The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

theories and who seem to be bent on
the destruction of oil former modes OF
thought. and especially is this true in
the realm of infideity. Take for eX-
ample such men as Julian, Noltaire,
Hume Paine and Ingersoll. All have
come 10 naught. But while the Com
cts fade, the stars Of God shine on, as
the Bible shines. with undimmed lus-
tire, shedding their light and eternal
blessings as the promises Of God"
CHANCES OF INGERsOLID
Speaking of the character of Inger-
SOIL Rev. Mathews said that he was
all that could be desired as father.
husband, brother and friend. AS a
man. in relation TO morals, he was
worthy Of commentator, and as
citizen he was irreproachable. As an
humanitarian, in the sense Of bene-
factor, he served the best interests of
humanity. But what made him
blessing at home. was the very oppo-
site to the outside world.
"Ie had a right to his opinions. Il
right to make money out of them and
bargain for the most that his talents
could give, and the world had right
to measure, weigh and examine him,
and pass it's verdict on him." continued
the speaker. THE world has passed
its verdict, and that verdict was and
is the same that Belshassar won. In
gersoll had many admirable talents
| and he was gifted, not of himself, but
| a higher power and yet he prostituted
those talents bv becoming a bias
| phemer against the very one that made
| him and so richly endowed him, He
made money out of it, clearing $4,000
| from one lecture alone.
And yet he reviled the ministry for
| taking a simple living out of the gos-
| pei of God, whose mission was to heal
up the broken-hearted, preach deliver
ance to the captive, and restore sight
| to the blind. Ingersolls mission was
| just the opposite. He was smart, his
admirers sav. and while that is ad-
mtted in the general acceptation of the
term, he was too smart a man to be-
lieve what he sought to make money
out of.
INGERSOLL KNEW.
"He knew as well as anv man in
| America that there was a God; he was
no more of an agnostic than ] am. II
he didn't believe in Christianity, all
| well and good; it was not his fault. for
he was not a scholar
"A simple academic or collegiate
education does not make the scholar
1t takes education of the higher kind
students of which there are but a few
comparatively speaking, and these are
the ones that. having gained, accept
the Bible as the highest and best in any
scholarship. These We're such men a:
Judge Marshall Daniel Webster
Agasiz. Gladstone, Joseph Cook anC
others of like learning and wisdom
Ingersoll was only the jester and th'
wit of infidel literature. and can b'
compared to the political and socia
caricaturists of today
There is not a single argument %
fact that he gave birth to that wa
not uttered by some one else befor
him--sOme other infidel. He only useC
the stale arguments Of lns class. bu
painted them up and reClothed them
and gave them forth in dazzling rhet
Oric to amuse the crowd. His infuenC
though, was wide and deep. and dread
full when we measure il by ils results
1t underlies the past of this generation
and it is dying now and will be dea,
in thirty years.
but the homes that have felt it
effects none but God can number. Hi
intidelity in its presentation was pro
= found, but it admitted nothing. Its eX
preston was his culogy over his ow
! brothers coffin. over Mrs. MARSHALL
child at Washington, "A hopeless deatl
I Il hopeless grave, a hopeless futur,
Where was the secret of his power
: In the very gifts that God gave hin
Uhe God that he blasphemed) i'm hi
oratorY, in its beauty. sweetness, rich
I, ness, deliCaCy. wit and genialty. An
| those who listened We're seduced b
| words, as millions have been seduCe
from virtue integrity, honor, manhoo
> and words, sweet
= spoken words.
WAS this man Tngcrsol wholly
: fault" The blame can be shared /
his father, a ministerial free thinke
i who can be likened unto the old adag
the father ate sour grapes and II
children'S teeth We're set on edge
, Heredity, therefore. is a warning to
: all. 1t has pleased God to end this Ii
, in His own way, and to make his OW
+ death and home experience it's oN
q cOmmentation on the folly Of ignoriT
q God II was the most pathetic scci
I and story in the whole round of earth
q tragedy. His life ended i'm an instan
q all that he was to those in manhoo
4 fatherhOOd and friend became a crus
,. ing weight. For i'm that home the
d was no God, no hope; many iiowe
. but no prayer.
e There Was seeking for sumethii
= at the funeral that only the Christi.
- can eXnreSs No sacred hymns Ii
l. Nearer MY God to Thee There "
% one wreath that came from a wande
- ing, eccentric preacher with the {
Il scriptiOn trust i'm God What a sa
l. ire.
t. "God has given in His own almigh
e way the antiGOte to the poison know
IS as "Ingcrsolism.' 1t is in the dea
l. and burial of the man himself.
IS was i'm direct contrast with the pas
e ing away of every believer i'm God, |
IF Bible and Christ the world over
e, AT NAY AUG PARK.
is Remarks of Rev. H. A. Grant, B.