Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05
lAetRsOLL IN BOSTON.
Large Crowds Tum 0g, 10 Hear Ills 6rea'
Lecture on "SuvsiIiion."
specal correspondencc News"

Special Correspondence News"
Col Robert q. ingorsoli delivered al
the Boston Thrater last sunday night
HE new lecture On Superstition. The
oatory and arguments " ihc speaker
were the Same OF in bis previous Ice
lures. set be- had the undivided atten-
tion VI his helrers 10 the Fan here.
Colonel inrsfslii has many admirers.
| Vet the greater masses 81 the Intelligent
people do not take any stock 100 bic ar
rnmcnts. Perhaps at no other time
has the great American uHulsiic taken
such a radical stand against tlc IDEA
uf a bsnenciont creator as De docs toe
day. 90 ihe course 90 nls remarks he
said shat Doe failed 90 ina any evidence
lf GUd in the designs 90 nature, ana
pronounced our giving thanks 90 the
Creator fur our victories over spain h4
an expression of Hupcrstlt1n that silI
llnuer ln che hearts ~ the race. To
said ir the course W h.8 Lecture.
superstition wears % robe 0f pic.
iured imagcty. stained with tears and
lined with woven lice. Superstition De-
tu believe without evidence. tu explain
Uuc mystery With another i1 disregard
thc real relation between cause ana of.
fct. 90 believe That matter was created
by mind. l1 trust In miracles. charms
aud dreams. Superstition I1 tn child
OF Ignorance and the mother ~ misery.
m the age ri Ignorance men thought
disease was olused by thc devil now all
mon. I mean nli Intelligent men. know
there Dr. nn devil You may think l
en- impurnlng The h1nraiy Df the
preachers. but notice . SAID al iniclli-
sent mon.
a miracle De- au act performed BY
the Master ~ Mature without any o..
gard Tor the facts In nature This ia
The only honest drnrIu1nbnd you might
aH wcu talk ~ making a square circle
or of making four plus three equal
eight " ln tho h.tNenH there q nn
lnnniic God. Dc could boo more DO these
things than ! can. because they are
HrIcll .mpnssIbIlIi.os.
we are told of iha design IN nature
mat proves thc existence % loving
Creator But I can see 900 more deaIg1
ln the good things " earth than ln che
bay thinsg n there ls God how DO
We know lie iH good Why should We
bow down % porhnpHf 4 short time
ago ihc President called upon the po1-
pie 20 thank Gud Tor ine victory over
the Spanlarda. nut I say We had no
need of Gods help DO whip the span
iatda For the victory at Manila bay
hank, not ODD. but she best admiral
NWNN NN|N NNWN NlNANN|N "|A|'.HH NNN.NN
Dewey. And Tor the vilflr'c about SAN.
uaro thank the men who ala che
work
when the perfume of gratitude rises
from the human heart lF 10 rise 90
slme one who di something YOU know
about Al chicago they erected arches
ana arranged great thanksgiving 20
gll, and there came a great storm
which blow down the triumph1i arches
lad .NF..H.Ha..l a.. L.
shat the way gentleman does when
you Try in 90 him h1nor7 when YOU
approach hlH house. does he turn the
hose on you7
$50. my ff,cnfa. mo- Intelligent per-
BON can brl eve the things the pres cherT
tell pol about God. 4 man who couii
not make a better world than this
ought 10 80 out VI ihe business. FOR u
DE- aa full ~ pain a. ~ pleasure, pls-
and thc world was mo-
more made for man than Tor
spiders. And ihorr q no more evidence
81 a protesting providence Tor one than
for the other"
\ person may read Ingef.lN'a icc-
lures ana essays ana Ect many false
Impressions. bur 10 ny mind. one has
h.H great words. There n no DARK
ness In the world but ifnnrlnce. "ippiici
a. the author ~ them quite az much
a. 90 any one else In the world.
nnnnlity and r. master ~ the Eng.
while inrrrnnll has q charming per.
rshhnFulEr. ne lacks that very spirit
~ humility ana gratitude which makes
q mFn truly great, The lover NJ tnger-
npN 10 10 my mind IKE the fellow n
whom Josh Billings once Wrsie; '"rh1
man who does not believe in q here
after must have "A devil Of an ouluIou
OF hin self"
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