Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

ment. Every honest man VIII 20 10
heaven for the other place u not 'aise
enough TO hold him.
HONEST sCEPTIC HAS RIGHT TO
SALVATION.
I told the Rev. sidney Herbert Cox,
pastor OF the Lee Avenue Congrcgu-
tionnl church, Brooklyn. last night that
n Washington clergyman had said 10 a
Herald correspondent that he believed
lngcrsoll had a chance to be saved n he
was honest.
II agree with the Washington clergy
man" said Mr.. Cox, and he added;
THE honest Hkcptlc has, | believe. the
same right 20 salvation that the most
loyal upholdcr ~ the Christian faith
has The question Is. Was lnWvraull
hunest2 From his uttcrnnccs ! judge
that he was honest fundamentally, but
Il seems TO me tnut he was not wholly
honest In recent years lie criticised
Christianity "a he found 10 In his youth
aud gave no credit Tor the advances
made. Great men In the church, such
ns Abbott and Briggs have shown the
way TO q higher Christianity than was
known before"
CONSIDERED HIM a FAKTR.
The Rev. Or. Henry A. Brann. pas
tor OF 81. Agnes Roman Catholic
church. knew AR. lngoraoll ana wrote
a book IN nuswor TO hls tcnctf ON rcli-
giun, Dr. Brann said last night that
ho considered lngersoll fntlr. who
traded on his lnhdelity 20 make money,
"Mr lngersull was an ignorant man,
he said. "lie had Wit ana talent, but
hc spoke of subjects which he had not
studied and rldlculed things which he
knew only by half. l spent a portion
Of n summer with him at Long Beach
and remember his surprise when | told
Al a
much az he did the theory NJ a total
depravlty and VI predestination, as eN-
posed By John Calvin"
The Rev. Henry Evcrston Cobb.
minister To the West End Collie
riate church. at nrat refused
To discuss Colonel lngcrsolls death
at all. but at length said. I am very
sorry FOR Colonel lugersolls family, and
/ sympathlze with them Ia his death.
and 1 feel very sorry for the death OF
any man who, like him, had such possl-
bllltlea for dung good, | fear that the
net result OF Colonel lngerspli1 life has
not been for good and for truth, but
rather for harm, ] do not ind In the
opinion which Colonel lngcraDll stated
30 frankly ana 90 confidently that
which upllftH mon ns believe the pure
and simple Christianity which he
doubted does. believe he was sincere
in what he believed"
QUESTION THAT CANNOT he
ANSWERED.
Philadelphia, Pa. saturday.-Clergy-
men OF different denominations were
seen today ana asked N Colonel ingcr-
soil, though an ugnostic, VIII be saved
10 hc was sincere, The Rev. Daniel 1.
McDermott, rector Of StMary's Roman
Catholic church. said: ut is a quea-
ton that cannot be answered without
being migundorstOod. Two or three
sermons and lectures might be preached
without making II any clearer. our
Lord said Of those who cruclncd Him,
they should be forgiven, for they know
not what they ala. The first thing I
would have To excuse lngersull for
would be his sins against truth But
I do not think God held 81. Paul per-
sOnnlly responsible Tor his acts while
prosecuting the Christians. God con-
dcmna no man who gupuoaos hr ~ ln
the rlrht nor do we hold Il child guilty
Tor sing Of Innocent ignorance"
The Rey. william y, Bodine. rector
Of the Protestant Episcopal church NJ
the Savior, said; ~ do not know why
an ngpostlc. II honest In his beliefs,
should not enter the kingdom OF
heaven"
The Rev. Charles W. Buckley Of the
Mariners Methodist Episcopal Bethel,
said. "1 cannot believe that an an
merclful Father win punish His errlng
children when they unknowinRly dis
regard His divinity. Ingersolfs many