New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-25

A LECTURE by ROBERT G.. INGEESOLL
CHEAT CROWD, Al BooIH- THEATRE THINGS IHNr
HAVE PROVED 10 III ~, MILLING BIoCks FOR
SOM PEOPLE.
The entrance Ia Booths Theatre last night was
crovdcd a- car5 49, oclors with rr-oa. nn1iou. to
hear .oort . InecroI. lecture, nr cSt' nded fioin
the 10, Office Tho sirwals ord ten fifteen spocu
ianrs wrtr offering frsrr,,d Tor sale n sides
Many % the brou ,h - g. and the spectators
RAPED a rich hn0ost. Ey quarter past the tho
atrc wa- croelcd from -lli'r, to orchcstra.
aud every available inch Of standing room
Wa occupied Mr. Incrr-oll. m dress eit came upon
Tho stage through door iu Tho bncs Nat, aud
placing his Manuscript on ttnnd. plunged into
ms h,turc without any iuirpIu. tom. Most
Of the audience were mcu. very veil dr.--'d. herr
aud there milh Dee st'u woman Pour ~ me hot's
occupied. The speech received with The great
nppau-r md the speaker several times Obliged
to wait few minnrs until tir ,r-siou- ~ appro, al
had -lll-ilcl Tho slbirct wa-. -omc Reasons why
some poiute in the lecture v,cfr o. follows
THE history ~ the world shows that rclis
II hn~ pnntcd the hori1"n Of the past
have loved G"d ino,t have loved man l,t-t That
Is one reason why am opposed to religion
r\ ~'' ho~9,rr ti a"v rrfnl , cv ' '' '
Unite and infinite h"iug. that there Is
or .un~ilno To tI"-e whom he loves an,
told tai cnuu"t comprehend God. Who's" fnu s H. II
! cannot / am told That have hi- inspired w"rl ::
vet two srcf- ncrrr Ia ITS Interpretation.
II 1t WIS said that Shakespeare in
Apir should not Dee Inclined b. dispute a. God should
have waited until shakespeare lived before hr had his
in-prcd work written Tho church svs the ribc h the
work al God. Every man views 70 differently. however,
according {" hs character and education Jnst ~ hr dO,s
the sky. the stars tho
Two ffirnds "a southern and Northern man.
taking walk al Charl'st0n recently ON hrnuti
ful cloudic-- night. Did you such a uuou
raid the gentleman from the Norih. Oh my --
thni before the war" The Bihr Il differently
dcrsOod nv everyone. suppose the inspiration 10 ne
that II false. Would God damn Inn FOR not
being "A hypocritcf The inspiration Of the Bible
God governed his choscn people from Mount Snai lie
wrought miracles Ia impress them with His power II II
rather strange, isn't II, that Christian teachers
don't believe their own mirnclesi The missionary
goc- to India and tells wonderful stories
to the IIindoo who listens 10 them with
% face Of stOur. n II like the man who listened one
hlgm J." me nchl q" thr most marvellous sl",- ~,
out changing muscle OF his face How s thisT lie
asked " am liar, SELF was the Response.
find from reading the Old Testament that the boN-
eminent OF Jehovah must have been about the worst
other things tolerated only IN the Fcrcc Islands the
central part of Africa and In Delaware God talked
from Mount sinni m0rr Ike "a ncnd from hell thnn an
of love. But they that the Jews bad
that God had 10 go slow" BY the way the Jews never
hnd any luck until God abandoned them.
The speaker then read number OF extracts from the
Old Testament aud from the old philosophers and found
al religions, comparing the different scntiments.
They tell me. lac continued, that the New Testament f.
q better book. Here the doctrine OF the atOnoucnt
for sin IL hrst preached Under tho Mosaic
law all sins had 10 be paid for with cattle
and sheep which tho priests slaughtered Under
system change II, and when die go through
the krpiCy the Bible. Why did God demand for
mcrly that the sheep should be kledl will tell you
nicnt illcd the world with pain tho New Testament
promises II TO us In the future.