Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-31
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.;.,s the geologic growth of this
or the equ lily euphonious rep
-..,ious of Methodist mummies I"
.prsby,erian pe'rifaO'ions."
r., Billings says "a lie has no legs {;
an toe back of truth and rides
- That there are professors
n,;s.isni y who disgrace the cause
-h;sh they attach themselves, all
.,.ou. but Who would think of
w - the gold lying in our banks be
Sfas .he counterfeits that occ ssion-
ss ssn ia our way? Does not the
ors,ence of the counterfeit prove
,ross Who fears counterfeits on
- money-the true ls worthless
rat VOC. Mr.. Iagersoli, for proving
.sjus of Christianity by sho snR
~ ar,stepce Of its counterfeits.
y, -bep YOU ridicule great trut hs,
D..rizsd by all ages and climes. by
- to identify them WITH the excres-
- that artifcially attach them
- 70 their surface, you reveal the
H...kasss OF yJur position.
shs reliQious element IN humanity
.Ismsnt OF weakness or strength z
4~.ss farmer, hox does it appear pron-
1T ii III the great civilizations of
rhi How happsns IL that Athens,
- home of the highest culture of the
.sssut world, was counted the most
si:si ,us IF all Greece "It Is easier
and god than man in Athena"
"A oue of her philosophers. Yet their
4 hAa
;,ssiIectnal growth. but fostered aud
/ naltIplied it. How does 1t happen that
/ rrpt and AssyIia we're so great, yet
a dsyousf Perhaps a few skepiics
1 niooled among them and saved the ma
sms from the universal stagnation
/ ,bout 10 ensue frum their religisus SEN
| tmsuts. How does 1t happen that the
.sdise civilization of TO-DAY Is connect
4 yl,h those nations having gwen she
.rost time, attention aud care to the
fbristisu religion, and that An open
Bble was Victoria's proud answer to
he question vf Madagasoar's Queen
80 what does Enginnd owe her pres
st glory r. How does it happen that
,be United States. the most prosperous
naton the sun shines upon. has more
aBsptist barnacles" and Methodist
1 mnnmies" 20 the thousand than any
mhsr patton on earth Is it not strange
! hat this free, frank, intellectual nation
| should, In spite of Thomas Paine and
Robert lneersoll, persist In steadily
growing more religious, increasing its
propoftion Of Protestant professors
from one tenth to one fifth of its popu.
htion 10 one hundred years, though
daring that century receiving millions
d infdels and Catholics from the old
yuntryl Perhaps 1t Is owing to free
dom OF thought.
Professionalism dies hard" Ingersoii
are Yes, think il our bodies showed
10 more signs Of dying for century
se would probably believe il the pres
snt life as thoroughly as he, and try to
ktsle down and be happy. "But the
cid. hRhts." Is Il necessarily wrong
feF being oidS have no more sympa.
iky With old despotism, old superstition,
old cruelty, old deception. than he, no
more than ] have with old infdeiity.
which fer fifteen hundred years has
been retained under the same labels.
Tbs Arguments of last Monday evening
are not new. and according 10 the ora
Tore reasoning they should be. slain, be-
cause OF their age. i expect that had
be not had Christian training when q
bog be would have advocated staying
hIspFents b. cause "they were o d and
dlsd hard" Other unbelievers in Chris
uanity have done this. among the IN
Roman philosophers and orators.
"A religion is unfortunate which
shocks by It's cruelty the best p hearts
and BY its absurdity the best brains;
vhlch makes God A demon aud m6n a
poor, Bringing creature" How We APP
ples swim with our best brains aud
hearts.
The Bible has its histories that tsll
mems craelty aud sins with terrible
hltbfulness that shows how nations IN
olhrr aRes a. at present paid the penal
" Tor their absolute lawiessnsss by ex-
teFmination. Toere are two pictures of
bsd coming from the highest authori
Tire OF Old and New restaments re-
srectivs1y TO which I invite Mr.. Inger-
soli's attention for his SUNDAY evening
lestnre. The first is in Exodus XXXtV.,
W, "And,the Lord passed by before
him and proclsimed. The Lord, the
Lord God. meroiful and gracieus, long
saderinR and abu ndant IN goodness and
irith. keeping mercv for thousands,
fslRiving iniquity, transgression and
sill, aSd that will by no means clear the
Rzilty. visiting the ininqnity of the ia
theirs upon the children, and upon the
efildren's children 10 the third and
fourth generation"
The other Is the parable of the prodi-
GAL son, Luke Nv, representing God AS q
eying father waiting for the vasabond
Hn 20 return that he might restore him
u bis place. express his fondest love.
AID rejoice over one that Was dead,
oat is alive again was lost, but is
found.p
This, and not the story of a burning
nsll, 10 the story Of christianity today.
but every sensible man knows that
nsre Is a dark side 10 human life which
ewes no signs Of passing away in the
lusure. IL IL honest TO know of ret tribu-
ton and not sound an alarmf Docs In
fsrsoil ever mention the penalty OF the
ias In his pleas? Did he ever ask that
Justice be administered TO the criminals
mai our homes aud hearths might be
more sacred from the plunderer. or does
ne Mways use his dazzling eloQuence, as
We Star Route cases, 10 clear the
We cannot conceive Of mater being
created from nothing. without cause
g with cause" Perhaps pot. You
cannot conceive of matter existing eter-
nalty, Tor the mind is not vast enough
% reach eiarnity. But matter Is here.
nevsrtheless. How did u Gomez You
nave yon theory have mine. Neither
An be demonstrated. Both mast re-
main theories.
One more wsrd about +" Baptist baraa-
e<s. bsrnacle is a bad thing on a
mp, which has the merit OF sticking
"a. 70 the business. once stepped up
Mr. Underwood at the close OF his
seizure on Free Thought, and said, :"
an fires thinker. "Ah very glad tc
e yoa.r (Shake.) But I am run
ainR IN a little different rut. that IL all
am Baptist PASTOR Alb ah =
srsrceptihle coolness of mannsr.l Il
oelonR TO denomination which, fol
eenturies. have called for free thought
sau Tree speech /; who have sealed theul
s9lsn IN their principles with theiI
ood' and have served o0t their sen
seuces ~ CHASTITY prisons. instead oi
gnpsRatine their views nc sacrifice O
tefs.r Ss'0A avs "
Roger Williams. says r. w. Hig
k.nson, maintained that permission
me most Paganish. Jewish, Turkish
nnii. .Christisu consciences' should b.
kIAnted to all men of all nations ens
soan'rie', and that 'Pspisss, Protest