, 1883-02-03
INGERSOLL ANSWERED.
The Fine Eloquence of Priest
The Infidel Orator Meets mis-
Match in Beautiful Rhetoric.

No one who has ever heari Rob :rt In
sers,ll lecture will deny that he Is iarr
nratpr HIS paintings Is wonderful,
his eloquenc- enhancing. THUS lar III
his crusade against Caristi,uity this
skeptIc has appeared III the eyes of hi
followers a giant against plsmes. IL
has encountered an adversary, however,
seemingly in every way his equ'l. even Ia
his own pecul arlues OF rhetoric, TO judge
from the following extract from sermon
delivered the other Sunday, on the Occd-
sion Of the dedication of the Church "t
he Annunciation at Kansas City, NJ.
by Z V. Father David 5 Ph,laI., uf >
Louis, well known as the editor "f ire
U'sstesn U'asckmaa Havidg asserted
that ",he idea "i the soul aud the taith II,
It's immur.l.ty must have come down
from abn.e, as earth could not have
taught 1t, nor could death have inspired
II, the reverend father said
..Ii there is no hereafter, then life is
"ne long dehauch, and the highest educa-
uun Is to know how to fad ano how bes'
to enjoy pleasure. Ii there Is no hereat-
ier. virtue Is 4 deceit and hero SIN lie
See thai young man ble-dang from hum
,:red wounds H died IN defense Of
sisters honor. Ii :here IS no hereafter,
that nobIrst If deeds viii 20 forever uu
rewarded. See that y1nns sister in the
hospital bending over a victim cf the
ula.us TOMORROW she Will succuuIb, anu
rapid stride and hasty sepu.chre Will ie
ward her deyogirn. Ii tGere Is no here
after, her charity met sorry requItal.
See that man holding an afinghted ebI!u
at the window "f burning building, ii,
holds it long enough for sturdy cuanpan-
lon to grasp 1t from below, and he then
,alis back into his fiery tomb. II there l.
no nereafte such sacrifice is heartless
and unmes rng cruelty. See that troop
IF soldi,rs marching by 10 the braiing al
the drum Their country has called, and
lhey 90 to defend her honor on the bat
ileheId. They f. l.oS that fl g into the
thicl. Of the hghr, aud whsn the bugir
sounds the retrvar few rs,urn trCn the
carnage Those braye soldiers died wI'h
their faces L. the foe, and sriiie WAS
stamped on their features III deaih. II
there IS no hereafter, their herolsm was
suicide. and their Courage a mocSery Oi
fate Z .rthly lie is closed IN death the
grave Terminates all consor' aud ass, cla-
,ion with thiags II time, but, waited
,b we the bier, the wreck, the tomb.
floats the sweet voice Of God, saying i
am the life.
Contrast the above with the following
from Col. L. G. Ingersolls lectures,
and beautifel and tender as is the Ian
guage of The iEfidel orator, tina; of Father
Phelan loses nothing by the comparison.
Next TO etvrual y; next to being for
ever vi hthuse We love and those v hu have
loved u; next to that is To be wrapped III
rhe dreamllke drape.y # e,rrusl death.
Upon The shsinwy shore Of death the sea
OF trUubls clSts no wave. Eyes that have
been curtained by the everlasting daik
will never know again the touch "f tears.
lips that have been touched hy the eter-
nal silence, will never utter another word
OF grief Hearts Of drs: do not break.
The dead do not weep.
The Kansas City Journal publishing the
sermon. says that lis subject matter was
only equsll-d ty the grace and charm oi
It's delivery. 1t is hardly likely that Dir.
IngersOll VIII attempt TO ridicule this
Catholic priest as he has Sd many assumed
defenders Of the Christian faith. Fa.hrr
Phrlan is apparently very dif rent ad
versary rom some of the pu!pi: mounte
banks Mr. Ingerseu had encounter, d,
whose driveiing sentiment and lirdFng-
logic do more to injure the cause of reli-
gion 'haa even Mr. Ingersoll's iusidious
art and eloquent prr'ds- Father Phelan
is master OF the weapons Mr. Iugers.Il
Eses, and the infdel oratos must .at pr
ridge from his own dish m an encounter
with .hls knigh, OF the Cr,ss.
II Is teliered that the new postal card
With flap over the writing viii cause
pos,.ti;e= officials to become cr.ss-ey.d in
t;rm2ting To Iook under the fsp q. Bee
the writing. People Will watch thr de-
veiopments with much iu'er-sf. and the