Show a I Ir M INV1IW1NIWVUVWIWIWllllMlWIIIU I r Ingersolls Best Argument AP It 8 I I F Ever Advanced Against Christianity Replied to by Elder C W Pcnrosc of the Church of Jesus 5 Repled Christ of Lattertlau Saints 0 j nAAnMWUI nt n II nl MM y reproduced I If Th following Article I tworprevIt Ir6 ad WAN from 1M Imrrmnl lrm In oftsinAlly delivered by flit author Ilnlt and eta 1 an address before the laU I a Academy dnl of the Bilinam Ton Acam 11 prove Utah Ilobert In V1 crwll stands In IM front ink n Ilhl i-nk the mall army Sentinelled 01 Preformed or MeptlM and p nr I lplr pniooin having a conldraUe ability blt lonme a jolly countenance frank mn I jur blo tap wrTaoJ vocabulary mom and an abundant tp able of chortling his heirem of 0 Int bl viiii 0 him people who are influenced men by pound than by enf of rustling do not AFT wUh big tling those who nl lnI lllrriot up pentlm nt h ucceli In lm ChrUllar teacher and the otmty ef CIn of followers in the Jewish l Scriptures 11 and 1 women ud 6100 In leaJInr atray men aoln OM wouU roister doubt or who rlb men the iMnet of W than how In t Iln sins obvidneor to dlI l t reargandA6 I Serious treami of oratory run smooth ly I along mtlmi In I po t ehannela Adopted with brllllint and Healt 111 IInl aomd of ipeecb at other In I rivulets ot In torrent i of of unctuous humor anon vigorous o Invective and thou In I wave Aluesult tt acrid If not t blasphemous a o upon trillion and lh DOW 1 Page tw valises t chmpl of ertiotlclrn 1 th nlt thlm cf hallow by a multitude aai la acteple1 mlt lcno I low I iblaatn so A Irlumphwt Cliffs That 114 has succeeded Ill I breakIng I Tt towd Ing I d nand trampling under tale home which 1 Km of the treat bll nliilon has at up as Idol for mankind to worship o to far there U Win Coubt slut that he haa dlprove1 Sol dOUb fundamental principle of real 1 of the ndnl1 prcpl and be emphatically ChrtUarlly can b phlcal rUnl extols dole4 I U I a Sack 0 understanding under-standing of r what to I really Chrtlln that + all + ih tdmlrtn of Inrtrwlt to think U bl deShed the Urt tlan creed r lioroe Hm u an article from WM n In a promlnrnt New wu published York piper entitled I 411he Skeet Argue meet I ibI ib anced Against CJrta finally II bu it ince been plo with the earn flooding In a number ef pub 11 he of In different Parts Ho Journal n dl0 r Jon la I for that rea in thai the inwnt onl writer refer lo I with dlglf l Called may be tpoeed anl hat IU fillacfcj b li 1Ic np the poverty of that which ll I illled Th pI Arjumnl may b appre tlal4 11 1 will Ihertfow hehreire aented parairaih by paraaTiph In tM I with commnli fair = In email committee try aarunt 1 n new > iww that we 40 l not Spent on 1hwo or tlioevslm I W lb i or 1 t mar 110114 1 Imogelroed 1 I they we iMtn I the I j be fear it 1 eel l Meet be Inw Iflhey are rile mum Perves Tti to late a only JJffWknew hot astem Matthew Stark 4 OI know astlenot of the atureelviewit Citing Of Salvation bit hllf They knew n bly Ina I I harlk V = drv mo wit I 111 com with chi Ili I or Jb da beer = I a r on I no ore fr4 towitude chrial chat we net be born wars We pilot drink The booties l and WAS the flesh of ttin1 In IM IMPI w 0 tin1 rbd ctiln of the at Oogi stid that ties DM or Us srui tnt lo I our A Ges I Is Orally at a tin Ill Platt le it libe other Ili t tran Ilow r I of John 9 tI i a i s Ill Ilstral 0 7t 1 4 Itiln by Afo man he to of the other 1 lion on get I 11 Froark two little lrovasVe The lour nol I to According to this We glitch to low fairly ob IpserIllian It four rI VYIWILOC un Seats ty to Coriolis Jacts and I one of Severe retain me Reform Rod explains I some truths Connected therowith stitch Wife INb Io not mnUn hr the other three In the bistimoor of all four to talmool The legal I munion and priolurolity of reason tug I illilyed In this ao alM best argumei t are cerlalnly remarkable ItO not cvutloclng It John mentioned sum lDcUnls In Ihe life and IMUhlnn ot brief Which art out records by Sins those dark nil Lilt dead that Stift