Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-07-28
DEMOCRATIC srArr lSO COUNTY rIcSrr.


Praise the Loh
We copy the following from the
Dayton journal which is addressed 10
its editor:
DAYToS, o., July n, 1882. Dear
Sir-Allow me to do a thing ! seldom
venture upon, viz; Correct a report
of my uttemnces. Once and again |
am reported as calling Col. Robert
Ingersoll "Bob Ingersoll." Allow me
10 say that, # | am "crank," am
a gentleman born and bred. No one
has a right TO degrade me, as above,
by putting false utterance in my
mouth. Col. Ingorsoll is man
whom, personally, ] respect lie is a
noble type Of manhood. That makes
his teachings so dangerous. II he
were a BLACKBOARD, "BoJ" % he could
never do the awful work he is accom-.
plishing. But, gentleman as he is,
scholar as he is, intellectual giant as
he is. and, above all, attacking a the.
illogical God, who is wholly indefensi
BILE, by DIR. Talmage, Judge Black, or
any one else, he stands upon such a
vantage ground, that do not wonder
he is "sweeping the decks" by his or.
atory and making iniidels of thou.
sands upon thousands Of the best
thinkers of our Nation-old and
young. And | frankly confess here,
~ have often said from the platform,
that If had no other God than the
God whom Col. Ingersoll so freely,
Justly and successfully assails, | would
gladly take refuge as he does in the
only comforting thought left, that
there Is no God. Oh, il he only
knew my God, and the God aud
Father Of our Lord, j Els Il 5
CHRIST. | believe be would trust
and love and preach Him as ! DO,
while abating not whit of his oppo.
sition TO the devil cltironcd. whom so
many thousand in and out of the
Church are trying TO worship and
serve. How unsuccessfully. let the
dead churches and deader church.
goers witness. "The stream rises not
higher than ITS source.
Thinking as above, you see how i'm
possible il is for me 10 speak of Col.
ingersoll as "Bob." May ask you
to insert this as early as possible, and
oblige, Yours truly,
Gro. O. BARNES, Evangelist
In another part Of the same paper
the subjoined occurs:
The Rink revival, if il may be
called a revival, so far, continues.
Rev. Geo. o. Barnes holds the fort,
and in his sermon last night, took oc
casion to remark that he would stay
here all Summer but that the Lord
should yet capture Dayton. lie an
nounced his intention of staying
through August, and proposes TO fight
il out on the line he has laid down.
lie selected his text from the 9th
chapter of the Gospel according to
st. John, After this there was Il
great feast Of the jews, etc. He
said in the beginning that God is
known now, since the cross of Gu rist,
as the God OF all grace-not some
grace, but all grace, nothing but
goodness, no alloy about il rs the dev.
il would make you believe. There
fore His is not judgment seat where
the extent Of our punishment is 10 be
melted out. And Christ came down
from above TO represent God. | want
to.nigh. to stamp my foot as well as |
can upon this miserable theory that
God is a God of judgment. of pun.
ishment, of retribution. lie is a God
Of all grace, and ! would have il I'M
derstood.
Why did Jesus come down to this
earth2 Simply to declare the great
pleasure of the Father. Remember
his is a throne Of grace not throne
OF iudgment-grace triumphant, and
through grace there is righteousness
even unto eternity. Christ came
down here to disseminate grace to us
prodigals.
A WASHER SER BACK. The show.
or came up, or rather it came down
"a shower never comes up--so unex-
pectedly that nearly every body was
taken by surprise, aud Jefferson street
was in a panic. Young Washer, who
never goes without an umbrella, saw
his opportunity and sailing up to the
prettiest girl with the prettiest hat in
All darlington, made a bow that was