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

honest In his convictions he will now
have a chance to be honest. / believe
that the future world may give 20 him.
as II may to US all. clearer light and
larger opportunity to know and live
the truth. n Il does lngcrsoll will
have his chance. We do not absolute
~ know: therefore we had better make
the best Of our opportunities here"
MORE TO BE RESPECTED THAN
CLERICAL iNFIDELs.
Boston. Macs. Saturday. The Rev.
Dr. William Lions OF the First Unitar.
IAN church OF brooklyn, said that the
statement or tho clergyman who said
lhnl VI lngersoll was sincere and honest
In his belief he would be saved. n
morally ul right. We must AM come
TO the truth in tho life hereafter"
The kcv, a. 4. Bcrle. Congregation
aust Hhld' colonel lngrrHul was a
brave. chlvalrous, high hearted man.
tcsolutc In his championship ~ what
he believed 10 be- true. Infinitely more
10 DE- respected than certain clerical In.
udcla who dlscrcdlt both the gospel and
the blhlc by covert inHlnuatlonH. Peace
Co his ashes"
The Rev u. Charles a. Dickcy. OF
bethany Presbyterian church. said.
~ never saw Mr. lngcHoll. never
heard him speak l was once mistaken
for him, by friend. but I have always
felt sorry FOR his blindness. nnd
fqndly hope that the great mercy of
God has forgiven the wrong he aid 10 "A
good God and TO his helpless fellow
h,n' nave always believed that
mistaken notion OF Christ. OF Chrlsti-
ans and OF Christianity warped tho bei.
ter nature u man who might have
been noble defender OF the very truth
That he blindly assaulted II he hnd en-
!os,u a ul1rfent environment. Mr.. 1n-
ketholl knows the truth now. and / be-
lieve that he had In his nature "A love
OF truth that viii make MIN satlsnsJ
WIN whatever a good God may decree
as TO his eternal fate"
me rev. Alexander Kent, pastor OF
the Peoples church. said. From All
mat have heard and seen OF Colonel
lnBrraoll his domestic life has been one
80 as any one OF whom that
can be said, ana whatever his ntti.
tude toward the dogmns of religion he
must nave had some OF the root of the
matter In him" Or. Kent would NOT
express un opinion M to whether an
aEmoHtlc like lnEersoll win be saved.
me Rev, Herbert J. White. Hethunv
Baptist church, said. sincerity IN not
enough. lnErrsoll Will not be- saved N
tho llhlp lH true, / believe tho ulhte il
true; ana / believe lngeraoll regretted
the light"
lhr rev george l. Perrin, OF tho
Every Day church OUniversnilsD. sniJ,
-"of course Colonel ingersou win he
saved. lie was an honest man. nnd
God loves honest men. Integrity Of
heart u better than accuracy of theo-
logical opinion. Ingcrsoll'a theology
was bad, but not much worse than that
OF some ultra-u orthodox ministers God
VIII know how 10 tuke care OF nii The
bad theology. l think ne woke up In
the oihcg world q very much surprlned
and worry happy man"
The Rev James DE Normandlc, u. d..
unitnrian:--'l believe that ingcrsoii
was thoroughly sincere. but l do not
believe he win be saved"
The Rev. John Galbrnith Bromfield
Street Methodist church .a"As fnr as
religious belief ~ concerned. Robert "a
lngcraoll was a terribly mistaken man.
I'm reply 10 the question OF lngersoips
salvation he said Shall not the fudge
Of all the earth do rightT"
HOPE THAT GOD HAS SHOWN HIM
MERCY.
ri. Row, james A. MrFml. Blshop OF
Trenton, was seen In Long Branch and
said
Robert Ingersoll evidently. owed his
prejudice against Christianity To his
carly Calyinlstic experience Ilnd he
studied the doctrines aud practices OF
the Catholic church he would have be-
You'd doubt regarded Christianity In "A
more favorable light. II he was sincere