Daily Republican., 1881-01-08
For the REPUBLICAN,.
Caldwell ON Ing rsOii'

Caldwell on Ing rsOii.
Rev. I. II. Caldwell Of St. PauPs M
.. Church commeucss his revisw
Ingersoll by stating that his audienc
consistsd 0; about six hundred, an
from his statement Il can be tully II
iered that the !orty.fvs churches b
speaks Of we're against Ingersoli, neveI
theless secured an audience OF 81
hundred, At from fifty to ssvsnty fv
cents a piece. II seems to me ,thstthis-t
say the least--aill compare favorabl
with tbs lecture lately given In 81
Paul's church by a celebrated temper
anos lecturer, the Rev. Mr.. upol
which occasion, with tho sombine'
operation of the forty five churches, h
succeeded in assembling from two I
three hundred people at ten cents Pc
head. II the word failure, for tn
reason stated in the frat instanee-.is t
ia the verdict, what will Mr.. Caldwell
say about his ten cent lecture--upol
the all important Bubjeet OF temper
ance. And II he properly explaini
the eause Of failure In the first case
where were the Christians OF the forty
Ave churches upon the occasion Of hi'
tan cant lecture. II will also be motto
cd that the Rev. gentleman deals ir
hard names; ho calls Mr.. iDgersoll Bob
the Jester, and thoss who went TO hear
him paid the fool for making them
laugh; they were "gApers and laughers
who imagined they were Listening to
one OF tho great men Of the world"
MERE twaddle, sRch ss wsuld make
an intelligent individual blush to be
found listening &C." Nov In this re-
speot Mr.. Ingersoll certainly has ths
advantage Of Mr. Caldwell for he did
not make use OF personalities. Mt.
Cald we'll Las not shown his wisdom by
insulting an audience Of six hundred,
who to say the least will compare in
intelli geuce to any audience he ever
Addressed; nor will his expression OF
"gapers and laughers" apply 10 an
audience that wers respestiul and at
tantive for three hours.
Mr.. IngsEsoll attacked the doctrine
and crseas OF the cLurohss with the
utmost severity, and quoted history to
prove his declarations. He WAS partic-
ularly severe on the belief in he'll,
wiHdiug mp with the assertion thGt he
would make them ashamed Of such
stuff. at was cousoliug to nother,
to Presby tsrlsn do J;rine, that
she was nursing kindling wood for
he'll"
MIR. Caldwell proposes to handle Mr.
Ipgersoll more at length on Sunday,
he 18th inst. IwOuld refer him 10 the
'olloEing passage from Christ's sermon
IN the mount, to be used on that oc-
,asion, "but vhosever shall say, Thou
DOL, shall be in danger Of hell fire."
i will bo as well before closing this
!rticle to state that Mr.. IugersoIl read
rom the New Testament, commencing
Nth the sermon on the mount, which
- Endorsed, he then passed ou through
datthew, Mark and Luke stating they
II nbs.antially agreed with each other
md that he endorsed them, with the
Of the 10Th verse Of the 10th
hapter Of Mark, and that this did not
b5long there, having bean iu-
and he wanted the audience
o inform their friends that the new
'ersion OF the scriptures would not
lave 1t in.
The want ofGpEee will not permit OF
90 lengthy an article, will therefore
lose by quoting Ingersoll from your
'Appr of Wednesday,, and the people
al judge for themselves. bespoke as
DllOws:
and let me say here once for all, that
Or the man Christ | have infinite re-
pect. [Applause. Let me say once
Jr all that tho place where man has
led for man is holy ground. Ap-
lause. Let ne say once for all: to
nat great and serene man gladly pay
ne tribute OF my admiration and my
sara. He wac q refOrmer in his day.
10 was an infiiel in his time. He
as regarded as blasphemer, and his
70 was destroyed by hypocrites who
ave in all ages done what they could
, trample fTeedom ont of the human
ind. [Applsuse.l Had lived In
lat time | would have been his friend.
And should He CONS
,ain He Will not find a better friend
ian will be. Applause. THIS is
r the man. For the theological Gre {
ion have different feeling. Il
The Colonel said: believe in the
,spel of cheerfulness; the gospel OF I
'od nstura; the gospel of good health. :
ven if get to heaven, and have al t
arp, | would hate to lock back upon
y children and see them diseased,
,formed, crazsd, all suffering the pen. Z
ty of crimes that had committed.
The declaration at the close OF the I,
cture Is the foundation upon which j.
% speaker stood, aud be made it in 7
3 following language: 81 have
sde up my mind that if there is q r
ID lie will be merciful to the merci- a
/. Upon thatrock stand. That He :"
III for. i've the forsiving; upon that =
ok | stand. That every nan should l.
true to himself, and that there is no =
,rld, 10 star, in which honesty is q =
ime; and upon that rock | stand. :,
, honest man, good, kind, swest 4
,man, or a happy child, has nothing a
fear, neither in this world nor the :.
,rld to come, and upon that rock l 4
and. W. 4
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