The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-24

A congregation of over 700 people
gathered in Grace church last night to
hear what Rev. DR.. James Boyd Brady
had 10 say regarding The life and death
Of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. It was Civ
en- as a prelude to the sermon on
Christ in the light of Clark univer-
SHY"
Both prelude and sermon were given
in Rev. DR.. Brady's most eloquent
style, and served to hold the close at
tention of his audience through the
unusually long service. He took for
the subject of his prelude
Lessons from the life and
Ceath OF Robert Green Ingersoil," say
ing: The most popular and patronized
blasphemer that ever appeared on this
earth is dead 1t is said there We're
enough fools IN America TO pay 500, :
oG0 year for his blasphemy. lcl a
spectacle is unparalleled in the his
tory of humanity
In view Of the worldwide evil that
he did, it is proof of the long suf-
fering character of God, that he was
spared so long, 1t is said that he hae
determined to quit lecturing against
God and confine himself to his profess
sion of law. But his determination
came too late. He was cut off in mo-
ment with impious engagements to
lrofane some summer resorts fresh
upon him.
While he was living, ] told MIN Of the
unutterable enormity of his sacrileg-
ious irreverenee and of the redhot hell
10 which he was going, with his vic
tins. | portrayed to him the vicious
1.ess, the indecency, the immortality and
the atrocious rascality of his scoffing
8 almighty God, and his sacred blood
bought cause before the gullible people
he was thereby guiding to eternal dam
nation, at a dollar a head, and his only
reply as, he did not know about that.
Nevertheless. he never after my first
assault in New Jersey, relished coming
to q CITY where l was. He always
wanted to know If that man Brady
was there yet, and he did not like such
an Internal row as Brady raised. When
! told Newark people that Their fore
fathers would have hung him from the
first limb of the nearest tree" he had
reason to be careful. for the people
had grace enough to be very angry.
There were a great many things IN
gersoll professed not to know He was
an agnestic. He did not know there
was a God. But by this time he has
found out there is a God great and
terrible, with whom he must settle UP.
He did not know there was a devil.
Well, he wasn't in eternity 10 minutes
before he learned more about the devil
than ne could describe in 10 hours. Then
he did not believe that there is a hell
and poor soul, he wasn't there three
minutes before he was hopping around
in agony crying Il didn't think it was
Ike this; o! I didn't think it was like
this
He was accustomed to lecture on the
mistakes Of Moses Well, I'm thinking
If / do not mistake the chapter of old
Moses. and he can get whack at
Bob" over there. that he will find out
he made more mistakes than Moses ey-
er did. He did not believe in ghosts
and he used to lecture against them
He believes in ghosts now with all his
might.
"Ingersoll it was through yalr lies
and scoffings that we came here.
I'VE believed in the Bible. in Goo
and in Jesus, and were trusting in him
and serving him and he was serving us
and taking us to heaven; but after We
heard you, we forsook him and betray.
ed him, and believed in your false
hoods, and now we are, all of US, here
in hell together.
90 Ingersoll, Ingersoll, can you no
send some word to our brethren who
their mothers God, lest they come t.
this place of torment?"
But poor Ingersoll can but answer
I can do nothing; / have started theil
coming here, but have no power tt
stay their course. Hundreds, thous
ands, millions whom | deceived are
coming. OH what a hell 1t will be fol
me when they all arrive. Alas. alas
alas, why did l blaspheme my mothers
God. Why did scandalize with sucl
scurrility my fathers Bible? Why die
1forsake and bring to shame by the rid
icule OF coarse jests, Gods holy churcl
and heavenly son?
Alas. alas find l have sown de
struction and reaped despair. o, that
never had been born. o, that my moth
er had slain me at my birth. o. tina
ny father had killed me when I wa,
fanocent. o, We pillows of despair con
sumo me. All, we waves of fiery re
morse, devour me- o, We devils. thrus
me with your burning tridents. trans
fix me that l die"
And the devils have but one tortur
ing retort: THE fires that kill her,
are the fires that keep alive" Let tn,
curtain fall over that heart-harrowinl
scene.
have lifted the corner Of the curtain
just little, not to gloat over the fal
of Ingersoll. Perish the thought. Blu
to warn you all against the terribl,
teachings which would lead you to {
similar fate. dare not at the peri
Of my fidelity to your souls, palIiate d
excuse the awful evils that flow from
such'a life as this. 1t is against my fin
er feelings to say word against Ro
bert g. Ingersoll, now that he Is gone
He is gone TO give an account to hi
Judge, Of what he said and did. /, too
am going soon, and shall give an ac
count to the same great judge "of qiicl
and dead" II is, therefore, with chas
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