The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-20
INGERsOLL ON DEATH.

We reproduce this morning. from the
Cnicaso lnter.Ocean, another OF the ex-
qgisl,- srns o. COLONEL RoESET G. niger
so,; A-! inreta address over the re.
mains ~ Ms friend JoHy Il. MILLS. Every
Eow Al ''s'i he scintilla,ioI.s OF his bril-
liant ..rluics Il ish from the ready lips
OF this ,..u 1 genius, TO challenge our ad-
miraiioA hy their dazzle as he blazes away.
o. with to- i9agic wand of MERLIN. at
once tie ae.aid and the hero OF his dis
iinctise doctrines. There is an honest eau
dor and courage Of conviction about his ut.
tcrances which, whether We endorse his
views OF no, We are compelled to admire, a.
aiso to exalt the beauty of their setting
There is stringiDg together OF golden
thou ;hts through the silvery wilchery ol
words that entorces us to feel that we our
selves had before somehow secretly thought
the same things, aud experienced the same
sentiments, though in heslating under
tones, which he thus iearessiy expresses to
III under the moyement.lke grace OF a
pbNuls MS ltlllit lnltllHNN anu ltINtHl
feelings seem, like the eagle, to reye in
tue domain OF bold research, and yet ur-
able to Invade the dumb peneiralia of the
dim b, You'd, and failing to comprehend the
simple story Of the cross, that in the Chris
tian creed solves the occult problem and
bridges the dark gulf, finally admits the
llmlt Of thus far, but no further All
through his humanitarian philosophy there
runs n broadpess OF benevolencc that is
sues from a genuine philanthrophy aud
sincere simplicity of character to make the
May OF life the brighter for his efforts, and
all nature more luxuriant Of leaf, despite
the doubts he presses as TO its December.
We may disagree with ham as TO the roya
household at the end of the journey and
the shelter we hope to find there with its
healing balms from the Fountain of all
The forces, yet We cannot but love the per
tune % The road he indicates to us AS best TO
trayeI, nor can we fail to recognize thoya
Of his protest against the attempts to max,
aught else OF this life than a temple of
daily joys with daily ripening harvests
II to his scientific mind the theologian IL
uninteligible and the religionsts' plan is
incrusted with thcoiogc error and bur
thened with cumbersome baggage from
picket line to reserve force, yet he never
1 ais to commend TO us the line of a.
BILE march in the dealing with our fellows.
Aud all this he does by standing upon the
vantage ground of u fidelity that the heao
owes to the heart, and aided by that power
that translates and transfers thought to
thought, and so raises us above the brute
the power of language. And lust here
Ia embedded truth and a suggestion
worthy Of acceptance by our diyines
and other instructors. 1t is but too often
The custom of some people of this day OF
too rapid whirl, for quick fortune making
to crit'cise in this respect what is to them
selves the unattainabls, an elaborate STYLE
Of speech or writing. Puugent matter full
oil pregnant meaning is not weakened by
gractfdlness of manner. Yet some are de
luded with such an idea, Just as though
delcacy of embroidery could not 20 with
strength OF material, or subtle fancy with
Visor AID breadth of thought; just,as though
aninteleclual jewel should. lose in value
because Of the iiueness of its encasings.
No; SO with lSGERsoLL, He beauties
wh!le he enlightens, and gratihes the
taste while he instructs the judgment,
Many, indeed nearly all, of his arguments
against Christianity are as old as Christi.
auity; and his thoughts on the domestic
aud social virtues could never be patented
for they have been the worlds property
since the world began. But he has so in.
vested all these with charm of manner,
like noble music set to noble words" that
lac has welded his name to famous olo-
quence and counts his conquests by battal-
mns. And this, too, ID is that has given to
Nj. BEEcuER in the past, as IL is giving to
ME-. TALMAdE now, the renown and the
emoluments they have been awarded. Let
TIE Christian pulpit especially learn well
the lesson that the electric light of Language
irtensiies the power of the treasury of
thought.