The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-21
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What Ia said ot Father phrIin'N Views
I No one Who has ever heard Robert lnger.
soil lecture will deny that he is rare ora.
tor, His word.paInting is wondcrmla his
| ol0quonCe enhancing. In his crusade
| against Christianity, this sccpliu has np.
| pcarod IN tho eyes OF his followers giant
against pigmcs, He has encountered an
adversary however, seemingly in every
way his equal, even in his own poouhnu.
ties Of rhetoric, 10 Judge from tho following
extinct froma sermon delivered recently on
the OCCASION OF the dedication of the church
OF the Annuucintlnn ut Kansas City, Mo-,
by Rev, Father David 3. rhrlan OF ST.
/ Louis well-knOwn ns the editor OF the
Western Walchman, Having asserted that
1.-THE idea OF the soul and the faith In It's
Immortality must have come down from
above, as earth could not have taught IT,
nor eonld death have inspired IL, the rvytr.
end father said
"Il there is no hereafter then life /, one
long dohauch, and the highest education ia
to know how TO find aud how best inpuioy
pleasure. II there n no hereafter, virtue Is
deceit aud hcr0ism lie, Sec that young
man bleeding irNm hundred wounds. lie
10 IN defense Ola bislei', honor II there
/ 80 hereafter, that uohlcst at dtods will gn
uLrcwarued See that young sister in the
hospital nCnding over u ViCtlmni the plague.
Tomorrow SHE wlllsu Oumh, aud u upil ride
aud u hasty sopnlturo will reward her de.
vottun, II there II 40 hereafter, her char
NY met sorry rcquthl' Sec that man
holding an ailrlghtou child at the window
uia burning huilding Ito holds il long
l'Cnuugh Tor sturdy cpmpa iiuu to prnap IL
from below and hc thea tails back into hi,
fiery tomb, lfthern is NJ hereafter va Ca
sacrnco is hcnrtlcss aud uumouuing cruel.
| " Nee that troop al soldiers marching hv
| u the betting of the dTum. rheir country
/ has called, and they go forth 10 defend her
honor On the battlefield. rhny fol-
low that ilag into the thicl. Of
| the fight, and whom the buglo sounds
the re reat, u few return from the
carnage Those brave soldlers died, their
! lace 10 tho Zoe, and u smile was stamped on
their features IN death. II there Is no here
after their hcroi'm W suicide aud their
courage u mockcry OF late. Earthly HE IL
closed in death, the grave terminate, all
oonsort aud association with thIugs OF
time hut, waited above the bier the wreck
the tombstone, floats the sweet voice of
/ God, saying 4 am the Life"
| Contrast tho above with tho following
from ono of Colonel lngorsolls lectures
and, beautiful and tender as is the language
OF the inndel orator, that Of Father pnelan
loses nothing by the comparison:
| Next To eternal JOY, next to being for.
/ ever with those we love and those who
| have loved US, next TO that " to be wrap.
ped in tho drcam'liko drapcry OF eternal
death, Upon the shadow, shore Of death
/ the sea Vt trouble casts no wave Ewes
that have been curtained 10y tho eycrlas,.
INK dark will never know again the touch
vt tears, Lips that have never been
touched by the eternal silence will never
utter anothNr word Of grief Heart, of dust
do not break, The dead do not weep"
The Kansas CITY Journal, publishing the
sermon, said that IL, suhicct.matter wa,
ouly e1ualled Nv the grace and charm OF Its
delivery. II is hardly likely that MIR, lnger.
soll will attempt 10 ridlcule this Catholic
priest ~ no has 80 many assumed defenders
OF tho Christian faith, Father phrlan is
apparently q very different adversary from
SOME oi the pulpit ounicbanGs Mr., lnser.
soil has encOunlcrc', whose dwelling sen.
timcnt and limping logic do more TO iuiurc
the cause VI religion than even MIR. lnger.
shlls inSidious arts and eloquent periods.
Father Phelan l, master ol tho weapons
Mr., lng,rsoll uses aud the inhdel orator
must eat porrdge from his own dish in an
encounter with this knight Of the cross, -
Erie IN, ~ Herald
There is no rcmcdy top ot tho earth that
Possesses so much real absolute merit as