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TO- A. GOulOu0Ds
J.. Q. DSvsa
Eli Aundoi Aims
John r.
O. Q. Parent. W.vel-y
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the gospel. Mr.. Ingsrs"ll says he be-
lieves in . gospel that takes care OF
the body-in tho gospel OF gooo
clothes; in the gospel OF good rouse /;
iu the gospel OF good food aud goss
living-iD word, DO believes IN .
gospel that says, Let a. { drink
and be merry, for Tomorrow We die"
Au old nme monarch once had that H.
scription put upon his tomb. Ihe
comment Of the historian who records
the TACT was, i'.an spitsph ftfo q heg"'.
The structure may seem . little severe.
but in plain frankness, how 10 such 2
life superior to the life OF the swine !!
Do We not see the pigs in the streets
daily living Just such . hfsP The d.
vine teacher took q different view OF
this matter. He once told = st.ry Of
tust. suchla manaas Me-. Ingersolrs
phtIosophJ would regard AZ : model
man. .The ground Of q certain rich
mai, brought forth plsntitully. and he
thought within himself, sayiug. What
snail 1 do, because - no more
room where to bestow my TUFTS And
he SAID this will I do; I will pull down
my barns and build greater, and there
will L bestoW all my fruits aud my
goods. Aud I viii say to my soul.
Soul, thou hsstmuoh goods LAID up for
many 1 ]; take thine ease, cat, drink
and be merry. But God said unto him,
Thou fool, this night thy Ioul shall. be
required ofsthse, then whose shall;
those thugs be which, thou hast prom.
lsed.n Gave 8 mig good alo:hes, q good
house. good tool, aud good bodily
care and lie would b, an appropriate
symbol OF. the Ingersoli p~hilosephy.
H would be living simply to p.mpsr
his body. ~
MIR. lngersoli concludes his lecture
by Offering US the best hope he has.
The angusge 10 faultlessly beautiful.
The iansus &c reminds US 81 garlasds
hung upon a grave. ItFemiuds rs Of
the flowers witt, which funeral affairs,
are dressed, wi!era the dead lie; the
wreaths aud anchors, the crosses aud
tone III fJrsl teaSfulness to
place on coffin lids. His beautiful
words, like the beautiful flowsrs, arc.
afier eli, ouly the dIsmsl drspery Of
death. Listen 10 M. Ingsrsol;'s best
hope. it is that Of et*ruaI unconscious-1
nsss: Eyes that have been touchsd
by the everlasting dark will never
know again the touch of tears.
Lips that have been touched by the
oterusl silence will never utter another
word of grief. Hrarts OF dust do mo
break. The dead do not weep" Its
very beautiful. bot very dismal.
From such q hops my whole being
r~scoiis. Mr.. Ingerso!rs philosophy
hangs shove the vsults OF Erebus. 1t
plumbers my heart of every hope that
/ shall ever meet again any one whose
words aud whose omces OF love and
whose smiles and sJmpaihies have
sweetsned the current of my life. His
hope lids mr. go sit by thsir graves
aud imagine that their ashss gurEls
in the etreams. float IN the clouds,
burst in waves of light upon the
shores Of other worlds. His hspe
mocks me. l am not tracing their
ashes among streams or clouds or
prisms Of light. What my ysarning
spirit seeks to know 10 whether l shai
once again, upon some eternal shore.
embrace them. There are lips that
have been sealed by the eternal
silence, if Mr.. Ingersoll's philosophy
be true, which once made music for
me 80 sweet that the thought Of
never again hsariug their tsnes Of
love would smite my brain with
madness. There are eyes now cur.
taiued by the eternal dark, if
Mr.. Ingersoll's philosophy be true,
which once 80 shons like land.stars
above tho turbulent blllows Of my
life, that the thought of my Spirits
never again being warmed by their
lovelight would drive me 70 q chaos
worse than death. There are hearts
TO- in everlastiug dust. il MIR. lnger-
soils philosophy be true. which sncs
pulsed with SO true . sympathy for
me, that if l thought they would never
beat responsive to niue sgain.l would
wish that darkness and the shadow Of
death had covered tho day Of my
birth. II l thought that patient Wo-
mai who brought me into mortal lite.
watched over my sickly Infancy, and
guarded my wayw Ard youth; II l
thong II that the WIFI, who with trns
heart hsres common tria!s aud COM
mon triumpis with me II l thought
that the %cuildren. the tapers Of whose
lives were lit from mine, and who
are waters OF my liie's fountain; if
thought that the brave aud gensr0ua
friends, who have stood with shields
spread over me when Sometimes pro-
rate aud bleeding on lifs's battle
AL - h0nt kA NJ As~s
were, ever IN be around them and
tGetrs ar.'u.h me i'll some glad etsr.
nsi m%r.irs. would say this world
" re 'Gxer. aud life were . night.
mate. u .les8 in = r~esurrectleh OF
tns - d snt the Iifa everlasting
tafouen tue Words Rodesmer; upol
ths rock sand. 1 usiievs that tint
eyes' wniah hs hai lifted from .'ths
eterna' J2rk," viii drink in tae Ugh
OF AZ enf-e=s day; upon that rock ]
staad. 1 ~rells7- that the lips which
hav. bseu Kissed by tho Spirit Of tbs
Alsrsrt Father VIII no, remain fol-
ever under the seal of silence, but
will once more murmur love tones il
the paradis. Of God; upon that roct
Island. l believe hat the heart y hlct
uis spiris nas Q%uiokened with new
life from His own pulses will not 70
main III dust, but in the kingdom eter
nal beat in sweet with tn,
true ones they loved on earth; and OF
that rock l stand,
S. E. Llewellyn, Mexico, Mo-, says
81 am selling more Of Browns Irol
Bitters than of any other simila
medicine"
TOO FAMILIAR.
Mr.. Poet. a rathsr d, fident man "