t a any o the truthfulness at owhat liberal 1 ibm have w filter Inginoli I Mmlll that thrr of theme four wl u 14 ASTIO but Jumps at the conclu lion that because in fourth falisitori death specially on somor Point of docki tin not elucidated by the other flit la ot III I four must be rVActril J a untrue And yt Itobrtt ll near pull I 1 cordials among the learned I law I sera ot the American beef SILK U II true that Matthew Mark and Lull know twining I of the lkwrod Meet nothing of salvation by Ilhl 1lt Ila No Mattholvir speaking of in I tali of the Ansel r to Jb and nnounced to him the 1m maculate conception quotas the mail i words And she ihall I bring forth a Pon and thou shall nn his mm Jr1L8 loth shall II aate his I people from their sins Malt 11 I II 1 iw also the folloalngl 1hosot Ihenfor h Controls in Later men him will I ran few lieu before my rather khlch U Is 1 braver t tthoeoevr brlb titer red before men Ill IiIII I I also dour before nit rather Which Is in tavn tlall Ii u 93 All thing LPG cllvrrrd unto mi by my Father and au nun knuwtth the Don but the fJUjer 7 neither I it 0hl any man the Tathmr son and be to whoinor the Ito ill 111roal him oftt I X11 Ji yor the San of man it rules to save At bwkb ill lost 41tatt I sivill 11 LS Ade the No of man earn hat 1 to M14tritered unto I but I to minister nt 10 61f I his lit to flitleton for I many liters ill tit Far this I 14 ht Wood el the now inflations which Is hint for many for the Million of Nine Mott nvl U lo miuk for mUII Next let us try 1 Jack And he d unto u chose This I blood toy at the I Mier uInt Which 11 Ibid for mans W Utk sides I If I And lie Post unto teem 00 so Into 011 the world and titeem 11 b the gospel to C111111 10 I that boolltvilth this IN but It n Ii fl iihall 1 VmIa 411441ell1toth to a t ai aint talk Awl IS UAtu Wo ItIll II now 1141Int Luke pu YOU Is born this a J I the tit y Of 1141111 a Navior tallfty I din illy Lord MI Christ ill Luke Iv 11 Fur the uot 14011 which MAN it cents to Lukelsixt save first r i ad last k pf And he took broad and we batiks brake It i vAwg du check I this is toy Study Which 10 trick flux this do 14 mairrabran for f aftercroof rise like v how also the I Solit t t cup 10 the cup now is sister maylnlr it So 14 ulsklo is aIr III M I lCh I ly i 0 t fh plootnor 4 too their I iLuk on attantoobInLit hl Ih toy hlbt under 4 lb I t ore and he uo them 110v1 Thus h F F P ruten a 4 thus o4ja it unto I l Chrimit to suite r anAl 4 t1o it from ilia 4094 the third dI hould Al 1 Ike 1 to In loll of mine t his li 0 11 I no In I Ing at ILl II IV 4 T Jrlm 4 t U I an of title 1 11 lh Mark or I t John to of Ill In OrIth nll I J 14 I to tin J iI 4 r of Jo So I unU nick I I I 11 n this they I ngree Wit cif them howtr narrate 1 ouch Incidents In the carter of 1 l htlit A Impmwil him the mot for Ibly John wai eld nlly ot A Ihll sonhlcl f turn of mln I anlwa Ptrtipl mire devotional u Ila was mire loving In i his lisp sltion than t H t rI > enlarged upon the I rrlncl lie taught ly the I Havlor while the other ached t on the hist tlcal mar thin The doclrlntl In IhMr writing Ihn Is I pirliclly compatible with the Ibori that they were Innlrell that li I Inrlre 1 to write concerning Christ his life nil I inching according ta I the twit t > f their knowledge and understanding 1oAt3rk does totit take away aeMf or till Inlltlduallty II dow not make him a machine M Ingerantl appears lo think lout irompta and quicken his eitergUl In the rteelred dl recllon Inkloorpol10 slalemnt thit they do not IITM le I alolutely untrue and his reiorlrig go I fallacious And absurl 1 If John only of the four vangelll I wrote of r the I atonement It would not trove a dltmreement with the other three unless they hid denied that doe trine and ltln > l In the contrary ot trn vThlth WAN Hated hy John Th loclrln of Salvation by filth which john dllihted I to pit tain who not nil vitlon without action I worko For Ine Plane after quoting Chrlat word Ih reference to believing on him