National Republican., 1881-07-29
ANSWER sc. II. B.n
His Opinions OF Guiteau Criticised-Col-
oneI HngersoIIs LiberaIity.

To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN:
&C. III. B." is whole theological
"school" by himself. He clearly repudiates the
Inspired authority Of the Scriptures, and claims
that God, being on no mans side, Is only on His own
side This is the position OF the agnostic who says
"Let God do His work and let me do mine" In
other words, we have no influence relations
with God. &c. II. B." says: Touch the right
chord or wire, and your message goes to the bosom
OF God" No one ever surveyed or demonstrated
this line to the satisfaction OF any but the
thusiast who thought he had found IT, or all men
would be pulling at 1t without ceasing. ltis about
rs sensible as the exclamation Of the enthusiastic
darkey al camp meeting, who proclaimed in his
ecstacy that he could fly like an angelf he could
get the right flop" THE theological fools Of Po
casset and Salt Lake City" are clearly the most
logical Of MI of their sort who reason (T) from
theological basis and when &c II. b." argues Of
an objective God, and teaches that prayer to that
God is essentially subjective" he is endeavoring
TO persuade us that he and others can grasp hole
that has no circumference aud tie to II.
WHAT HE SAYS OF GuITEAU
is news, and of a kind that lacks all confirmation
Guiteau has never been knownas an inhdel but
has led the ranks Of the theologians in the Young
Mems Christian Association for years. He has
never initiated Ingersol both because he could
not and because he has been engaged in denounc-
ing him and In trying to "answer" him before
never knew murderer who did not in our day
md country at least, proclaim his Christianity and
announce in regular form that he expected TO so
from the ropes.end on the scailold to the arms of
Jesus. All Christians, however, are not murder
ers; but this IL evidently fact that exists in their
better natures In spite of their religion What G.
II. D. says about Ingersoll
is PARTLY MALICIOUS
and partly ignorant. He accuses Ingersoll of many
things that no act or word of Ingersoll ever war
ranted "G. II. b." is evidently one of those Ill
bred or budly-niormed persons who fancies that
charity almshouses, hospitals. knowledge and
NIL the graces life did not exist before and could
not exist without Christianity. Bless his stupid
heart! These things existed before Christ or Moses
neither OF whom ever established school, hos
pital, or an almshouse. They exist now, not by
grace OF, but in spite Of, the teachings of He
who babe US 10 take no thought of the morrow" "
and to "do not our aims before men," and TO let
the dead bury the dead" and to forsake father
and mother and all TO follow Him." As 10 lnger-
soils charity his benevoence, and schools, about
which &C. II. b." asks so impertinently, can say
that while Ingersoll never adverises his charities
for every one who will be found 10 acknowledge
the benevolence and goodness of
ANY CHRISTIAN OF EQUAL MEANS
with Colonel lngcrsol n thousand can be found tC
acknowledge the unnumbered deeds OF charity
kindness affection and fraernal acts of this great
teacher Of our day. More than any living man h'
is lighting the lamps in the dark places. Nor
than any teacher who now has thc ear OF an cage
and intelligent age lngersoll is making the world
better both by precept and example and &c. II
b." should not In his illogical way infer that thi
great and good man is Quarreling with an!
almighty when he tears the Mokava-like vel
from the visage of the idol that the Jew
and Christians have been adoring a
Jehovah, Neither should 90, IL. b." get alarme'
at lngersols capture, boltling, and analysis OF an
Of the tgnts Jdtat that many suppose TO be tru
lights, so long as he replaces them with the stead
and unladlng electric light of his reason and hi
great aud glowing heart, that never yet led any II
other than the paths OF higher, better truer hole
lives than those Of the blind guides Of phosphorcs
cent and sulphurous theology JOHN G. MILLS.