The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-22
TAlMAGE VS.. iNGERSOll.
The Preacher Pets Hi@ % the wits~s
Staad and Tft~. ts,m by Jsr,.

The Preacher rsi. H,r. o.. tho wsss~~
>s.aa and rSs~. ss,~ by Jsr,.
In the Triai,y rspis, Church. tam.
den. las; -.ening. Rev. l. In VIZ,
Jslmsge. 81 Brooklyn. lccsurrd on
'Ipgcrsoglism." usd.r the Sn.piccs 81
the Young Mcn's Christian Association
The church ~as crowded ~ i,s u;nioss
and laughter aud appliance VEN frr-
gncnt Dr. TAlmsgs hal left bis home
on the four O'Clock train and ARMED
jus, IN time tn step upon the platform
and t-gin hi, address.
Daring the pas, four Or Nv. years"
began the speaker. "A distinguished
gentleman has been lec,urns ihroagh
the country Gu ~ha. he ha. bcn pleased
To call ~.IalmAgian Philosophy II 10
kind 81 him ,o thus talk q me % those
who PROBABLY never saw or heard of
me. and so. when this talented 1rntlr-
maa shall have become changed in his
convict ons. ! shall iasiic hl'u Ia prvseh
his hrs, sermon ia NV pulpit This
shows that ! have no personal feeling
agains, him. for be will change. ] hope.
\ oi,airc. who wrote some two hundred
and forty volumes. all Of which wrre
more or less attacks on Christianity.
asked 90 have the sacrament admin
is,-r-d 10 him when he Was dying. and
re ,u.s,cd that, hs should TO bursrd In
cossecraiei ground.
Prom wha, We have heard az late. 10
.sems that the Christian religion - q
huge blund,r. that the Bible. from lid To
Iii. l. stuffed with irs and sbains that
there never was a miracle. and that the
Flood and Noah's Ark ar great absur-
diii.s: that those whp have died for its
truths have been dupr-. that W. should
blush for such men n. William H.
Sew ard. and Thomas Jefferson. and
William T. Gladstone. and Daniel Web
s,cr because they believed saCh trash;
thai your father was n fool 10 lean on
the Bible io his grave. YOUR mother was
but cajolcd by lies and snpsrsiltions;
that the Book which has deIuded 80
many of the great iniellccts ii the past
must not 10 allowed "a delud. our 80
much greater mes. 80. then. out, with
il from ih. Church. the court and the
home
DIR. Talmage then proposed la give
the Bible u fair tral before con!cmning
IL. aud he impanclrd tne audience a. the
Jury before whom to Try the ease. Then
he called Robcr, g.. lncrr,oll o. the wit
n-ss stand. and was obliged Ia swear
him ''by the spots al ihc sun. the cav
crns in the moon. the belts about q
urn. the Milky Way and the Aurora Bo-
rcalis" daughter. lie next stated y
principle of law that Il b. could prove
tina, tue witness had misr-pre>en,cd one
set III facts hc could not he trusted ia
another ial.c in one. false In all.
In Mr. lngersoiis lecture" con,ln-
nod the reverend gentlcm.n. ''he state.
that the Bible favor. poly gamy. and b.
asks IL his audience believes in such =
procedure. No. no, one. Then YOU
are better than your Bible concluded
Mr. lngersoll in triumph S01 let me
AK you how many wives did God max.
for Adam. and ] presume shAt lie
started the Institution n lie wanted IL
Ia continue. How many wive. did lie
tell Noah and his sons To take into the
Ark. n, ia. -.cond launching 81 tb.
human race One each" This point
was elaborated ut some length. aud
then Dr. Talmsge replied In regular
order To the following claims Of ing.r-
soil: That the Bible l. an impure book;
that IL f. n cruel book that IL !.
woman's ,yrani and degradation: that
the story of the creation of woman
il most ridiculous On this he sad
my friend pronouns cs the RIB story
n absurd. That poor odd RIB "a Adam =
Laughter. II j. run through all mr.
frieni. lectures. so that when people
como in lat they AJAX liza. be come
Ia the rib story YETI 1augbtsr Ii
il like a greyhound ~ mine who used
To devote himself e. gnawing n o'd.dry
bone. when there was an abundance "a
good fooi al hand. One dsy ] lost my
temper and was about 'o throw tie
bJns over the fence. when that do,
seemed to look NJ ms u. though be
wanted Z, say: IL YOU only new how
much ] depend on this bsns-i'm IN
snhdeL'" usnghs~r1
By a liberal quotation IL statistic. Dy
Tslmage answered The n~ss claim. that
Christianity II falling back and the Bsh1~
becoming .xfins,. and decizr~d that To-
day tn. most popular name On earth h
Jesus. and b most popular book th~
Bible. Hs tb~n. In . humorous.
Illustrative way. considered ih~ suh.sl
sn;~ which in6de,s offered fog rsiigsoa.
and rccit~~i their creed. which krx.n
Il believe in nothing. tho maker ii he
heavens aud the earth: horn al roth
ing. etc." Ia the form u The Apostles
Cred He stated that ''evesy iafsdel
had djed either In sso.A ~indi0~rspre s~
borror. and they always viii" WaA
Earnest c~osclus on Dr. Taimage r.
tir-d from the platform AMID hearty
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