The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-01
A Caustic Reply to Ingersoll
-'Talmagian Theology"
Expounded by New
YOrks Divine.
An Eloquent Tribute to the Chris
tian Religion Versus Inger-
soil SlurS
REPLY To INGER5OIIIsN.
DIR. Talmage said /:

tinguished infidel has been lecturing
in many of our cities Oh what he has
been pleased to call Talma sian Theol.
sgy, and L saw the announcement of
his lecture on the boards of the fences
Of Boston Chicago, Philadelphia and
Washington and other ciries. The
lecture was styled Ia magian Theol-
ogy. Ny lecture IS some what in re-
spouse TO that, and in order 10 show
that there are no personal feelings in
the case, | now and here Invite bin
when he shall have ceased TO oppose
Christianity, and shall have ceased to
express his infdel opinions, when he
shall have changed bis views. to come
to my city and preach his frat sermon
rs Christian minister in INV pulpit.
vOLTAIRE.
after writing 200 bloks-the majority
OF them opposed to the Christian re-
Egion anG himself bitterly opposed to
the Christian relig afterwards and in
his dying moments begged and PRAYED
Tor the administration TO his infidel
lips OF the sacrament of the Lord, and
asked TO be buried in consecrated
ground. Gods favorite figure 10
morals and all things is the circle.
Almost all things are in circles. Even
curve is circle-nOt vet finished. [
don't know how widely a man may
circle out and vet come back 10 the
joint he started from, bat Robert Will
yet complete his circle from the point
he started from when h was held at
the altar, and minister of religion
said !: Robert, | now baptize thee In
the the name of the Father. and of
the Son and OF the Holy Oh st, al
though from what we lave recently
heard it seems that the Christian re-
iigion isa huge blunder that the
mosaic account of the creation is an
sDsurdlty that there never was
miracle that the Bible from lid TO
lid is suited with defusion, and is
cheat and a sham that that book is
the friend OF polygamy, of massacre,
of crimes Of all sorts that those VINO
died for these truths were wre.ched
dupes that that book is woman's
tyrant and mans qualification that |
the church of Jesus Christ is properly |
gazetted as a fool that it is enough |
to bring blush of shame to every
sheek that John Adams, the father #
American independence sad that the /
Billie Was the best book In the world |
and that
DANIEL WEBSTER,
the leading lawyer of MS dav. ard @ !!
greatest expoun:er the co stiiution
ever had, dropped into I'D 1ecililv
when he SAID IN the court 70 IN: Gen
tiemen Of the jury Ever since | sar
on my mothers knee and learned pas
sages OF scriptures uatil this hour that
book his ben 10 M great a~ilghf,
and If there is anything ia nv ar ,e or
thought to be com meuded ascrine il
all 10 the fact than | nave hecn , con-
slant reader Of the scrintu,es; that
VIM II. Seward. the leading dipln-
mallst of the age. de asod himself
when he declared that the oulv hone
for American institutions is in the m
creasiug Influence OF the Bible.
Thomas CARLYLE said thar the mos;
wonderful book he ever read WAS the
Bible, and he wouid finally tell us that
it Ia wiser for us 20 t,ke that hook
from Its throne in the affections Of un-
counted nultiiuies and tramp!e 1t un-
der foot with hatred aud Kissing and j
contempt ana that your father vas
hoodwinked ana c4j led and chea'ed
and betOo'ei hv that book, as ne IN .de
it the staff of his age. leaning on it a.
his HAIR grew gray and his steps Short
ened as he came nap t. the verge ofthe
grave and that your mother lat ~ith
a pack of lies, reading OF a better
country and a reunion not only with
those who stood ar gund but with those
who had gone betore-readlng the BIZ
bic you are told 10 sueer d ,wn until
she could no more. until she mad
taken off her SpectacleS and wiped from
them the heavy mist of many tears
Alas that for forty or fifty wears
they should have leaned upon that
book In every trouble should have
had it under their pillow when they
lay diving in the back room, and asked
that a few words from that 10 thSnme
page should be cut upon the tomb
stone In the shadow Of the old village
church-waiting for a resurrection
that will never come.
THIS BOOK,
having deceived them, and having de-
ceived the mig ty inte.lects of the