Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-09-21
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| there is no God, does he He means
there is no Almighty, Alternating,
Everywhere-present, Infinite God ;
such as the Bible claims to make
known. suppose he knows what he
says if so, and he is true, he is a
very great man. He has made a great
! discovery He must not only have
been everywhere, but he must be ev-
erywhere now, to know that there is
no God. Why is he SO large? He
must be more than man, why, he
must be God to be everywhere, and
to know everything. Is he +? Ger
tainly he is. Why millions of men
believe what he says, and we call
them sceptics, such as grow into in
| fidels. or that infidels are made from.
You don't think that they would be
sceptical if they did not believe that
he knew what he asserts, do you
So Col. Ingersol is the young inf
del's god in this country, because
they believe what he says, "there is
no God" to be true, and that he
| knows they are true assertions. And
he has created millions of infidels,
has he? Why should he not, if he
is everywhere, and men will believe
he is and that he sees through all
this universe at the same time 7 They
| must be very easy to believe, or they
must have very strong faith, that is,
they arc very susceptible of believ-
ing, to believe all that. 1t is very
hard for me to believe that any man
that / have ever seen is everywhere
at the same time, or that he knows
so much as Col. Ingersol claims to
know and teach that "there is no
God.n That is too much for me.
But if he is only a man, he must
be fool for asserting that he knows
SO much, unless he gives the proof
that he does know it. Does anybody
know if the Colonel has died and ris-
en- again? What of those who are
his followers, so easy to accept his
assertions that "there is no God,"-
all fools togetherg They, with him,
act and talk as those do who haven't
any sense-fools beget fools.
And the Colonel asserts that ''ev-
cry nation creates its own God"
Then instead of having one God on
ly there are many gods, for there are
many nations. If every nation ere
ates it's own God, then every individ-
ual, being an intelligent factor of the
nation, may create his own god.
Then we may have as many gods as
individuals. But what kind of gods 7
Why, created" certainly. The Gre
ated are always less than the lcrea-
tor. So our gods are less than the
nation or the individuals of it. They
are sightless, deaf, tasteless and
dumb, unless the photograph be god,
and that has been created only in one
nation, not by it, but by one man
Edison, and that needs . crank turn
ed to make it speak, and then it
speaks only what has been spoken
loud enough in its presence. Edison
may may make it his god or the ma
tions friend and servant. Then these
created" gods are unthinking, I'M
less they be Ingersols and his be-
levers, who think, and assert on
their personal infinite knowledge,
that "there is no God.," and allknow
we'll enough that any one who claims
such knowledge must be off. That
is, his mind is unbalanced.
Evidently Mr.. Tngersol has god,
whether hecreated, borrowed or stole
it. Let us give him credit for crea-
ting it, or at least for embellishing it
with his rhetoric. 1t was the prop
erty of his kin thousands Of years
since in Greece and in Rome, and
more than hundred years ago in
France, England, and in this coun-
try; but he claims it, and has put on
little paint of words TO make it talk
ing and salablc to the unsteady.
His faithful ones--so susceptible of
believing and receiving and paying
for his lectures Of proved emptiness.
His god is money, in his blatant in
fidelity. But what need has he of
god, when he is God? Sure enough !
And what need have his believers Of
even him, now that they, through
him, know as much as he, that "there
is no God," and thus are gods. Say,
gentlemen, bring forth the bars and
place the noncompassed in safety.
Men chat go so far, are in danger,
and need to be philanthropically pro-
tected, christianity cared for. They
need, but have no self-built asylums.
BE humane to them.
And the Colonel says THAT man
was not created, but sprang from