The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-27
INGERS0Lj.'S MISTAKES.
REV. Or. HALLS LECTURE LAST
NIGHT.
lie Hauis the Celebrated Infidei Over the
Goals, and Exposes Hin In an Eloquent
notwithstanding Address of an Hour
and fiaIf

| Goals, and Exposes Hin In an Eloquent
Mountaineering Address OF an Hour
and q Half
Quite large audience greeted Dr. Hall
last night % hear his lecture upon zine
Mistakes of Ingersoll."
The large hall in the Young Mems Chris
tiau Association building was well nlled
with people. largely church-goers.
Mr.. Onarles, at $3.50 o'clock, said that he
was grstified to see so many people present
and introduced Rev. DR.. Hall. Of New York.
/ MIR Hall arose and was not speaking long
/ before his audience was convinced OF the
( f,ct that powerful speaker was talking To
1 them. and gave him their most careful at
tentiOn.
THE INrTNITY or GOD.
The speaker opened his discourse by de.
claring the infinity of Code lie spoke Oh
the beautiful raindrop, its symbol and its
meaning. said he, Have you ever stood
upon tho morning and looked upon the
grandeur Of God. II is woDd rful. For
ages and ages the Mississippi has been
pouring water into the Gulf OF Mexico,
/ and yet il never OyerflOws. The Me ana
the Amazon have been for years emptNlng
lis mighty waters in the seas, and yet they
never overflow. Why because Gods ma
chinery lifts rs much water out as flows IN.
Marvellous machinery! And so for ages
/ God us been lifting the water from ocean
and sea. That is Gods system. Marvel
GUS system. n,,
some months ago when I was in Phila-
delphia. looked upon its splendid wafer
works. and as ! stood by and looked
wished Colonel lngersoll could see u ana ne
would exclaim inwardly, "Mar'ei0us WORKS
Of God"
INGERsOLL's FIRST MISTAKE.
Bob fngersoll stands in the wonderful
works Of God. but he cannot see and under
stand. and when God hands him drink OF
water he curses the hand that gives II 10
/ him. That is Bob lngersOlls first mistake. l
replied TO Colonel lngersoll once, ana ne
| asked the questions "IiOw shall we govern
the worlds Tear down the laws OF God that
is the way TO govern the world" Ny
/ hearers That Is great mistake
of Bob IngersOlfs. Look nj France when she
blasphemed God. She tore down her fem
ples and built houses Of vice. What became
of France; She was baptized IN blood. !
want to tell YOU that the result Of Chicago
anarchism was atheism. That Is Colonel
lngersOlrs government take the bold
ground that the mode Of lngersolPs govern
ment vi ruin the world.
WASHINGTON AGAINST 1NGERsOLL.
There was a man Once-his name was
Washineton-whO took different views rom
from lngcrsoll lie said thaty can't gov
ern the world without God. and when ! COM
pare Washington to Bob" ] look for q
microscope to ind Bob" The truth Of the
business is that "George" was right
and Bob is wrong. Queen Vie
tOria. pointing to costly volume
of the Bible said. tell the people that this
is the basis Of England's greatness, And
Jackson said the Bible wac the gTea, book
upon which this great Republic rests.
agree with Queen Victoria. Washington
and Jackson, and think that the Colonel is
mistaken.
ANOTHER MISTAKE.
Ingersoll says that the Church is standing
idlv by on the dock Of time waiting for the
ship Of salvation. The sensitive nerve of a
mans body is his pocEet-book. " hen he
pulls out a quarter he holds ii until the ea-
gle screams, and yet the Church puts her
HIND i'm her pocket and builds &V'Voo church
o. every ten years. How many churches
does iniidelty build? None. There is only
one. and that is in Boston. called Payne's
Hall. and 10 is a very painful affair. who
Is the president of the colleges in the world.
and who are the people doing the
Z GOOD work They are the Christians.
The grandest thing in the world is
a man, except, perhaps, a woman;
and while the preachers are "a
sacred calling. ] think men who follow The
plow and measure thirty-siX inches to the
ward and sixteen ounces to the pound, can
be a. grand and as great IS any men. The
Nomen's Christian Temperance Union Is
grand work. II there is anything lngersOll
hates. il is n Methodist preacher. lie will get
ND from his bed at o'clock at night just 20
hate Methodist preacher for half an hour
These are the men he is fighting. bob.
ingersoll says why are not preachers better
than other man. They are, for they
endure more than laymen. When a.
preacher commits sin they are
abused more than others, and with
preachers sons. if there Is a bad speck
ON him it is made larger by the people.
Nearly every har-keeper in Il. Louis took a
front seat al Bob. lngers0lrs lecture there.
Ina Wisconsin once, when he was
KICKING TIE BOTTOM OUT or HE'LL,
ms ne called IL. an old drunken man said.
That's right friend, make hell as good ~
YOU can. for thar's heap Of us depending
on vOu.r Yes. lngersOl is the last man 20
abuse the preachers. for the drunkards are
the main class that he has at his lectures.
AGAINST AGNOsTICIsM.
Afier arguing at some length against the
not fully understood. the speaker proceeded
10 show in strong and eloquent language
that il was in opposition 10 nature 10 follow
this theory. said The speaker: "1he Book
Of God is compared 10 the light Of a lantern
I'm a dark night. II does not reflect light all
the way. but il will give light in front Of YOU.
and the farther You 20 the farther the light
viii 20, until y0u will finally have light all
the way. lngersol Is not logical man.
lie j.
A sIiREWD, SMART LAWYER,
but there is no logic about his religious
theory. When Bob lngersOl comes across
"a fact it is all the worse for the fact. lie
comes TO his points by fancy ANA eioluence,
not fact"
The speaker proceeded 10 explain Bob
/ lugorsolfs position boy saving, that when a
man once sinks into the cushion chair Of an
opinion he is hard TO be pulled out.
especially when once changed be IS unwil-
/ ling to change the second time. Thus il
is" said he. "with Bob. He is in that
chair, and although he knows he is wrong
a. well rs DO, lac sticks to that chair sim
ply because he is there. The most foolish
thing a man can do is 10 object TO anything
because he doesn't understand it,
CHANGED WITH OLD AGE.
Bob Ineersoll is changed. When he
I was young ne halu; Il KNOW thcfe Is no
/ Cod Now, as old age takes hold of him
and he is ripening for the grave, he says:
There may be God yes, friends. he is
careful.
Listen. You may be bowed down in sOr-
row, but God will care for yon. for be knows
best lie win turn darkness into light and
/ beauty out OF chaos.
49, Bob" saws he goes by his own senses. /
| tell YOU, my friends, 90 by faith. Faith is
/ the hero Of martyrd0m and the gui ling star
of all enterprises. The mistakes of infidelity
is that its theory is too much curtailed and
/ Its principle TOO narrow"
In conclusion, the speaker said "there is
little girl eleven years old with Bob In |
gersoli. great big man. She asked him If
| continue 10 be good would | be saved"
Certainly, said the Colonel. we are all in |
/ the same ship, and il there is a God. you
will be saved Wen, what about YOU; | |
suppose yon are lost. Colonel lngersOll |
was dumbfounded. The little girl had out |
witted him by his own theory.
LIE AND JACKSON BELIEVED THE BIBLE. /
! Il. t. Lee believed the Bible and "Stone- /
wall" jackson believed the Bible. They |
were not too smart 10 believe il. That old /