Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-21

| Morgan Wells sermon on lngersOl,
| part of which was printed In yester-
| days Gazette:
! What Improvement has Mr.. Ingersoll
/ made on inndellty? He has been for
/ the last twenty years hashing and re-
/ hashing, what? The inldellty of the
| German Strauss He has not one new
! combination OF ideas. He has not
| originated one thing in the literature
| OF inhdelity. but he Is willing to re-
/ henrse that to audiences day after day
/ and night after night without making
one single step of advancement. Talk
ing about progress! And Strauss has
| been exploded a thousand times.
| His idea OF the devil.
! He speaks of his cloven foot. etc
| Describes him. The gentleman is more
! conversant with Mephistopheles than
| he IL with the Satan OF the scripture,
| for the Satan OF the scripture Is
described as an angel that had re-
| bclled against God and was driven
| from heaven and he appears to men
| In beautiful form; not hideousness.
I He appears to men as an angel OF
light; and the other night, whore
thousand people were sitting in the
presence OF the celebrated lecturer. his
oily eloquence, his spicy rhetoric, his
beautiful images were one phase OF
the temptation to itching ears by which
the devil tempts en- today. Tempting
you to uubellef by the elopuence OF the
lecturer That is the way he tempts
men. He is an angel OF light.
Mistake No. s.
He spoke about the pillow that liz
used in Syria today. Described It. No
Improvement was to be allowed on II.
because II was that which was given
by God to holy farmer. Did he get
that from the Bible7 lie charged II
upon the Bible. He gays the tom-tom
was dropped from the clouds was given
to a holy musician and no improve
ment upon 1t would be allowed. Where
did he get that From the Bible? No.
He took his audience To be asses with
the rudimentary muscles II he would
try 10 cram down their throats the
origin OF that statement as coming
from the Bible. Do you want to ind
music Go to the grand choruscg of
David, where he had hired the sons OF
Asaph as chief singers; where there
were "illages tn which the singers lived; Z
villages allotted to them; where they
We're paid out Of the kings treasury;
and where they sang the grand chU- /
ruses, Ezra tells us in his book OF the
congregation Of 1000 and 200 men
singers and 200 women singers; grand
chorus OF 400. David has written
about 100 OF the suhlimest songs that
the world has ever sung Songs which !
run the scale from the highest ecstacy |
OF Joy to the minor key OF keenest sor-
row, And there are many fugitive
pieces, one book Of the Bible has 1850
magnificent songs which have been
strnck on from the chords of the hui
man heart, in Its different moods OF
JOY and grief. And yet he says Chris
tians believe in the tom-ton Whore
do you find the great masterpieces of
music? In the churches. Where do
they come from? From the Bible.
Take the Dead March in Saul Take
the oratorio of Elijah; take Handers
Messiah: and you have the master
pieces or the ages. Where Is the king
OF Instruments? There It is CThe or
gam can you show II to me in any
other place In Fort Worth than in the
churches? And II It were not for the
announcement given by the churches
70 the Industry Of manufacturing these
Kings OF Instrumentation this Is the
hng-the trade would have to stou for
lack of patronage. And vet he p savs
the Christian Is satisfied with the TOM
tom, but the inndel wants the best
music; whereas the truth is the infidel
wants no music at all. He has no soul
Ninth mistake.
He speaks OF the DEVELOPMENT OF the
brain and the civilization Of tho heart
rhat Is grand Idea. He SAYS that
Is not In the Bible, II Is not in the
teachings or Christ: II ia not in acoorl
with Christianity: that he wro foiinu,s
Christian teachings will not have this
heart civilization. Let us see Turn
TO the book. and what do we see Christ
doing? He Is contending for the same
thing with the jnhdels or this age. with
Pharisees and Sadducees. and when he
was speaking about the DEVELOPMENT ~
the human heart the civilization az
the soul they came on him ard said.
No. On, that you would read this
that you might find out the Truth for
yourselves. Way he snys to thnsa
Pharsees, these inndel teachers n, Mo
aay; YOU have bound loads and bur
Gems upon the backs If the poople so
great they cannot stand bcnerth thctn
and you viii not put your iIttIe aprer
10 litt them Off" In the establishment,
OF the churches Of Jesus Christ there
was the establishment Of the Denoc
r ,y OF ne brain and the republican
woman and child should enjoy liberty
love and hope W.
Mistake No. IN. The story OF creotion
lie says that 5000 years before Moses
wrote that story about the Garden Of
Eden and the creation, that the su
preme Brahm was represented as ,bo
Creator, and the Hlndoos Ind story
that described II In more beautiful j
way He Is mistaken. The supreme
ibrahm was the supreme dlety, accord
ing 70 the Shantas Of India Accord I
.hg 70 the best scholarships Of the ;
phlologiets NJ today. the oldest boo,, ~ :
india is the Rig Veda. and tho time in
wnich II was written IL about 1900 wears ,
SSetore Christ. n thousand years before
ohrist' eight hundred years before ,
cnast or six hundred years before I
ERNST II was written. according 10 I
pniioloFy, not more than twelve hum /
ared years before Christ and not later
than six hundred years before Christ.
sotnewhere In that perioi. whereas in,
s,ead OF writing 5000 years after the !
hlE Neda was written, or the story Of !,
me supreme Brahm. Moves wrote In
me year lbOo, from 200 to 900 years he. /,
lorc me other story was written He :
prefers the story of the supreme +,
Brahm, II either one be true. Lei me
snow ~, you what that story is;
Tine Great Shnstras: '''rhev nre de,d !.
10 l me now. yet through all time thew ,,
WI serve to Illustrate the budsIne /,
senlns or my race. ! hoy were pror, J
ises OF quick perfection. Ask Won whv
INC promises failed7 Alasl the hooks !
themselves closed all the gates Of nro. ,,
sress Under pretext Of care for The
ssIea,ure, their authors Imposed The /,
aH.m prlnciple that man must NOT /.
r,,uoress himself to discovery or inven- 4.
Nm, as heaven has provided him oiI y
,,nlnga needful. When that condit,on I
99ecatne a sacred law the lamp OF Hin. !
u"o genius was let down a wen, where
s ! since 1t has lighted narrow walls /.
hhu plltfr waters" And 70. ha rrasa-, I