Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-29

exercises. He spoke In the Congrega-
tional Church In the morning, repeating
an address given In Washington last
Winter In reply to Ingersoll's attack upon
the Bible and Christianity. In the even
ing he spoke In the Broad street Baptist
Church, and delivered temper
ance address on the subject: "rhe
Duty of the Hour" Both these meetings
were largely attended, and the congress-
man was listened to attenti7ely The
morning address occupied over an
hour In delivery. Mr.. Morse spoke in
part as follows;
81 suppose 1t Is hardly necessary for me
to tell anv person present that am not a
clergyman, but / remember to ppve heard
my father say, after he Mad pt46cheds the
gospel for more than fifty years, that the
minister needed witnesses, men In active
life, public men, business men, to stand up
and say that the gospel Is true. That Is
the basis on which consent to speak to-
day, for / haven't the egotism to suppose
that can add anvthing to the preaching
OF the learned pastor of this church, man
who has made the gospel study for life
time.
II the bible pertains to anything 1t per-
weigh the concerns of time, as eternity is
longer than time, hence 1t is matter of
great consequence that we come to study
this book with teachable spirit and With
a sincere desire to know what the truth is.
Multitudes come to study the book with
preconceived notions of their own, with
desire to prove something they already
believe, or to raise trifling objections to the
fla n haxv nd in
the book and they say away with 1t. Mr..
IngersOll wants TO know who was Gains
wife or who was Melchisedec's father.
He wants to know 10000 senseless ques-
tioE sthat are Of no earthly concern what
ever, but II he will come to the study of
this book, with the inquiry, what shall
do that may inherit eternal life? / will
find him an easy answer In the book-be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved.
There is a question that is pertinent
right here, that is found In this book-the
question Is II a man die shall he live again?
What is the answer that infidelity gives
to that question? Listen to Mr.Ingersoll's
answer; mark you this is q solemn occasion
when he says this. Hark7 lie 10 stand.
Ing by the coffin Of his brother now. Lis.
ten, he says:
Life IL narrow vale between cold and
barren peaks OF two eternities. We strive
In vain to look beyond the height. We
cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo
OF our wailing cry. From the voiceless
lips OF the unreplying dead there comes no
word.
How do you like it2 Listen once more;
he Is standing by the coffin OF a little child
now. Hark! Listen to the consolation he
gives the parents. He says:
We cannot say that death is not good.
We don't know whether the grave Is the
end OF this life or the door TO another; or
whether night here is not somewhere else
a dawn; every cradle asks US whence and
every coffin asks US whittier.
How do you like It? what Is the ans
wer the learned pastor Of this church
would give on such an occasion? l ven.
ture that'he would get out this old book
which Mr.. Ingersoll reviles, and he would
read out OF It, "He that iiveth and be-
lieveth on me, though were he dead, yet
shall he live"
Mr.. Ingersoll says that there are three
hundred contradictions In this book they
arc all In his poor brain. This book is all
right when Il is rightly understood. He
delivered lecture In Boston not long
since on "The Mistakes OF Moses" /
wonder what Moses would think Of the
mistakes Of Bob Ingersoll. While he was
on his way to deliver his last blasphe-
nous lecture In that city, there was an
average OF two churches built I'm this
country, and millions OF our countrymen
were celebrating the birth OF Jesus. In
Rersoll In ~ powerless to stop the progress
OF the gospel 40 q chirping squirrel sitting
on the railroad track would be to stop the
Chicago lightning express, or q bobolink
sitting on the fence to keep the sun from
rising. snow who art thou who repliest
against Godf" And I say, God pity tho
man that dashes himself against tho
bosses OF Jehovah's bucEier