The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-03-08

broad shoulders: tho face savcn the brain
brstlng With humanitarian Thoughts, Il man
with the heart of lion to fight the battles of
life, but the heart of a woman in presence OF
human suffering.
He has subs:: tGted for the love of religion
the religion of ovc and Of the family. Ae
cer,ling TO him religion SHOULD have but one
ain--.o tc:lt.!l us how t., be happy in this life
llc repeats with Christ: Love ono another;
10 not To OILERS what you would not haze
otlI,,s do to you" And he adds "A God
shat is represented as weaving webs to cntch
tho souls Of mon whom he has created is not
adorable" AS 10 q future life, the colonel
does not commit himself. lie says ''We do
not know, we cannot tell whether death is Il
door or a wall, spreading of pinions to soar or
the folding Of wings forever" In the eyes OF
most piol,s people, his theories are abomina-
bic, and he is the Antichrist: but the An!eri-
cans are unanimous i'll admitting his extra
ordinary talents, and among the dear friends
of tsio coone! and his family arc many Pres
bytcrans, some q! them ministers.
.lntc,lrist if you wiil-that is, If yon can
imagine such l,ersonasc endowed ".iti
ever, moral and Intellectual faculty -
In lis presence men feel themselves s'H,sl
and women put their hands over the, eyes,
haig careful 10 keep tho fingers well apart
A decidedly dangerous Antlchcisi this.
Mr. tmgprsolls religion is tho religion Of
humanity lie says Happiness is the only
good, the tine to be happy is nov, and the
way to be happy is TO make others So Liv.
to do good to love and be beloved by those
around, and then lie down and sleep with the
consciousness Of having done your duty 70
men Do not ask pardon of God for aal in
jury done to man. Ask pardon OF the man
and make reparation to him for you, otEcn%a
~ rob Smith, cxclaims Mr. lnsersoli III
the ironical language lie is such master Of,
God forgivcs me How docs tlat help
Smith,"
lie maintains that tho Christian religion,
teaches less the love Of an Infinitely just and
lncrcifui God than ts fear Of u Gc:Eon thirst
in, for human victims. This charge is Fcrno
out by n provefb Used by the Scot, who is q
student Of tlurll:. nature:
"lf tho dell were decd, God w&l m ta
served 80 weel.
Tho colonel maintains ti.;N il man las
lad hands given him to feel, c,-cS 10 see, ears
to hear. no has also brain to think q heart
to love and Intelligence TO reason with
lie docs not attack 50 much tho Catholic
religion which rests on faith, for L religion
| which rests purcly on faith is not a matter
| for reasoning and argument, But he rather
| attacks n Professionalism which Iriles itself
| upon resting on reason rs well rs Oh faith.
The theories Of Col Ingersoll alc the ma
| ,f ;,,+r
| ing into religious matters.
Things which arc felt only conaot t,e dis
c,issed; things which are incompreheLsib!a
nre not matter for explanation
| Professionalism is n mixture Of faith ard
reason, nsreeing pretty badly together, il
must be confessed. Tho Protestant takes tl,
Bible for book every word Of which is in
ypired of God, lie interprets it in his o',
fashion, and proves out Of 1t every dHctrinc
Lc requires to found a new sect, The very
tlrlnka:d is not at q loss to find an excuse FOL
lis drinking, and turning to Isaiah Nxv, II
comforts himself ,T!th: "Bchold. my scrran
si,nll drink,
As he looks On at the Plotestants squaa
bling over tho Specification of biblical pas
sagcs the colonel laughiagly says; sit Is tt
be regretted that your deity did not cxprea
himself more clearly"
: Needless to say that ho looks upon III
Bible not as az Inspired book, but as co.'ec
,ion Of itcraturcs something akin to III
ARABIAN Nights, and this Is what make
discussion ~ith him difficult, if not out c
question. How is it possible to imagine
discussion between faith and reason'
f.a5,.,-., soiI that tIc fnpnttr lova
God to the exclusion Of man. Tho theorie
of Col, Ingc.soll, lofty and noble as most c
them are, verge upon fana.icsm in the sens
that they teach the love- OF mankind to IL
exclusion Of IIitl who 50 loved man. Tt
colonel ro!5s the poor and sorro"ing Of tbs
which helps them to e:tllirc their ills, belle
III u b.ttcr wpr! to come.
Son oil Il Protestant minister, Robert luse
soil early showed spaeial aptitude for the di
cussioa Of theological questions. BY tho ns
IL, be had thoroughly studied tho Old Test
mcut, and would reason upon it like a doctt
OF divinity The father in vain drew RobeT;
attention to the beauties of tho Bible, IL
soa could SEQ little in it but absurdities M
Inconsistencies. The old minister was heal
to say; sit ,,rieves !se to hear my Rob6
talk SO, but declare he is too much for m
cannot answer him"
Who can answer Ingersol!i is questi'
oftcn asked, Apparently not the niIlste
CT tho hundreds Of different Protestant sec
that flourish in America not Nj. Gladstor
student of tho Bible and profound reason
though he be.
For more than year, tho president of
| N;potnnrtb tI,rE rlHh 0f May Work "
, trying to get Il Protestant minister to brc
Il Ianco with this rcdoubtablc aGnostic
public, but without avail, Not one felt cqi
to the tusSs.
That which makes this man SO formidal
, is not so muc!, his eloquence, his quick rep;
tee, his sarcasm, his pathos, his hunor, 1t
i above all tho lifo he leads, the example
T. sets OF all tho domestic virtues. One mi
have the privilege of knowing him intimate
|, of penetrating into that-sanctuary OF con
gal happiness, his home, before ono can 70
n au idea of the respect that he must inal
= even in those who nbhor his doctrines
= house is the home of the pu:est joys; it ho
Il four hearts that beat us ono.
d Mr.. Ingersoll lives in ono of the llanlSo
houses Oh Fifth avenue. His family conSi
of his wife and two lovely daughters, Ath
and Venice, us an American whom l:ict
Col [ngersoll's used to call them. Ind
5 ono reminds you Of the beautiful creations
J. Titan. Tho other seems like mytholo5i
vision, u nymph from tho banks of lsi'ym
Al thus As you look ut her, while she sl'e
to you with her eyes modestly lowered.
most seeming to apologize for being solov'
III you involuutarily think of ''Lo Jcune
j. lade" Of Andre Chenier, that last of
Greek poets, rs Edmond About called hin
Authors, artists, journalists, members
w tho thinking world of New York may ho
at tho colonel's charming Sunday evenll
u About II at night, when all but the intla
eo friends of tho family have left, thess. Ia
draw around their host, and cntice him
lis talk upon one Of his favorte subjects, poe
ry music, or may bo the Mistakes of Mos
e- while they listen with avidity. lie In
~ his Shakespeare as thoroughly us tho Ri
lis only he speaks Of him with far rlore resI
und admiration. lie adorcs Wagner, wi
Ss ho sets even above Beethoven. men
DC this to provo onca moro that we have ull
} littlo faults. and that Col ingel~ali, III 9
y, n, IN wifi, lis falloxv ,Dortris is not I}urt