he rltea forth > larvl 1 not at this for the hour ll I timing In which 1 that are In the gravi shill hear him Valente I and hull con forth they that have don good unto the resurrection of life and t they that hue done evil unto Ihe reiur rtttlon Pit damnation John vt I 1 lie Hilt bath my commanlmenla ant kcrpcth them he It Ii that tovtth me shot r hr It1I lot fill I me Phall I love1 I of my Father and I will love I him and will mantfit myself to him girl Jll WW keep my Father t romminltnnta I y J a hill abide In my love I even J 1 hat krtt my Kather command ronl to ml abll In hli town 1john IV mnl ll should t underitixxl that neither of Ihe wrllr of II four do Pel lb1 1 Ihy I a r calif I I either claim to hiv rlllen ly divine Innlrallon t all that he recorded or to have given a full and complete account tit the do Inn anl laying of Jesus ChristI SIH Christ-I r dll they write In concert Their iMtlmmM ar Pootoicator anl dlllnet yet they t agree In lubilance and there Is I no conlra llctlon either of factor fact-or doclrlne And though John dwelt lovtnily upon the polnta which louched r his heart In the keenest man rr hn they fell from the Mr of the Bavlor and recorded pome thing not mentioned by the olhr he roncludod hll I e iy wllh lhee wor lit And Ihera are alM tniny other thing which Jeiu r Prow low re I they to bul b writ trn every one I uppoie that I even Ih Iwo world ltplt could not I-wo of II booita thai Phould sed written Amen John nil W IngrMll goes on to t SAYS rks account of It extension of Jesus Christ acrwonr fit talks we UpTh liSlU likllhVw il it nothing Kuul r ntirion aol r there I ever waa At greater mlricl ind yt Mallhw h wa BrMnt ro saw the lead rte p tend end dluppear did nol thin 6 it dimaroaAr worth Mnu nitig On the other hand won UI wM f ihrll anutdlng lo 1 Mittbw tirtrolcl the acenlnnl 1 10 I am wllb ymi alwrs vn unto the not no-t the world alw4r t h was Prevent I limit really arendnl ia > a nol on word on the eubj cl On whit ground I iloe the bold spite make the rih aiurllon Hal lite so i count atilt I ProZon of Ju Clients In Ik nd tensile are Intgrgeolational 1 offers nothing In Its Support except the totst ranonlog already 1 exploited That nit other vilintioussm did Out say anything on h1 subject lhw and John Maisel their maboictive so counts still the resurrection 01 Christ and his Instructions to lh Aptaillon ark and lt ant a if Ill further still Included brief statements concernIng concern-Ing I he aeoniion 1 In I his I there 14 I nu rontrillcllin and nu discrepancy A fuller account ot the acenlon la r emi cordnl In Act I 1 ouppI l lo have been nrltln ty luke anti that John Sir unOfnlo I Ant r wrote 1 about the en franc 11 1 brief Into heaven may be Penn from Revelation I I 4 1 I and many other tiirti of the Paine book aald I lo I haw I been written by John b for too I wrote his go > pel Th ainrllon concerning the last worm of Chi Ist and their contradiction rh the aecenlon ll on a Par with the I lhr > auun II lion and abeurdlllei of the famoui Promoter fir Inndlity Intles first i lace itallbew doe not any Hat the sentence U I am with you If 1 my even unto the n 4 of Ih world I were the last words 01 Christ an In xtrow11sooria neither d they contradict con-tradict the voictirrolon Thily arm In coratllte fencers 1 wells file Inll ill his Asoustlem Itertim his declaimer IS Alit not leati > ou coniforllr lallh I come to you Vtl a Illll will and the world bfth mis tie Intim but fre 90 met because be-cause 1 lilt I ye shall live iII i Jot Is i-II how II II Inlhiwronlilac Christ alpo rotnlsed lub with 11 always 1 by the Comforter f veil the > 1I1 l 1 SZJvor truth Whole the world Cannot 1 because I tin hint Suit either kII him lout re know hire far I it 0111i lilt ru and trials b In you r ill This ings not b imcfell clear to I Ile InPI because I is I Policies and spiritual I thinds are only lm h3 t lro i 1Ititually dIrpWl tout to theme fill are Able to rocrive 1 that spirit Of truth whlih tnanlfeila bath t the