Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-23

morgan Wells ttIHioh VII i"b
part of which was printed in yester-
days Gazette;
Another thing: Mr.. Ingersoll has been
reported as being u friend OF temper
@5es I want to show by that WHICH
is written in his own words that ne "
opposed to temperance. ! VIII read "
From the evening Telegram OF New
York, of February. 1892:
II send you some OF the most wonder
full whisky that ever drove the skeleton
from the feast, or painted landscapes
in the brain OF man. 1t IL the mingled
souls OF wheat and corn. In II you VIII
find the sunshine and the shadow that
chased each other over the billowy
feids; the breath OF June, the carol OF
the lark, the dew OF night, the wealth
of summer. and autumn's rich content
all golden with Imprisoned light. Drink
e. and YOU will hear the voices of men
aud n,sidens singing the 'Har est
Home mingled with the laughter OF
children. Drink II. and you VIII feel
within your blood the startled dawns,
the dreamy, taWny dusts OF many per-
feet days. For forty years this liquid
10y has been within the happy stave OF
oak, longing to touch the lips of man"
The third charge | bling against him
Is that he Is a defender OF suicide. /
read from the Cincinnati Inquirer:
'Inndelity breeds immortality. II
you could get all OF the declared inf
dolls OF this city togther you would
have some respectable. well-behaved
people, but as a company they would
be depraved lot. Noltairc, their
pride In the past, WINS noted for his IL
centiousneas. and lived In open viola
sion Of all marriage laws. Mr.. Inger-
Holl, the champion OF unbelief of today,
Is the champion OF easy divorce laws
and OF bill to open our malls to i'm
moral literature. Lately he has become
the defender Of tho suicide. He calls II
praiseworthy act, In some instances.
am glad he has the courage TO 20 TO
the positions TO which his theories
bring him. Inhdclity, for example. IL
logically connected with suicide II
there IL no hope beyond, let the weak
and decrplt put themselves out Of the
way. Indeed, We might us wen com
init suicide as a race. II follows from
the darkness ana despair OF inndel
ideas. Twelve people have committed
suicide In and around New York since
MIR. IngeTsolVs defence of n. each OF
them making some reference to his
theories. lnndclity is cUWmdly, FL
deity may be associated with courage;
never inncdellty, A man To have Cour-
age must have faith In some one, IN
some cause, A man without faith in
God will soon lose IL In everything else.
Air IngersOll says u Is brave to take
ones own life II iH an inhdpl idea OF
tpulhbfH NJ Nfll lllk4A wv NhFF u ~
brave for Il man to turn his back and
run away 4 man who refuses 90 light
the battle OF life ana shrinlks from II "
"a coward. Two men recently tnlled In
business In Cambridge. Mass one Of
them deserted his family and blew out
his shallow brains. The other went
home and said: wife. let us try
again. with faith In God and little
courage l Will win again" The one
was cowardly ahirk, the other a
brave, cheerful man. The help OF God.
the teachings OF the blessed old book
Will make IA man stand az II conqueror,
u Victor IN the image OF God,
A fourth charge Is that Mr.. niger
soil makes the Impression In his leo
lures. by the curl OF hia lip by tho tone
OF his voice, by the language he uses,
and by his manner. that he Is inslnccre
He IN a man who ought to be powerful
as an orator, The other night he was
powerful simply as speaker. plain
teacher, but he lacked that which
would give him the fire of the orator
md the people who have listened tc
him from time to time have Away
said that there was something lacking
and the only thing they could find heck
Ing was sincerity; that no was t:ylnl
TO persuade himself that he was giNir
his audience this best advice. ht tn,
same time being partially convince
that IL was n mistake. taat he wa
interests
Fifth-"1'he Mistakes of Moses" TIL
writer from whom | now read Ia IA
Mr.. IL, l.. Hastings, OF Boston. III
says:
II have heard of n mans travelling
around the country exploding this bool
tthe Bible) and showing up The Mis-
takes of Moses at about 5000 night
1t Ia oasy work to abuse Moses Mt $50
night land imagine Fort Worth civ
L.. A.. Nw.. u
everything); II Ia easy work TO abus
Moses at 5000 dollars might, especial
as Moses r. dead and cannot talk bach
IT would DO worth something, afte
hearing the infdel on Tho Mistakes q
Moses to hear Moses ON The Mistake
OF the 1nfldel' When Moses could tai
back he was rather n difficult mpn I
deal with. Pharoah tried It, and ms
with poor success. James ana Jan
prus withstood Moses. Had II Is Hal
found n grave In the Red sea. Koral
Dathan and a tram tried 1t, and wer
down 10 deep that they have not "
got back. But now Moses Ia dead an
II IL easy to abuse him. II does II,
take q very brave beast to kick a dea
lion.
The island OF Madagascar was one
an island of snvages, and years aftc
wards there was n shlpwreck, and
enilor Who had known that there WEI
years. was cast ashore, with his con
pnnions. He crnwled up the hill thu
he might see who were there, becnu
be was bound 10 have something to ga
ana when he got TO the top OF the hi
Ms comrades on the shore saw that
WAS wniVing his hands gesticulatir
aud calling at the top OF his voice. maj
ing demonstrations. and they did n,
know what was the matter. They X
OF their boat and came to him an
said. what ~ the meaning OF d
thiH9" why" he says, don't yr
see that church steeple over yondel
We are saved"
Years ago young infldel was trave
ing In the West with his uncle. ban
er, and they were not little anxio,
for their safety when they were fore,
TO sop for the night in rough waysi,
cabin. There We're two rooms In I,
house: and when they retired for ii
night they agreed that the young ma
should sit with his pistol and wats
until midnight and then awaken h
uncle who should watch until mornin
The old man lay down upon the bed
rest and directly he saw his nephew IL
his pistol aside and commence tnklt
Off his clothes, pulling OFF his boo,
preparing TO go to bed. when the o
man asked; 'What are you doing
He replied; II aaw that old man y,
Thought was murderer. an assassi
take down the old Bible from the she
read 1t, and afterwards kneel down al
pray. This Is safe place, and I "
sleep l viii not watch" Suppose