World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-08-19
ATHEISM.
"Byu. =. Tova.''


Atheism AMI IuiidsI,tY are syuo.
ms.us terms. When you SEQ m
Atheist you sec 40 i1fidsl and
vica ver1a.
Some people Of even average ID
tslIigsnce, hold that mon who have
aIwsya denied the divin',y Of the
Bible, aDd'ths Exis.ancs Of . sup
transitional power hsvs been add
are q blessing to our Nation. /
conform 10 their sYguement thar
many products OF Atheism or per-
haps rather creature Of Atheism
have been very useful in the for.
nation Of our UYitsd Republics.
20 lhsm, for tLit, l bow my head.
But let ne shy right bera
that the forming Of this Nation 10.
no fruit of IaGdsIity--Tbey we're
iaboring in o diffsrent direction,
many Iuddels were aboIitionists,.
some Calvanists, some Wesleyans..
aud some Roman Gath plics were
also aboiitionists. Bat 10 fdei aud
|, Abolitiopist," are not synonymous,
peither is Wesleyan and Abolition
ist. l suppose any reader will
catch The point in this. An Inf,
del can be great some direc.
tion-So can q Roman Catholic
many. or some, boast that Infdeis
bslievs 10 freed ON, We shalt keep
this point in mind and bring it op
later. Iwsnt to prove in this ar.
ticIe or series that Iofdelity 10
worse than folly and also tho Bi.
ble to be divine, beyond reproacb,
I 30 not care for Cri,ics-Tbey
lare generally restless, especially
critics who oppose Saper Nstur4l
Supremacy, SO como on boys
God has promised me help. il you
have any you fnd .. in some book
tina, uny IL yr. old school BOY
knows is not divine.
One CRsssET writer has said they
believed Ingersoll to be tho
,"grandest mao that ever stood on
taa American Platforms This
same man also wrote that when
the name Of IDgersoll was men.
toned il touched q slender chord"
Now l maintain that tnfdels have
been a curse to every nation in
which they held citizen chip pa
pers, l mean Infdels Of Intellect
"A common 2x4 Incersoli or
Tom Paine Seeding d oes no par
tcular good nor harm--Of course
so long ashley hold the mistakes
OF Moses" or "rhe aye Of Reason :
open in their hand they can utter
some great things but "a soon az
the book is closed md their eyes
ars closed M hour in s!eep--iheir
mind Is cleared of all they read.
3ya Silver Tongue keen and
q lick mind OF which In gersoll was
blessed. They were lead to be.
l'eve lrtideli,y but they have no
plausible reason for 80 doing.
y ! say If you lay Ingcrsolis icon.
dorscd) complete works and e
' Holy Bible on thetablc aud turn
your chll1ren loose to them they
will be Intidels. Can you imagine
where the world wonld DO 100
yrs' b;h!e would 10 so scarce
J that mono but the weaithiest could
own oae. We would have no
Govt, % fear, no mercy. ND love
but lust. You my beloved read
} or may ask why-Because the good
book teaches US that IMAM is ne
prone TO wonder, as the sparkle
that fy upward aad we know 1t
TO be truth. We are going 10 con.
slider Ingersoll and his works for a
} short time, as we believe il IL
takes his nsmo 10 touch "Tandor
: chords" il ought 10 DO used more
? than IL is. Iogsrsoll was one Of
the greatest orators Of his day.
His tongue was silvcred with con
vincing oratory aud power II il
said be never made q speech hut
what no conyirced some one that
Ihic dncipina Mas ~ciocihla INT