The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-25
BRADY STILL AT 1T.
"Why the Little In
gersolls Carp at
Truth"
HE TELLS THE REASON.
Says He Will Not Be
Drummed Out Of
Worcester.
HE TELLS THE REASON.

Rev. James Boyd Brady preached a
stirring sermon last night at Grace
tchurch on why the little Ingersolls
@carp at truth" Every seat was taken,
land it was necessary to bring in chairs
to accommodate the overflow. DR.. Bra
dy was in excellent voice and was lis
tened to with marked attention.
The sermon was in the nature of a
reply to the defenders of Ingersoll,
Wolf, Reynard, Ralph and Prince.
The text was 1. Corinthians, H., 9, 10,
IA, 10: Eye hath not seen nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the
| heart of man the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him. But
Goa hath revealed them unto US by his
spirit, for the spirit searcheth all things.
yea, the deep things of God. But the
natural (unspiritualized) man receiv-
eth not the things of the spirit of God.
for they are foolishness unto him !:
neither can he (till spiritualized) know
them, because they are spiritually dis
fcerned. But he that is spiritual judg-
EN- an things, yet he himself is judged
| of no man.
DR.. Brady said in part: 1--WE look
upon the press as one of the greatest
truth disseminators, and when it be
comes less secularized and more spirit
ualized it will join with the other
mighty modern inventions in rapidly
evangelizing mankind. We properly
praise the press for as much of that
most noble work as it already has be-
gun. And yet the world with all its
progress is not enough advanced to see
the folly of prosecuting preachers of
rune truth. Persecution has raised its
Egory head through all the ages. If /
were to read some of the threatening
letters recently received you would say
this monster would still stab with
ploody spear If it were not for the sher-
if and the scaffold
Elijah, Isaiah, Daniel. the son of
God himself, apostles, pioneer fathers.
the early ardent Methodists, were as
salled by outrage simply because they
IoVed their feilow-men strongly enough
TO tell the truth. And who am 1, nv
friends, that l should altogether es-
cape? Why should I expect better
treatment than my fearless faithful
lforerunners? The wrath of sin is the
same.
Snow me a living preacher whom ev-
erybody praises and nobody blames and
III show you preacher who is preach
ing confectionery instead of an all
round, strong, meat gospel. Since they
do not discern the truth is the reason
the little Ingersolls, Wolf, Reynard
Ralph and Prince so bitterly bark at
me. Nevertheless, l enter into this dis
cusslon with the utmost love for ALL
There is not enough artillery in the
fortresses of error to dent nv armor
These little Ingersolls Wolf, Reynard
Ralph, Prince and all the rest of the
little ones rush in where angels dare
not tread. Why, they are so shallow
and saucy that they don't know that
they don't know. And they are so self
Important and inpertinent that they
anect to know as much about these
things as people that have complied
with the conditions and made them a
life study"
After a mastery argument, proving
that Christianity is scientific and that
where Christianity flourishes the sci
ences also flourish. DR.. Brady contin-
ued: This is what is the matter with
the little Ingersolls. They are all the
time crying reason, law, etc, and they
are so unreasonable, unlawful and I'M
scientific that they apply other laws
than her own to Christianity, and then
when Christianity will not come down
to them and violate her own laws to
oblige ignorance and encourage unfair
ness, the poor little poodles turn and
run away barking. We have no use for
| her. She's en- passe and out of date
Can you conceive anything so utterly
unfair?''
With striking force DR.. Brady went
on to show the analogy between natural
and spiritual laws and to show why
both are immutable.
| Coming back to the subject of his
critics once more, DR.. Brady said:
| There is one thing to which they nearly
all refer and that is the severity of the
fate dealt to Mr.. Ingersoll. No man
/ feels the severity of that fate more than
!. My soul sinks and signs as I think of
it. l would gladly give this life of mine
| if by so doing could rescue, renew and
send Robert IngersoI to heaven. But
| there is a great gulf fixed and that pre-
Events negotiations. Then they say, How
can God be good and send Robert IN
gersoll to help God did not send Robert
| Ingersoll to hell Robert Ingersoll sent
| himself there. God never sent any man
to hell. If a man jumps into Lake Quin-
sigamond and browns himself, does God
drown him? Every man who goes
| through life destroying human souls.
| Gods most precious treasures, sends
himself to eternal retribution. God does
/ not damn him. He damns himself. Man
/ being free moral agent, God could not
| hinder him.
| Some of the little ones say that I
ought to be drummed out of Worcester
for preaching like this. Well if you
| should do that you would be drumming
out what it is of the highest Importance
! for you to know, ana act upon right
early. Besides, don't think the little
folks will drum me out just yet because
the mayor has the drums and have the
drumsticks, and don't believe we will
loan them. don't think the mayor and
chief Of police are going back as far as
the heather ages when the same kind of
little rascals used to drum Paul from
place to place for preaching the same
as 1 do. STILL we'll see.
Meantime let us pray that God may
bless these little fellows. l would like
to see 10000 Of them saved and, there
fore, next Sunday night / will preach on
the big cure for the little Ingersolls."