The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-13
How the People OF All Civilized Na-
World and Add 10 Human Joyr.
ALL SHOULD HAVE HOMES
AND EVERY CHILD SHOULD ne n
CHILD BORN OF PURE LOVE.
Civilization OF Employer and EmpIoye
Urged rs n Means Of Ending Labor
Wars-Educatfon OF Children.

CHICAGO. April 12-Col. Robert @. dnger-
soil spoke. in Hooley's Theater before the
Militant Church congregation to-day an re-
sponse 10 an invitation extended by the pas
tor. Rev. John Rusk. In his letter OF invita-
ton, Rev. Mr.. Rusk said: 1.-The Militant
Church, which is organized for the purpose
OF bettering the condition OF mankind. re-
gardless Of creed or lack Of Il, desires 10 ex-
tend TO you an invitation TO preach for US
some Sunday morning in the near future on
the subject OF your views as 10 what the
Christian church should do and how" On sc-'
ceptfng the invitation, Mr.. Ingersoll said: II
much pleased with the spirit OF intel
lectuai hospitality of your letter, and what 1
say, If anything. TO your people viii be in
the same spirit OF kindness and candor" In
beginning his address Colonel Ingersoa said:
There is no darkness but ignorance. Every
human being Is a necessary product OF condi-
tions, and every one Is born with defects for
which he cannot be held responsible. Nature
seems TO care nothing for the individual.
notnlng Tor the species. Lie pursuing life
and, in its turn. pursued by death. presses
form OF life, OF instinct. thought and action
is fixed and determined by conditions, by
countless antecedent and co-existing facts.
The present is the child. and the necessary
cnnd, or all the past and the mother OF all
the future.
Every human being longs to be happy, TO
satisfy the wants OF the body with food. with.
roof and raiment and TO feed the hunger OF
the mind, according TO his capacity, With
wants OF the savage are few. but with civfli-
zation the wants OF the body increase, the
mands more and more The savage feels.
but scarcely thinks The passion OF the saw
age is uniniuenced by his thought. while the
thought OF the philosopher is uninfiuenced
by passion Children have wants and pas
sions before they are capable OF reasoning
50 in the infancy of the race wants and pas
A NATURAL BELIEVER.
The savage was controlled by appearances
by impressions: he was mentally weak, men,
tally ndolent, and his mind pursued the
path of least resistance. Things were to
him as they appeared TO be. He was a nat
ural believer in the supernatural and. find
ing himself beset by dangers and evils, he
sought in many ways the aid Of unseen pow
ers. His children followed his example anc
for many ages. in many lands. millions and
millions of human beings, many Of them the
bindest and the best, asked for supernatural
help. Countless affairs and temples have
been built and sacrifice and song. with self
denial. ceremony. thankfulness and prayer.
During all these ages the brain of man was
being slowly and painfully developed. Grad
ually mind came to the assistance Of muscle
and thought became the friend Of labor. Man
has advanced just in the proportion that he
has mingled thought with his work, just in
ting his head and hands into partnership
All this was the result of experience.
Nature, generous and heartless. extrava-
and our only teacher, and she IS also the
deceiver OF men, Above her we cannot rise,
below WI her S we % cannot m fall In her & we nnd nd
that is evil. Nature originates, nourishes,
preserves and destroys Good deeds bear
turn bear fruit and seeds. Great thoughts
are never lost, and words OF kindness do not
perish from the earth. Every brain is
thought, and the crop depends upon the soil
Every flower that gives its fragrance 20
the wandering air leaves its influence on
the soul OF man. The wheel and swoop OF
the winged creatures of the air suggest the
flowing lines OF subtle art. The roar and
murmur OF the restless sea, the cataract's
solemn chant the thurder's voice, the happy
babble OF the brook. the whispering leaves.
the thrilling notes Of mating birds, the sigh
ing winds. taught man to pour MS heart In
love and death.
In all that Is. in mountain range and
biflowed plain. in winding stream and desert
sand. in cloud and star, in snow and rain.
in calm and storm. IN night and day, IN
woods and wales. in all the coiors Or divided
and DEATH in all that flies and floats and
swims. in all that moves. in all the forms
and QualIleS OF LnlnSS. man IOunl lut <ttl1
and SYMBOLS OF mis- Thoughts, and all that
man has wrought becomes part OF natures
self. forming the lives OF those to be- The
marbles OF the Greeks, like strains of music,
suggest the perfect and teach the melody OF
| life. The great poems, paintings, inventions:
theories and philosophers enlarge and mold
| is naturally produced. Beyond the horizon
| Of tce natural man cannot 60
REFORMING THE WORLD.
Ignorance being darkness. the Colonel
asked How can we reform the world?' On
| this point he said:
First of all. man should avoid waste
waste of energy, waste OF wealth Every
| good man, every good woman. snould Try
| to do away with war and stop the appeal
! TO savage force Man in a savage state re-
| lies upon his strength and decides for him
| self what is right and what Is wrong. Civ
| ilized men do not settle their differences
! by a resort TO arms. They submit the quar-
| rel TO arbitrators and courts. This Is the
great difference between the savage and
the civilized. Nations, however. sustain the
! is no way OF settling their disputes. Each
| nation decides for itself. and each nation
| This produces war. Thousands OF men al
| this moment are trying TO invent more dead
| ly weapons to destroy, their fellow-men-
| and yet the civilized nations are the most
warlike of the world. There are in Europe
dIers ready to take the field. and the from
| tiers of every civilized nation are pro-
| tected by breastwork and fort. The sea
| is covered with steel-clad ships filled with
| missiles OF death. The civilized world fas i'm
| poyerished itself. and the debt OF Chrlsten-
| dom mostly for war, is now nearly $50 oJeoo0.-
| 900. The Interest on this vast sum mas 10 be
| paid IL has TO be paid by labor. much II II b.
| the DOOR, by those who are compelled 10 deny
| Themselves almost the necessities OF life.
| This debt is growing year by year. There
must come a change or Christendom viii be-
| come bankrupt.
The interest on this debt amounts AZ least
| 10 $oOO 600 90 year. and the cost OF support
| ing armies and navies. OF repairing ships OF
| manufacturing new engines of death. prob
| ably amounts, including the interest ON the
/ debt to at least s60O0.Ce0 day. Allowing ten
! hours for day-that Is. for "A working day
| the waste OF war Is al least S5oo0oe IN holr-
| that is 10 say. $1,000 a minute Think of all
| this being paid for the purpose OF killing and
| preparing TO kill our fellow-men. Think OF
| The good that could be done with this vast
| sum OF money-the schools that could be
! built. the wants that could be supplied. Think
| OF the homes IL would build. the oAiidr<a IL
would ciothe
II we wish TO DO away with war we
must provide for the settlement OF national
| differences by IN international court This
court should be I'm perpetual session. It's
members should be selected by the various
| governments TO ne affected by It's decisions.
| and. at the command and disposal or this
| court the rest OF chrlstendonl being dis
armed there should be a military force
l sufficient carry its judgments into ef-
feet. There should be no other excuse. no
/ other business for a