I Ila t her And Ihe Don al Is I irf lly eaiy lo corrosive hnI I how hi11 tan b with Wor did ilrln tven to the en I of the world I n although he has amended Into heaven quI Intrull neil make the following II Christ roe from Ih d d why did II to nom ipiwar to Too v od it hr did jjj t < UI I ur i Calunae the ll Itch lrtr > IT Why did I H I nul rush an thr inumihl I 1 nlrv Inlu Jrrualtmt 11 He tI and If how do r it lout don I do-n OLI in I t he Ie I nr of Ills 1 ne ulorm V lir about III the gr > alt < it Corrode I U il m JIJI 111 t l hi a corner cor-ner I less a tnlracl tl t iniuld 1 l ve I r l n acen by u tat routtliud mlra ele that fool I I I not be ul mula1d4ii I I e hot I woool 1 hats tontlnced hundred 0 of thousand unnt Them Interrogations ore prompted by n total inlun lretllidll If of She purpose and tbjtl ot thiM ihnurnena fifth an usually culled mlritcle In the ill Mne con my they t are not exhibited lo raute uIidrr or create I faith Tl ey are ml to 1cd I Ihe live of Ihe nurteloua or raI 1 r lo the lust I after Nixon They lieu the I thret not ills cause ill I 11 TIK shm 1 gold I the I Havier ohall LLOW 11 that believe When II jolJ the sick big lilt oriable fault psi 1 Va Ill thou tell nor nark I hl Iis explanation of She cause of Ihll i u VAlo Thy fulfil Illh I ade theo telifile Whartivowswient it hi I a toul17 to PrWeelf he iluM PIfl3 Intes 7 of faitio And il And be COU14 do them Ito mhhl it thai he laid him hindi upi n W7 m etwe folk and healed them AnT h > Mae 141114 Iua or shelf Unbellot Stark Ili I 5 1 On Mr Insersells hr Polhnll that was the reform Of al olh era whir Christ should have hon forth lull and woO What was the anower Ju always 1 gavel tthen people Paine lo I him pecking a iliiiiT I was Al evil anl 1 adulleruii generation peekelh alter a sign 1 and tliera limit ba l n I Ian I given Iv Matt I ill I II Mark till I 1 1 li I admor recorded llut though he had don ao many miracles before thra 1 harliee and amp drecki yt thy believed not nn u trI rnehiI Uohn I 1r37 Lhtlitl l appearance ti Mi Apoillei anl afterwards la give I bundled I lit Hll dltlllt WAR I bleslnl t th t IM M ha believed U liy should I he aiv api ared to his enemlef Why Irba Wh4 Ibull he have favored the titan ftlil h unjustly and wlcketl Irrtcondemned it condemned Him to death Thy ihould he In flit purity it f mutual ellstcnce I mingle I with the I me M I corrupt Ingnsoll pays that I 110 appearance would field convinced I kindred ul thousand That 11 one of hh 1 lae many nations which Ihe I noted o Arco rUe enlertalni that are entirely lit nnt from the view 1 anti ilirtrlnca ot the great N a tarhr When Illustrating t tbo very Inl l now In question t 1 In a do rtttwlthlhtlhallirihtdclired I I It 1 ivy heir not Moe n the Prophets Hltllir will they be persuaded thouth Mt III rout thW4 im a rvadied 1 I evil 1 IIIIngtreoll remarks further Araln I ak to I the Nw Temmnt mil Hua nvhMy now l ll v tbal at o11111tallia1 t 1 Ik filth of Christ there wa M relrvttl pre11rul that a tar led b wise mn of we KI that IIrod 1 slw 1 H beliefs ot I 1 Wh them of two year < ill and un Mir L These questions may Ile anawcred In ll I 1h inirmatlv Million r People bee > be-e thit al the birth of Christ share Hraa a potential netting AIM that a star M 1 tho wli I mn of lire IAAt aid that Jlrwd t caused the bettleii of llethlhem Ina hi be nun aa narrated In the Now riiamnt I u I tuy lo ak aueiil tu Pro01K IKersull offer m thing to 11Prove yithr of the statmenls on wl hlI tit tiJravotl la cast a doubt Hut move teilng tho majority of People 1 In Chile tnl s doubled or dllbelleved the writs I In She Now Testament of occur rnicel about the time ot the birth of trial would that affect the truth cf tie hlilory All the event described h the Nw THImt mar hat taken lice even though all the wide I men of lit I nineteenth century were of He tam mind ai the great Interrogation Ingeraoll I I I evident that the KM given by the shepherds who bll watching I their flocks al night heard flit angoolto