The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-26
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evoked from the metallic bases. Hs-
Wouiu nave told him that at one time
In Ihe earth's history there must bave
oeen thousands of miles of liguid gran
lte naming with light. He would have
told him that there are by Observation
burned out volcanoes in other worlds
which must have blazed with almost
uhsu1erabie light, throwing their glare
on our world. The same schooi-bOV
would would nave unstrapped his bundle Of
DOCKS ana read from one called "The
connection of Physical Sciences the
account by Captain BOnnycastle of a
| Dlazlng sheet of awful and most bril-
| ilaht llght which appeared to him and
MS crew IN the Gulf of st. Lawrence
on the Ith of September, 1926. Until
| four o'clock in the mOrninU tbe most
minute objects were visible, Mr.. IngeTe
soil needs to go to one of Onr Uigb
Schools and learn that there NAV be tan
| thousand different kinds of Ii0ht with
out the sun. Indeed, if he had been in
the class of chemistry or astronomy in
any OF our High Schools he might have
HeaIH tta sl the Ieacher saying, Robert, go to
Ine IOOt or the class, and be in disgrace
for your stupidity" do not think he
intended to misrepresent when he init
mated that there could be no light till
the sun shone. He knew no better. His
Ignorance Is to be pitied rather than
chastlsed; Let him get few of the
sIauuar9 DOCKS on chemistry or astrOn-
Only anu geoiOgy and correct his ignOr-
| ance. His first misrepresentation was
Wllltul, the second was from ignOrance
But they both impeach him as incOmne-
IenG 10 give testimony against Christi
an!ty' as every intelligent chemist and
philosopher, as we'll as schOOl-bOy. will
throw out his evidence. TESTIMONY
false In part is false in all. WhOIesaIs
MISREPRESENTATION in rnr.or1 ~
hrst things in the Bible, will Won take
anything he says as worthy of credence9
nall on the top of the temple of sken-
tlcism, within sight of ali Churches
anu wlthln sight of all infidels, and
WlIhln sight of this whole earth, these
Two appalling. and astounding nlisrep-
RESERVATIONS of Mr.. IngersOll, the cham
pion blasphemer of America.
take the third step in the impeach--
InehL OF MT. IngersOll as a witness in
the case OF Inhdelity, the plaintiff YER.
sus Christianity, the defendant. He
sharpens his witticism to DESTROY Our
Deilet IN the ancient deluge and NOah's
dIh' lie says Jhat in order to have the
HOOD cover the highest mountains IN
would have had to rain in the time an.
hOunced 900 feet each day, in order to
make out the fifteen cubits. He saws
JhaC the idea of two eff each kind i'm t6e
ark was absurd, because il was not LARGE
enough to hold the hundreds of thons-.
anus OF different kinds of living crea-.
lures, lie says that when the ark
landed IL was on the top of a mountain
LOO feet high, so that when the an
mais were discharged they would have
perlshed In the ice. He does NOT he.
IIeVe any such story. Neither do /
IheFe Is no, such story in the Bible.
Ihat Is not the ancient flood. That is
IngerS0Ils S flood of hatred against God.
Iit nHe blole story was one told by an eye
WiChesS: Noah saw the storm from the
ARK. He saw the water descend till it
covered up all the points of the country
Wlthln range of his vision. God smoke
alteF Ine manner of men when he told
Moan that every thing should 90 under,
ana Moan speaks after the manner of
ILeL In. "He! he says every thing went un--
Gdt Gel; IL Is only necessary to suppose
IhaI CHere was universal delupe. The
uelnge was sent to destroy the Outra-
8eOuS inhabitants Of the then populatpd
earth. Most of the flood did not ascend
DuI arose. The fountains of the great
ueeP were broken Open-that is. the
IaHu SUNK ana water flowed over What
mus lluSI IIIhk OF a man who will ignore
SSuch passage, ana in order To raise a
IduSH says III ralned eight hundred feet
a day. open your geology and read of
twenty Hoods. The ark was not a mud
scOW, as one might infer from Mr.. In
giefsOus description, but a MAGNIFICENT
sup nearly as large as our Great East
erh. Inc animals spoken of We're most
ly those found i'm the TppiOu yvhara
Noah lived. Noah described only what
ne saw, The kangarOOs did not iumn
IcIOsS Jhe ocean, nor did the Polar bears
come down out Of the ice. The God
VINO gave 10 all animals undefinable in
'GlhcI could have inspired them to seek
,4e ifto SHeiIer oil the ark. For the tenth or
lIGeeIiIh misrepresentation about the
lTK Mr. lngersOll says it landed ON
Mount Ararat, about seventeen thons--
ND rect nigh. Here he displays his ge-
graphlcal Ignorance, for Ararat was
ne name of hilly district, as well a.
I the mountain. Willful misrepresent-
tIOn Oy Mr. lngeTsOll in the first in.
lance geological ignorance in the
1cOh9 1 instance, geographical ignorance
InOsG unscalable in the third fnstance
put | must halt here until another
aDDath morning, as sometimes i'm an
1 inpOFtant trial an attorney halts nm
OIe 10 nnlsn. l have impeached the
rsI witness in this case of Infidelity-
ne plalntlH, against Christianity, the
et9hdant; | have only opened the door
Ghe subject which will take me sew
raj SaDDath mornings to finish I have
lOWn that Mr. 1ngersOll, the champion
laspnemer OF America, has misreDre-
'nted, sometimes through wilIfnIness
ld sometimes through astronomical
biological, chemical and geographical
,noIance, three great occurrences mem
one9 IN The Bible, and demand that,
leretore, you reject all he has said or
~ say according to the principle
aise In one, false in ALL" NV Drayer
that He who created, not out of moth
g, put out of his own Omnipotence.
9 world, may create you new Great,
e IN Christ Jesus; and that he who
@ a@ue llght three days before the sun
lich shall last after the sun has exs
red, and that he who made the ark
ID Kept its door open one hundred
"a twenty years to lead the antediIu
ans TO take shelter from the coming
haI -.