The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-31
THE MOUNTAIN EVANG.E-
LIST.
Boarding the Lion Of sin in His
Chief Stronghold.

New York, December 16.-Rev.
George o. Barnes opened his meet
ings at Clarendon Hall in this city,
last night, to 100 persons. He said
that he had come to New York
without invitation. The reason he
did not begin meetings at an earlier
day was for the want of money to
procure a hall. He had hoped of
obtaining financial aid from friends.
in Kentucky. He is persuing the
old plan of locking to the Lord for
instruction and the means with
which to pursue his work. The
service last evening opened with
the hymn beginning Bliss of the
purified; bliss Of the Tree" Miss
Marie played an accompaniment
and sang in clear and strong voice,
nearly drowning the weaker voice
of her sister. Sitting at the right
of his daughters and wearing his
Overcoat, the evangelist joined in
the chorus, taking the bass part. At
the close of the hymn he knelt IN
front of the chair facing the audi
ence and prayed. Another hymn
was sung. Ii begun:
"Knoekiug. knocking, who is there %
Without rising, the evangelist an
nounced the fourth chapter Of the
First John as the Bible lesson, and
Miss Marie arose and read the les
son rapidly but distinctly. Then
the evangelist threw off his over
coat, stepped to the front Of the
platform and began speaking.
THE proposition thai God is love
and nothing but love-" he said,
"was to be the keynote Of this series
of meetings. He would prove the
truth of it. If he did not he would
acknowledge himself an impost9r.
The devil also says J:
GOD IS LOVE-"
the evangelist went on. Il have
heard him say it, but what he wants
to kill me for tonight is because l
say God is loYe,and nothing but love.
We know that God is love because
God says Sc. Let us learn to dis
tinguish between God himself and
his attributes. Justice is an at
tribute, mercy is an attribute, for
bearance is an attribute, but love
is not an attribute Of God, for God
himself is love-"
The evangelist then took up the
subject Of atheism, and said that
Col. Ingersoll had Il closer grip on
the thought of the people than any
fifty men in the nation. Il respect
his talent, his beautiful private life,
his control over his own temper
He has certainly kept his temper
better than any one who has been
in controversy with him. l wish ]
could convert him, and l think !
could if I had a chance. He owes
his influence over the people to the
fact that he is attacking a false
God. There is ne man in the world
who can answer him from the
standpoint from which the replies
to him have been made. Ingersoll
has been making infidels faster thar
| Moody is making Christians, and
Moody is making Christians faster
than any other man in the world
The best men in the country are
running to atheism. Don't be
afraid Of Romanism; the danger
lies in the direction of atheism; but
Ingersoll has never attacked my
God. The devil himself has moi
brass and cheek enough TO attach
the God who is love and nothing bu'
love. l believe
INGERSOLLI AN HONEST INFIDEL
1 could not defend the God he at
tacks. If l had no other God to be
lieye in than a God who kills hal
the human race in infancy, bring
misery to the other half and sit
clipping off the lives of human be
ings as with shears at,every tick o
the clock, tell you, my friends,
would be an atheist, too. l am gla(
our instincts override our theories
so that we may make hop, skip ant
jump over all such theories and lant
in the bosom of the God of love.
Barnes spoke of Mr.. Talmage a
the "great DR.. Talmage who ha
professed to tear Ingersoll all tt
pieces, but who has never knocked
a feather out of him. The stately
preachers in stately pulpits," HI
said,, "are asking what is to become
of the masses. The masses" shoutet
the evangelist leaning forward will
outstretched fingers, "are going t.
hell What the masses want i
somebody who will preach a gospe
that will draw sinners as molasse
draws flies. The preachers say
we preach the gospel but 1 sa.
you don't, and the proof is that yol
don't draw sinners. 1t has come t,
l thSr Il, Of LIZ, al.