sense nil the mds ncnt 01 It on earth wab 1110voil by Ih 0 ratio try 01 Ju nI and therefore lk nll M rlreumslanet ai start of Ih ltory of the advent of r the Kavlor I The same nay be aald concerning the tar of lltlilhtm which dome modern aa trflomrs declare 1 has a periodical ap rursnce In Ihe firmament and was duo at the time set forth In the Sew Teela MORL That Need cu it tile 1url ter of the bl of 1hlhm is I quite reliable In view of his many cruelties 1 54 Idlen to human flights The eyclopmedlot UInl In American I Lrck > pdl the I dictionary of She Illbl br Hr I llllm Hmllli editor of She tHctloniry of Orwell and Human An multlre and many other standard all IhoU mention that tworamimerit and account for the failure 01 Jrh to record I by the fact that tho laying 01 liable In a ma village wag A very 11114ftificant matter when Mmlat to 1 laths baPallM of A king wile hllt at no Im r Cruelty to I etuuih his sovereignty To effect V1111i fI I ends he limit I his own wife Marlamn and hr iwo gone with a number her rt rjlatlt executed and aim ordered 1 IIhi sion Anti I All I stiourim 01 hllor mU1 ro theme unit lion which Ingersoll rxl40 I sit 11t In tilt hU l been lielleved In for tMul by nn a nd women lon dt glib mnln eene If they con mi 1 10 tilassed I with out Intellectual Inl and remarkable loglclai as Ih doubling Ingnoll II may be aided that the great farts of Lhrit birth Itublngi atonement death and red urmllon mill till be Hue even If It could be proved that thle minor mat ten wre merely atalemnta accepted by the Writers ai correct without gum elect fn to rise their I truth beyond be-yond queillon Ai II Is the record I Unit 1 unln echixl Rod cannot h hkn by iln ply asking threw or four or any number ot Itrtlvanl que Horn Hli following ireumnt 1 such I may b called li I Ihll I I Iioei 1 Pay lnillltnl mm Ullevt In the lllnr of dJvllT Thow wntr if iniM Of the Uop1 ftulnl did John M 1 nnlblnif about Christ having I ca1 uut detiu iithint 11hw1ffkAkk4Lzk1X11 msr Intnces wtA1n t I t l believed trial later ftrodlelad i t ftmaIoGohilr ow ow tuMd br Rod llD tlMI tool PWWIO of dwititItuit I lit b of mn an wo 0 CI b II Pettis Ibid tapohl Ibis belief I 44 on alKl 1 j MltldM tu cute ollamenbr call ad aevIL4 n1 1 < Nick and loosento I know he if we know nothing Hilt I IIIMI atte not muI nl the I roneul 1 uvll IV41 know If we know T he 101hinc Ihio of that Inal Ii Christ a at 01 ls Seattle did In rr I A = T ow IZ l XThWIft I ell rf it wait met t I now It KgiL 1kolus cartoon 1 II I thorn anything In the literature of < 1Itu the wotM more petferlly 1 IdlolloT Intel llBnl I IJ I Pon I no lonir Ullt I In witch wlliru i M > k an1 dtll and nI her era t > eny ilnMt tlat t vry word In 1 II l Nw I OIIlt Tlariii I 11 t about casting out convoke The raodelv eillblle In the forego modomig iI Il I Ing I Parserap Is NJ arintrablit I as tile I reasoning ll i nliln Is I astonishing flood roiiilntlng Initroll disbelieves cir dlbl Still 11Ituff I Anti virtually url that no Person Is I Inlelllgeiit who 11 Iha that i He auni his knowledge of Paine other things and 1u4 that hot vim 1 do not know them know luitl PL lie had to hVvIt t Ion In declaring de-claring that Christ was mistaken but 0 Plodis to havis no Ida Sties irsoll liar b mistaken llut to reply I ies there art many lntrlllinl men who be IIvi In I Ihe rotation of devil that Is I lo oy thy bellt In I tits existence ot evil I > II and that Ihoae Spirits Intlu on the words and wornswiltwe Ing bodies of n en and wometit that fare marks who ylell la their Influence may IrtiorGine subject to II unlll that are tlr 1 M piiipri 11 tin by the powei ot OuJ exrclpeil through I rollli In the Piston of Ju brief those > I Inn faces may U overcome and II e spirits rail but The simple wit believe I all Ibis I are noting radical i I Faster In dlIOI Who read current literature amof4rill1lar with I his worlds nI wil Ih thffulry omlln to adave In Ih orJI nary Puroulls of II So 01lu1 bIn bI-n p I hold public sonless Ad 10 