The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
MINISTER'S OF GOSPEL ANSWER; PITY THE AGNosTIc

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Colonel Ingersols latest lecture was give
last evening. and they were requested t
reply TO The views he expressed in the sam.
In NOT few Instances they declined, o
The ground that they felt for the laluou
oacan'orlhOc only a profound pity, and did nc
ss.LtGard his "false doctrines" as worthy d
ssargunient.
stev. Robert S. MacATtthur-Very many
. Christians DO not believe in a personal
= devil and are Christians stEl, 1hey nod
o uIiflt the references IN the New Us "a
. n.ent 10 devil are sliupgy peI-goalica-
- tons OF evil, and do not supply 70 any
Isilh orsl eMy5teAGo. W NQ4,d be easy
q for ns to give the names OF a numoer
OF pastors who hold Ito such views. Tide
iact IS Colonel lngersoi puts UP nian
o Of STRAW and then vigorously beI.s him
down, pIoclalmbig his triumph over
F. Christianity. 1 do not hesitate 10 say
thar Colonel inBersoll Is far behind the
Religious thinbIlag OF the hour. 1t Ia
= uhousand pitieS THAT GoloneI qngersoll
) does no5 keep IN step VITA Inc add
vanced thtnlsogs OF the hour He would
then save himself from the iudiopus
position In which he IL placed, And
would avoid uhe un.,llrness OF puet,n,s
into fhe ulgnds Of roprsseI tAdve tnin4A-
. ers OF today the opinions ol meilse
q monks onions which leading reiig-
. lous teachers of today long ago dis
carded.
. The trouble with Colonel Ingersool is
aha, he has not kept up With the pro-
cesslon. For a quarter OF 4 een6bry he
has been jumping up and down In
= the same spot. ! once in personal con-
versaiI.on urged him. TO strive 10 Glitch
. up with the progressive thinkers of uhe
hour. He Is really in the middle ages
!. OF theological thought While poslag
as radical thinlier he Is prSstlcally
o engaged IN destroying tho croetery
gods OF medinevalisvn far behind the
times,
am willing 10 lndorse his comments
on Spain, but Spain is not repre-
sentative OF progressive religious teach
ers who stand for Christianity today.
: 1t Is simply absurd to make Spaniards
type Of modern religious teachers In
progressive countries To regard TO his
yellow fever reference ! hlaNe to shy
that VI is a filth disease, ITS presence
. Is n rebuke TO human skill and Is In
dicaiive OF the Violation OF the laws
: OF cleanliness and hcGlth II is nature
. yirdiaatiug an attempted vio@ton of
her Law. In that sense we can thank
God for yellow fever because we are
q then led to remove tho causes that
TOD 9H9c0H sos ae eoegS9oeA % 9 o o
peated'y sa'd there was no truth In IT, She
told him what had occurrei With respect Il
the meeting OF the women down town She
tod him that she had agreed with Mrs
Easley that the womnn di3 rot appear tC
be iiesrg the right sort Of life.
The remainder Of hio test mony was de-
voted 20 recital Of the tragedy in The
editorial rooms os the Tribune which dii
not differ materially from tho story a;
printed at thu TIME.
SCULPTOR RHIND EXPECTED.
j. Massey Rhind, the sculptor who de.
sigsei IRE Rosenberg fountains. has mott
fled Major A. J, Walker one of the ex-
ecuto,s OF tho Rosenberg beQpests, thas he
Rblnd s. one OF this most Distinguish
soulptors OF The day. whose work has gained
Tor h,iii a VIDE rEpn ailon.
Tee work OF etellAas the Rosenberg
souG .ains was cosmpleseI today. The hast
one 90 be put up is losaged At Twelielh
street end Strani and is adapted for gen
epal utility purposes. Sculptor Rhlnd SO.
cured the contract for designing these
fountains By competitive bid.
The mo1els OF the bls-relief figures "a
be placed ON the Rosenberg monument have
all tesn completed and the work OF cast
Ing them Is now going Oh. The model FOL
the a9-iout figure thai. Is 10 grace the tor
OF the monument has a.so been finished
but has not yet bs0a passed ON by q con.
mittee of scusp.ois appointed loF that pur
pose, aai Consequently can not be cast
yei. MT, Louis Anpetols, the sculptor hat
Returned to Washiae on from italy. J, r
'Mannsag. who erected the monument. will
be la Calves. ON some sine next monta Il
place the bas- relief f:gures IN position
VESSELS IN COLLISION.
The steamship Ilaro started from pier II
this morndne to 90 70 sea. 4 norther wa!
blowing OF the tune. There were threl
vessels abreast at the end or the pier Tn,
wind swung The Ilaro around and drove he
against ~ Quartsr OF the Montpeii~, tn,