Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-26
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The Standard Theater was crowded
-. .,sniuo with an intelligent snd cul-
- audience, which seemed to be in
s,esIIent humor to hear Colonel H.
-.oIl,. lecture, as it applauded almost
s.,,,bine be said. At $50 the lecturer
..ns uuon the platform, and, without
ss..osao,ion, began his lecture. of which
=. following is synopsis:
LADIES AND GEsTLEMES-"e know so
,...,a life 10 go short it is such little
...,snoe from the lap of the mother TO
,ss lap of The mother of MS all. There
=. time of sunshine and of jov, of
sabt and of shadow. We have 50 little
.;srcs all We know is that the new
eiPasrs tie old and is in its turn con-
con4d by another new. When the
qa'; expsssd, We behold only the an.
ls, J, . sninine truth. Truth only can
Rsl" Immortality. The ignorant and
ela...,itious alone are those who are
.,n of everything. The less a man
80 the surer be is and the more he
s.s tie more he knows he does not
- As this 10 true, We should all
-, intellectual hospitality enough to
~, the honest thoughts Of others.
~. nersons believe that they have
- al of the esl Of knowledge between
-, thumb and finger, and that their
500 and finger are saHded. Let US
~, he g.; 10, us be honest tonight and
sSmis how little We know. Let as for
- onr little oloRies and our little isms;
:, M forget our belief that God made
- a.rth 10 raise Methodists and Pres
ss,sriaus and Baptists on, and that the
vi gorId is An everlasting museum of
Mssbodist mummies, Baptist barnacles
"a PRESBYTERIAN petrefaotions. Let us
sc,ost ALI this, and let us be honest with
sssh other tonight.
psonIe are sure of what they bo-
rsrs-they are sure, but they may be
saistakeu. How can man be sure when
~ ,emembers how many nations lie
ssnssth the waveless sea of oblivion,
~ MANY languages have persisted,
- MANY religions are dust Moth
No Il destined to Immortality that is
at absolutely true. Let us then seek
sstsr truth. | know very little, but |
taov tsat the world has changed, and
iii ohanQe. There was a time when
noo, human savages believed that there
rsre myriads of gods-quick- tempered
sods. who, on the slightest provocation,
sonId launch a fearful bolt from the
Nv and crush to earth the miserable
obisct of his wrath. The savage be-
I'd "a
misfortsne, another savage, a little
nafe shrewd than the frst, would sly,
AYES, it's all so; You have m ,de the
Gods angry" And then the latter
would say that he had great influence
with the gods, Was high 10 their favor
IN fact, was a kind OF n lobby msmbs r
Of the heavenly legislature-and for
digit consideration he would under
axe TO persuade the gods to remove
sheir anger from his miserable fell
iov savage. That was the beginning
Of the clergy. Or course, the
avaes believed. He was SO supersti-
tiou.. And why should he not DO super
stitious He was 80 ignorant ; he knew
20 little. There were the thunder and
The lightning and the earthquake, the
Volcano painting the sky with Its
iurid fame, there was the mighty ocean
with its flowing and ebslnQ tide, the
stsr, the sun, all the mex plicabie phe-
nonsna Of nature. No wonder that he
believed.
sss that the world has changed. We
once had the astrologer who read mems
faies In the stars. He 10 gone gone
forever and in his place we have tue
astronomer. The world IL better by
that change. We had the alshsmist, |
srucible with eager anxious looks. He |
b gone. and he found no secret. La bis |
place We have tho chemist who Is ever IN |
folding secrets which help to weave for |
humanity mantle Of Joy. The world |
bias lost nothing by that change. The |
pruphet pretended to read the future |
and to CRISP from the skies the future |
Of mems lives. He il gone. In his
place We have the philosopher, who |
studies ont what Was and what Is, and |
seeks to tell from these what will
be- The world has lost nothing
By that change. The augur, the sooth
saytr, the medicine man, the NEGRO |
mancer, all are gone. In their placss We
have Pop, 8, ctrdin ais, priests, bs1o.s
and clergymsn. The world has made
nothing by that change. IL Ia the same
story OF ignorance paid by faith. All
are the fruit of the same tree. The teach
o. NUT come In their place, the only true
Of nature. The man with a
new fact who will raise his fellow men
nearer TO the sublime knowledge, Is the
enly priest who csn stand at the great
altar ia the church of humanity.
But the old lights. II is the same old !
tonhiot. II IL not new; u has been
folRht in every country; In sciencs IL |
eelf. Every scIs ntist Is not leader Ia |
ihodlht, aud .hs struggle goes on in |
science ne we'll ~ elsewhere. In msdi
cine u b not bsen 80 long since the |
ply sician thou ghl IL best TO goad the
patient 10 tue point OF dssth with lam
Get and then to WOO hm gently back
10 life. We all remember the old
doctor with bottle Of calsmel In one
pocket and rusty lance in the other,
ssinls hoping to meet another such fool
Is himself. 80 that he might try the old
slperinei once more. IL 10 the same
conflict; he conflict between the stage
eoach and the locomotive. the hut and
Tue palace. Religion dies hard. bat
that Ia not proof of its divine origin.
u 10 proof Of its human origin. Every
hing dies hard that points TO moth
ere tender lips, that Ia twined and in
seriwined with the very heart tendrils
Of youth. Bnddhi-m dies hard. Juda-
Am dies hard. Northumberland dies
card, Catholicism, Professionalism, all
ne hard. They die hard because their
ministers and their priests do not tell
!ae truth-do not tell what they bslieve.
lam not saying that they are lisbon.
~ There are maay good, earnest,
honest Christians; bat this is not q
question Of personal goodness.
usrRyman always conceal their
doubts. An now let me tell you some
wing Always tell your doubts they
are she smartest things about you. A
ooaos is the bud of new idea and II
may burst into q blossom IL Ia an In
snectual perfume n doubt Ia the srst
aostering of the intellectual eagle.
Tne clergymen tell me that / fsht a
nan OF straw. That they no longer
preach what attack. or course they
pteAeh q hell, but not the same old,
WsstinQ, frying hell. Not that hell.
another kind Of a hsll-pretty warm.
y eoafse. Ia the heat OF the day, bat
w enough at night; In fact, very
ne. comfortable sort Of hell. Theus-
10 nos OF them are ashamed OF this doc
ane. and | tell them THAT religion Ia
ssasorsunate which shocks by it, cruelty
20 oest hearts, aud by its absurdity the
u6ek bfaina. whiNh Alls tina nraaant