The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-06
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arrogated all the intelligence OF the
world ITO itself. proceeds to beg the rest
of the qestion by calling Christianity
at them: The blight of superstition.
The effect of an erroneous early edu-
cation Slave to mistaken dogmas, an
tique fables, NEUROLOGICAL fictions. I'M
trammeled by the chains of priestly
creeds and fables My, myi Now there
was time I'm the history Of Christian
ity when these epfthets might be APP
piled with more or less justice to much
of II. But everybody knows now that
the Christianity of the middle ages Is
not the Christianity of to-day. And
everybody knows that the great body
of Christendom to-day has shaken 1T
self free OF those errors and pollutions
which encumbered and defiled 1t once.
This Is Ingersolls tactics once more.
This Is just what he used to do before
people found him out, going about the
country attacking a Christian ity
which, as he described II, had ceased
long ago to exist. An Intelligent belief
in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is as
far removed from superstition as the
sun Is from night. LIS this fair and can
did on the doctors part?
And now how amusing to hear the
doctor speak of those who have fought
the fight of free inquiry and conquered
superstition. So these doughty war
riyds have downed religion forever. o,
doctor! Why this is the same old cry
that we have heard since the days of
CELSIUS, who was the Voltaire of the
second century. He said Christianity
was done for already in his day. And
Voltaire said 1T In his day. And Howe
said: We live in the twilight of the
Gospel. And Ingersoll, who is not
worthy to unloose the shoe hatches of
even such men as these, has said 1t in
our own times. And still Christianity
marches on. She is sweeping the world.
The different religions OF India have
openly called for union against their
common foe, declaring union to be their
only hope. The Bible is revolutionizing
Japan. II ds distributed and eagerly
sought throughout the japanese army.
The emperor of China is studying il in
his palace. The leading statesmen of
England are publishing religious works.
simultaneously with the appearance of
these books have come the recan tations
of several of the leading skeptics OF the
day, as Doctor Whitford knows per-
fectly well. And even in Montana,
where are so many of the doctors way
of thinking. and where are so many
other obstacles, the church is making
swift progress.
But how about the Liberal society
of Butte? This gallant band of fight
ers is not making much Stir in the oom-
Liberal society of Dillon: Ten years
ago they said there would not be a
church left i'm Dillon soon. One of the
hve prominent men in the movement is
in the penitentiary in Mexico for rob-
bling the mail; another hung himself;
another was shoe in his own saloon;
another drank himself crazy, and Is in
the Warm Springs asylum; another ran
away with another mans wife. And
the society Is nil. And at last the doc
tor says to his friend, "Adieu.' Adieu?
Doctor. look up your Frenchl Yes,
every time the Frenchman parts with
his friend, he says, 'Adieu, to God,
commend you to God How belief in
God is hngrained into the very COM
monplaces of mems language! This
reminds me of the meeting of agnostics
where, after the presentation of a pa
per, one got up and said he agreed with
the paper I'm most points, but acknowl-
edged the existence of Great First
Cause. And another stated his reser-
vations and another his and so ON, till
at last one arose impatiently and with
much gesticulaItion declared that he
had no provisos at all, but he was an
out-and-out agnostic, thank God!
Truly, out of the abandon of the heart
the mouth speaketh.' Why. doctor,
every time YOU Gate a batter. you in
common with all Christendom acknowl-
edge the sway of Jesus Christ and as
sent to the joyous song of the Chris
tian:
" In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering DER the wrecks OF time
Conquer Christ? Nay, that shall
never be. But the day is coming when
every knee shall bow and every tongue
shall confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord,
10 the glory of God the Father
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