Show MEN N OF THE HOUE HOUR some aro tire bom born grea preat rome achieve ess and some have i v gr re catnes atness thrust upon them shakespeare X 41 I j jf w COLONEL ROBERT i I OF OV THE STAR when during the last presidential mainpa campagna agn henry ward beecher introduced colonel robert inge ingersoll to a very crow crowded tied meeting in brooklyn as the greatest orator of tho the age though he be said what may pe be open to dispute he lie gave prominence at an all appropriate time to colotel ingersoll Inger sols strongest qualification for the genial alan man of illinois or catl rather ler now of washington though illinois is the state most honored in his wonderful success as a public speaker because ho he won I it during the time lie resided there is a born public speaker us as certainly as nature put up william shakespeare for a poet hia ills thoughts shape shapo themselves as a matter of course in in expression apt striking globing glowing allep often avitt witty always telling there is 13 wit withal a simplicity tenderness and hearty good wilf will about robert which endear kar him to his li hearers whether ehg they will or not col ingersoll ia is a lawyer by profession fes sion lie he had bad built up a good practice in illinois when his eminence as a speaker gave him a wider scope of popularity as a lecturer he is now in washington a rest resi rt resident ident odthe of the capital and as counsel for the tile accused in the star route cases is giving a flavor to very dry proceedings is truly in ers ollian the tit golden mouthed ameri american can is ia fifty years of age ho ile waa was born and raised E east ast bit but t as wo we have seen earned his first notoriety as a western advocate his ills personal appearance and gifts ats a aro re ren remarkably bly pleasing jkr with a well built body a brounn round good natured face large dark eloquent eyes easy unconscious grace of movement ho he captivates vat his its hearers li to perpetrate a bull for once before he lie opens his mouth his ills appearance preliminary bow and mid smile secure him an interested and delighted attention mr ingersoll is a simple modest man hels reputed to have once said the dignified man mail is iaan an idiot the unconsciousness of early childhood possesses him and pomposity and pretension are among thesus l acts of his happiest banter his ills I eloquence loquence lias has great variety in it now full of ft tears and then a trumpet pearl now copious and vehement as a cataract then keen incisive and concise as an extract from ba cons E essays essays but colonel ingersoll attacks christianity wo we dont commend him on oil this account and it is not our buin m to judge him we think if lie saw the christian religion ligion with the eye that many who re read d thebe lines see it in ita its essential purity moral grandeur and as the means of giving the tile human a conscious acquaintance with the divine ho lie would bo be the last man to lassail it for robert ingersoll lias has great natural goodness without question he ile does not see as they sec see but need the friends of cairl christianity ti despair that lie will not if colonel ingersoll is mistaken mite taken in supposing that the impregnable fortress ress of christianity can bo be fully assailed by even liis his brilliant oratory arc are not marij many church people unreasonably weak not to say narrow minded in in their judgment dament of his attack the truth like ike gold cannot be depreciated in its essential value and perfection let christian people be less apprehensive about the force of ingersoll Ingersol lr daring and eloquent unbelief and hey they largely abate even its seeming strength for it being assumed that the be christian religion is true nothing can call harm barm it |