literally.
They are:
"And these signs shall follow them
that believe. In thy name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
tongues"
"They shall take up serpents, and II
they drink any deadly thing 1t shall
no, hurt them; they shall lay hands
On the sick and they shall recover"
The sermon was devoted 10 showing
that all the language Is figurstiye. The
believer casts the devils ofdishonesty
Inst, envy and other sins out OF him.
self. He lifts up the serpent Of sen.
suality and ennoblss 1t. He drinks
such poison as lngersoll and other such
,eaohera put forth and Is not harmed
by II. Mr.. Parmalee explained other
parts OF the text In the same general
way, his sermon occupying about an
hour.
FIRST PREEBYrgRTAs CHURCH.
Rev. +. B. DuVal quoted Mr.. lnger.
soils admonition to his hearers TO for
get that they are Of any denomination
aud be men with fearless minds. In
answer Mr.. DuVal said that the scrip
turs bid men think the best.
Mr.. lngersoll says don't believe in a
God who is unwilling you should think,
Do you think lie would give His chill.
dren reason and damn them for usiug
itR Follow wherever its holy torch
may guide. Mr., DuVAl claimed that
tod wishes men to think. lie says,
my people do not consider" TIE
light Of reason Is not always holy,
Reason is q sword that may be used for
or against the right. Lswlessnsss aud
not liberty is what IngerIoll asks.
Mr.. lngersOll says there can be no
sin against God. Mr.. DuVal claimed
that sin against holiness Is sin
against that in which holiness ia inhe-
rent. BlSsphemy Is an invention Of
The p'iests, says Ingersoll, but the man
whom he pretsnds TO reverence taught
that blasphemy against tie Holy Ghost
ID objectionable.
The greatest thinkers have been
christian men. Mr.. lngersoll wants
tho liberty that will enable 3 .nAn 20
thrust the knife into good or III as
suits best.
Mr. DuVSl combat.ed al considerable
length the proposition that the nations
that are most IeligtouC are least pros
porous.
ln.er'oli challenges the genuineness
Of the New Testament, aud hs shows
aonderful ignorance in this. He saya
the Disciples knew only Hebrew,
while the books are written In Greek.
Ia truth, Hebrew was desd language
aud the only written language the
Disciples knew was the nebraic Greek
n which the New Testament is writ
ten.
The assertion that no one ever san
the origins! manuscript o. the New
Testament amounts to nothing, since
10 one can he found who has seen the
original manuscripts o. the Greek las.
sizes.
1t is ridiculous TO say that the namei
Of the disciples should have been sign.
I'd TO the books for authors do not
now sign their names TO books, but
leave the matter OF crediting author
ship TO the book II aker. 1t was SO with
Old Authors and the writers OF manu-
script.
Mr.. Ingersol says that Christ never
bid the disciples write down this or
that, but 1t Is plain that His order 70
,pread the gospel carried with /. what.
ever was necessary tor the work.
The speaker established authcndicty
Of the scriptures against Mr.. Inger4o!l's
attack, by showing that the books were
quoted by writers who lived coptempo.
raueously with the apostles.
Jesus Christ though reformer, was
not an inhdel in his day, Tor He com
mcndei the Old Testament scripture,
lle taught His disciples to pray TO God;
He rebukod blAsphemy, none of which
thiuss hlr. Ingersoll does.
lngersOll says that he would bs the
p lend Of Christ were the Saviour TO
come again on earth. II Christ was to
come and pick out twelve new disc-
les, and should include Robert Inger.
soil among them, II would be that He
might say as to the other twelve, "HaVe
not chosen you twelve, and one Of
You ia q devil 7"
lngersoll tries to arraign faith in
atoueme1t against morality. Those
Who have had most faith have had most
morality.
He asserts that Christianity aims not
TO save men from poverty aud crime,
but from the wrath Of God. Mr.. DuVsl
combattei tLis at Roma length, arguing
that Gods commands against sin were
to keep men from wrong doing, and
that the preservation from His wrath is
but result.
This blatant fool brags Of his ability
to stand before God on his own account.
Can the murderer do sot Infdelity
tells the murderer TO stand like man
aud say to God 81 am as good as you
are"
Ingeraoll denies future punishment.
Eternal punishment Is an awful thing;
but sin tends to permauency, and the
Iaw was permanent as the sin the
law is always against sin. Inddel.ty
denies justice. IngerSol says the
murderer suffers enough in this life;
but there are men who commit mur.
der and grin at it. II Is terrible for
u mother to nurse child to make
kindling wood for hell, says Ingersoll
but does he not know that mothers
nurse children that makea hell upon
earth Hs would take away the heil
for the wicked and allow the latter T.
make hell on earth for the Juno
cent.
Tae speaker thanked Ingeraoll that
he lad act down Presbyterians as the
worst sect. Abuse from him Is the
highest compliment.
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