The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-18
Brady Says Ingersoll
Was Guilty of It's
Commission.
He DEARLY LOVED The AGNOSTIC.
But the World Should be
Warned From His
Teachings.

Every seat in Grace church auditor
lum was taken last night, so great was
the curiosity to hear what DR.. Brady
would have further to say on the Inger-
soil question. The scripture reading
was from the 99d chapter of Ezekiel and
the 18th chapter of Luke, and in the
opening prayer DR.. Brady asked for
strength to overthrow the rationalistic
superficialities which were. born in Ger
many some years ago and have been
born in other countries since.
The subject of mis- sermon was Ibid
Mr. lngersoll commit the objectionable
SIM and the text was taken from
Matthew, xii:3O-32: He that is not with
me Is against me; and he that gathereth
not with me scattereth abroad Where
fore say unto you, all manner of sin
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men; but the blasphemy against the
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto
men. And whatsoever speaketh a word
against the son Of man, it shall be for
given MIN; but whatsoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
in the world TO come"
DIR. Brady explained that the sermon
last evening would consist of the rea-
sons for the ground taken by himself on
the sad fate of Mr.. Ingersoll but next
week he would reply to the criticism
he had received since his former SER
mon. He said in part:
Our master teaches us to love our
nelgnbor as Ourself. The neighbor may
be foe or friend, but we are to love
him just the same. Few men love Rob-
ert q. Ingersoll more than l. love him
for his silver sentiments, for his sense
of honor, his polished manners, his
courage in the conflict; for his decision
of character, his adhesion to home his
regard for women; for his patriotic
honor, his bravery in war, for his union
of strength and mildness, for his an
tagonism to intemperance. But while
l love him for these graces, which he in
herited from his Christian ancestry, l
love the great mass of humanity most.
A race of beings doomed to wander
through a life of changeful shadows,
with a little hope for the future
Through a wilderness filed with drag.
ons and dread Of death A world so
precious that the angels visited *;
Christ died for it and the Holy Ghost
struggles for it. This world 1 love more
than I could ever love any man.
Hence when I saw Mr.. Ingersoll lead
ing it from light, I contested with him
and when he passed away, warned my
followers from his teachings. He rushed
into the arena saying: I can see no
God; l can feel no God; I can hear no
God; there may be no Cod" and in
stead of taking the proper way to find
God he became his antagonist, because
God would not change the ordering of
nature to manifest himself as Mr.. In
gersoll wished
He was a master of imagery, an ex-
pert in ridcule and gifted with genius
for making justice seem Injustice, for
making religion seem ridiculous. If Mr.
had attacked the evils of the
church only I would have been with
him, but he attacked the good as well
and hence I was against him. The most
beautiful thing he ever said or wrote
was his creed "A bouquet of sweet
flowers plucked from Christianity, but
without the roots and soil. Who would
say the farmer was worthy who planted
the tares with the wheat?" This Mr..
Ingersoll did He loved to shatter the
great lawgiver He hurled ridicule on
that inspired book, he poured mockery
and contempt upon the followings of the
Holy Ghost Yet some say he was an
man.
To you people who stay out Of the
church, do not go around saying II
am a humanitarian, free thinker.
This is a free country; let every man
think and act as he likes" That is
the most senseless twaddle even the
Oldest baby would talk. II is more, it
is a travestry of the truth. Let man
Hnfif a
man break in and steal your property;
do YOU sit still and say, Let the thief
do as he pleases. This is free coun-
trv"? You believe in free speech and
action until they infringe on your per-
sonal rights.
Do you say that you respect Christ
as a great man, that you consider the
Bible q great book, that you think the
church a grand institution, out of cha
ritv? Such charity be hanged! To say
that there is no hell is chloroforming
life Suppose a number of people
asleep on railway track and the En-
pire state express only ten miles away,
coming at mile a minute. And sup
nose a man comes up and sprays those
neople with chloroform, saying that he
will make their death pleasant. And
sunnose another man sees their plight
and PUSHES to them and beats them into
and some are saved. Who
here has the charity? The damned
scoundrel that sought to have those
people killed? That is not charity; it
is cruelty. Mr.. Ingersoll has not only
mt deadly nightshade into the lives Of
those who sleep, but he has destroyed
the foundations of many religious
life.
with all due respect to Mr.. Ingersoll
as a minister am forced TO say for the
sake of all. / must pronounce Mr.. In
gersoll guilty of the objectionable sin
IF blaspheming against the Holy Ghost.
cod knows that If l had the power l
ebol,Id 90 to hell tonight where Mr..
Ingersoll weeps and walls, and should
say 10 him, "Come back, brother Inger-
soil 10 the world of probation and take
onotber chance" But sympathy must
~ silence truth. Let abuse Of every
sort come on. still l shall be true to
Won and until-5 die, l shall keep the
IA Dag waving God, | have delivered
INV message; now, Q, Lord, deliver
thy spirit.
RuTz BEATS FARNHAM.