Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-12
HIS VIEW OF TT.
THE MISTAKES OF THE NOTED
TNFIDEL.
PORTED OUF 81 REV ". E. HAIL.
his address Mt the Chrissi.m Church
Last Notwithstanding Alone En-
surcs Stable Gnvernmcnt--Enger.
SOILS Views.

Rev. William f, Hall, of New York
city, spoke at the Christian church
last night on 1.-The Mistakes of In
gersoll.n :.
MIR ball is IL fluent speaker and lie
bed tie undivided attention Of those
present throughout his address.
lie compared the vast system of
water works of the universe controlled
by God to the system which supplies
the city of Philadelphia. lngersoll.
he said, would call upon you to bow
down to the genius who provided the
latter and curse the hand that gave
him the original cup TO Stake his
thirst.
Another question which gave Inger-
soil t. great deal Of trouble, he said, is
how shall the world be governed.
Ingersoll says by tearing down the
churches and botting ont God. He
is mistaken; you can't govern the
world in that way. France tried it.,
but failed and was bathed in n sea of
blood in consequence. I'd rather
have an ounce of fact than ton of
Bob lngersoll's frothy speculations.
~" anarchists are all infidels. 4"
L lere are two gospels in this world,
one is composed of hope, faith and
We The other is the dirt gospel
inuterialism, which teaches that char
acteris the outcome of circumstances.
don't care how much Bob Ingersoll
breaches about the trne and the good,
lie stole that blossom from the tree OF
christianity. take my stand with
George Washington, Queen Victoria,
Andrew Jackson and others, who at
tribute the prosperity of their differ
ent governments to the influence of
the Bible.
Mr. lngersoll says every church has
= recipe for the salvation of the
world, but that it promises nothing
now: that the church is sitting with
its arms folded awaiting for soue-
thing, but that there are no potatoes
for the poor
was in Norfolk some time since
and saw an old darkey sitting OH the
dock lie was as white as tar, his
hair was about as straight as the wool
on a Sleeps back his teeth were like
tombstones. and his feet were simply
bends in his legs; n fishing pole was in
his hand; his mouth open, and when
asked what lie was doing, replied,
"Wnitin' fur somethin' to turn up
This seemed to Inc a pretty good
illustration of Bob's opinion of the
cturch, but lie is mistaken.
The most sensitive nerve in n man s
body is this producing a pocket book.
There was an old man in New York
who thanked the Lord that lie had
been a member of the church nigh
onto forty years, and it had only cost
him % cents.
Tie church IS not stingy, as is evil
denced by the building of hundreds
OF churches. hospitals. etc, yearly.
Does inlidelism build any of these?
There is only one that know of,and
chat is IL little place in Boston called
Paine's Hall, and it is rightly named.
yet Bob says the church does nothing,
The church is in the fore front in all
the educational institutions of the
country.
One of Bob's pet theories is that he
don't accept anything he don't under
stand This is the biggest piece of
fooishnpss ] ever heard Do you ac-
capt sleep? You don't understand
it,
In conclusion, the speaker com
pared the christian to the wise man
who buided his house upon rock, and
Bob Ingersoll to the foolish man who
had for his foundation sand.
Mr. Hall expects to return. to the
city again some time in June, when a
large crowd will no doubt be in at.
tendance to hear him. He is now on
=; several months tour of this state,
Tennessee and Kentucky.