The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-09-16

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they hard him speak. Or first read his
dArnbs against TIE holy faith. and
fron the1cs date their fall.
Ingersol Eas . famous man. bat il
would Be Al utter abuse Of language to
cal him . great nan. Soch elements Of
greatness a. he had were dwarfed into
LiIliput1an proportions BY the use be
made Of them But what vas the basis
Of his fanes His soothing At religion.
his tearing down the very bulwArks OF
Christian liberty. his destroying every
thing the soul most needs. Everything
pore be touched be blackened; be
nOcked at everything sacred; he left
the living without hope, the dying
without consolation. He lived without
hope in God or JOY in Christ; bow he
died only God and be know.
Inkefsoll was either a knave or an
ignonmus. Hear his own words: "The
infamous doctrines Of Christianity
petrify the human heart. They have
covered the world with blood, they have
6lled the asylums for the insane. /
say let Us nd the heavens Of this
monster. and write upon the dome,
Liberty. love and law The man who
said this was either ignorant or thor
oughly dishonest. Ignorant, IDgersoll
was not; but like Hume, it was not in
him to speak the truth where religion
was concerned. The language above
quoted Is the sentiment OF the libertine.
the courtesan and the debauchee. II is
the language OF the scum and ~offscour-
ing Of the earth, the gospel OF infamy,
the yaporing Of q bad heart. No one
knew better than he that II his wishes
were realized, there would be an end to
order, the social fabric would crumble
like q house Of sand, the safety Of life
and security Of property be forgotten In
the wild scramble for selfish aggrand-
isement.
There Is nothing original about him;
be never said anything new. lie took
the doctrines OF HOBBIES, Of Malmes-
bury, Paine and Voltaire, polished them
up TO suit his own time and purpose.
and threw them broadcast as II they
were bis own. Voitaire said, Crush
the wretch-Jesus Christ" Hume: by
the beginning Of the nInsteenth century
philosophy wiIi frinraph and cL-io
tianity will fade away" Tom Paine
said Of the Bible: at Is a book of
~wickedness, lies and blasphemy." The
perfect agreement between these senti-
ments and those OF Ingersoll is too
apparent to need pointing out. Hear
some Others: Isaac Newton: ~ find
more sure marks OF authenticity in the
Bible than in any protane history what
ever" Francis Bacon: ''There never
was found, in any age Of the world,
either religion or law that did 50 highly
axalt the public good as the Bible
Sir William Jones: There is not a law
which does not owe its gentleness to
Christianity; not a custom which can
not be traced, in all its holy, healthful
parts to the Gospel" 1t is a remarka-
Bile fact that all the men who have
enriched the world and blessed the race
have been staunch believers in the
Bible, while all who have hurt and
hindered, who have pulled down and
ruined, who have acted against the
best interests Of humanity, have oppos-
ed 1t. Here belongs Ingersoll.
Joseph Barker, a converted skeptjc.
says: my hatred and horror Of in.
fidelity are greater than ever. | know
1t to be the extreme of madness and
misery-the utter degradation aud ruin
OF mans soul" This is the testimony
OF one who has lived in the tombs, but
by the grace Of God was clothed and in
his right mind.
Alas, the unspeakable sadness Of an
end like Ingersoll's. To 20 out into the
great unknown leaving a feeling Of
relief In every pure, true heart. What
would be the feeling Of the soul If II
could hear good men say: The world
would have been better had he never
lived" The in6del is not a success;
he Is a most pronounced and bitter
failure. lie takes away everything we
need, and leaves US only such things IA
we were better without. The robber.
the murderer, the midnight assassin.
. philanthropists in comparison with
The infdel. We can stand the loss Of
everything, even life itself, II they but
leave US hope in God.
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