The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-30

preachers OF to-day were az solemn as
Sam JonesH Laughter.) II religion
IL the solemn thing some people here
want to make IL, don't want II until
one minute before | die. Its good 10
have. Religion makes me laugh and
cry, and think. What am IL l am q
laughing, CRYING, thinking animal. If
my religion didn't make me all this II
would be too short TO stretch myself
on, and too narrow to wrap me up In.
Laugbter) Laugh, and cry and
think. Religion Is something that
takes hold of mans character and
keeps him right. don't care whether
man laughs or cries, provided he
tells the truth and lives up TO what he
ing. This makes us build our lives by
the divine pattern. always looking to
n moral foundation. II will then be
like building on rock, and when the
storms of time and temptation Hood
around us we will stand the shock.
Those who build without religion
build upon the sand, and the struc-
lures they raise will totter whenever
the winds blow or the storms come,
and fall when they need them most.
don't like inactivity. likcto see posi-
tive character that believes something.
They talk about infalliblc signs. They
talk about the sure word of prophecy,
and want TO tell you people tod J
that a negative position never adj
vanced any mans moral character. |
don't believe IL. That's the position
negative men take. Like the Missis-
sippi river leaping out of that noun
tain side, il rolls on and on. lfa noun
tain gets in the way, trolls around II,
and if obstacles pile upon IL, IL rolls
over them, and on il goes broadening
and deepening In its course until
| finally IL falls into the bosom of the
Gulf. The Mississippi was made for
the Gull aud the Gulf for the Missis-
sippi. The fact OF the business Is. You
| can't put up one of these negative
characters in the court to swear to a
statement You can't swear him by
the prescribed authority. / like the
way Talmage introduced Bob lnger-
| soil as u witness. He says: "Mr In
gersoll, in this case of Inildelity versus
Christianity, i wont ask you to kiss the
book, as you say 1t is indecent and vnl-
gar; can't ask you swear in Gods
name, because you say lie does not
ey ist; wont ask you raise your hand
10 heaven because you say there is no
heaven. Now, Mr.. Ingersoll, do you
solemDly swear by the spots on the
sun, by the milky way, and the aurora
borealis that al that you say IN this
| case of lntidelity versus Christianity
shall be the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth: So help your
-auroro borealisl loud laughter)
That's sweai ing the spots OIL the sun
-"knocking the spots of" OF II, you
know. Uaughter) How different
this to the position of these poor
drunken fellows at Milwaukee on one
occasion when lngersoll wss lecturing
lie was talking on the subject
of no he'', and whenever he would
make a pretty straight point he
would get the attention of those five
or six drunken men in the gallery.
The speaker went ahead and finally
he said "There is no hell, aud | can
prove it." Well of course that got
the attention of those poor drunken
fellows. They wanted to hear more
on that subject. They were interest
cd, Won know, So one of them rose
and walked up to Ingersoll ON the
stage and put his hand ON his should
ell, and says "Can you, Bob?" and he
says ayes, can" "Then, do so il
you can, Bob" SAID the drunken man,
and do it mighty clear, for nine
tenths of us in Milwaukee are de-
pending on the way you do it,"
laughter.) like something
| positive but my brother,
III want not only something
positive, but like the negative. i
like the throttle-valve that pushes a
train along, and yet must say like
the air-brakes that will stop il. We
need both, we ought to have both
II believe" And II you do. and will
al m the cfurch of Waco with faith, il
is question of but a few weeks
when we will take this whole city fol
Christ. II believe.n believe the
Bible is the word of God. Show me
a man ON this earth who don't believe
this is the word OF Gud that has evei
built an orphans home or has ell
dowed college, or has ever blessed
this world with good deed. DO you
know of one2 Any of you who
know are at liberty to stand up and
speak of him. Do you know of one
who has done any acts of kindness "a
this worldY pause for II reply.
wouldn't injurc or say an untrue
word about any clique or party OF
this earth, but dare you TO name the
college, tine orphans or the widow
home, or the charitable institution
that any mau or set of men, have
built that said they did not believ,
this book. 81 believe IL Il
the man that can say THU
who will build orphans homes
and charitable institutions ard visi
tho sick, relieve the needy, rescue tn,
perishing, save the fallen and lift tn,
world TO God. II don't believe
Well, what are you good for? ~ all
, good to tear down orphans homes
demolish charitable institutions, dral
J the perishing to hen. and heap ever !
, those who would do these goo,
5 things" christianity, what are yo
r doingp 81 am blessing the world.
| "Infidelity, what are you doingP afr
! cussin' christianity daughter
i That's the difference. amt ltl Chlii
| tianity is doing all she can to lift tn
s world TO Goa. Ipidelity, what ar
). you doingI ooh, Im-l'm cussil
s christianity" (Laughter.) If they al
u doing anything else would like
c know what il H. ~ believe" That
IS the foundation bedrock we lay dow
= Now, what rock VIII fit right on thu
d without the sound of a hammerI
Y believe" Now, IL a man believes !
= is right, aud his fifth is laid dowa O
y the graqite rock, then what is the ne!
lie thingS Add TO your faith courage
L. Now, If a man feels he is right, don
10 you see, the next thing that fello
u wants is courage that dare to {
,r right. His moral heroism is not afra'
m Now, there is good deal of difiC
~ cncc between moral courage p
cs physical courage. There were N,
II, during the wor that would walk rig