dim I coca fallrolally the problents i that relatt 1 td 119 welfare of the race anti the Iro r aa if t Inankind In thin warld and In rh I to call Home at them Are coal Ired Intellectual mm lan I able to eitrep IIIr though orally and by writing and will lot pretend in I g 0 I the wonderful powers 0 I all In froill cn Yet vivo rotation for illis I faith that Is I In thorn In an intelligent Rod rational manner Among theta are mm ind vomn vl h i nut only believe In i I It tililnc of itII silril but know II atu t I brings Are filing entitle be cause 11 hr hav Peen Ihm Th gift of the dl erring ot spirit is I not enjo > ed byjotery Session but that I Is I a girt puasKprd by onto Is I aliened by a cloud 01 wltneia1 Mr Ingenoll scenic lo th I nk that what tie I iloe not know noboiiy else 1 knowevi what ho does not 00 ibody else can Pont what he has nol Ill Is poiilbli for anyone eli Ito I-to Jett and that what li Incotnprebcnl blit tits towering Inllicet must be perivetty Idlotlo J1J I CUM did not say that palsy II = J = epilepsy Oeafnela Iniully and other dlsmeea wre alwayi cauped by Wrwa rolrw ad devils I jjoef nol follow bcause cer tsln tnl In I the iay of JeTus brief fr that he I aim 1 believed In I them llut that he n 1112 AprMtle rerognlied the ellt once n 4 poesse nl ni title 1 Is I t lalnly true and the I U llmony of Ihe N Tila ad 1 rmSm to bow that Ihoo pplrlti J wen hdM I east out ot the peoi le 1 hy Christ Ant 1 hill dKrlple In numrouit Inilncee love poll I Is wrong ul in staling that John nri Mining about casting out dvlti John Ilook ot Itevelallon I mentions thot being repetedly and so John may b classe < l with all the other Nw Teitament wrltr and with Jen Christ Himself In Ingernoll list of the mttaketi Now how lots > lr 1 Incr I loll know that diseases are never caused by Irvlli Hove does hknow that devils never riolonle ln the bodies of menr lit does flat 1 ndcnI lo tell no The PrOdpace t 10 I Just to direct anti I evniplets 0 conclusive thai devils Porriffirrostal cause disease anti some short pass the 111 mn As that diorive extols flit roffitcla the Mot men Indlvlluaji I have tn amletcd by the t l rencnct wlthlt them of a kl loolif er which causes agony unspeakable anl 1 endow with unnatural imngih the unfortupal tltll n PO that a dozen strong men cannot hold Jim urdinntlly uk I airman Under stole I Inn sometime Push petpona hav not only Vat their clothing but torn thlr bnlles tilth a winter 1 horrifying In behold and at Ihe nl bk ot I eervanl of 01 In the nam of grouts Christ the see lhrl fluency causing Ihret tlleonteni has In ittntaneouly l atlent In 1 hli right departed mln I and Kavlna healed the of hit Infirmities Ingerpoll clape 1 those who are not petrmly aatlnel that every r In Ih Sew Testament about casting but dvlls la I utterly falM as unlntelluent Thrlasili 1 I very numerous Hindu lei many of the foremost thinkers ot Iho nineteenth century They may net be acqutlnle with I the I facts In relation lo the casting Out Of levls In the nent ant but they believe What 14 I 911011 1 neetatring these things In th is Nw Titiolismorlit Ingmull ask Is I theta anything In the lllraturt of th vtotll more perfectly Idioti than what Ihe Nw Twititurotht cor1411r on this ull Jt Th answer ll Yes It li I to low I found In The lb4t Argument Agilnit Christianity by llotiert tie I lngen > II liest > lr 1 argumenti Ingrioll thus brixerdl with his lan we believe that Christ failed the rteil f A endow living ITT Naln on M feel lng hr eon lo the Wall Christ hall the funral PMCI n tin I tpJ me I Pructellor 311 JILA voung man from lie rl a3 and all < 0 Mm I titk lo 1 the atm hlt I 1 Mother 1 r young man dlappeare lie 14 I prefer E riot again trrk Hie sUahl el lnlrl la 1 the nn v > hie nlutned from the resolve rf deatli lAkwl I the only on who llls I the Piney > Uyw Mai lhw I Mark ant John nver lird It Y old not t ll law It l and I fall 11 I recoH I it Jet n at mar 1 So t rare I he 17 I tin al1 a th Day buthlIt I lit I JAPArtur d t e b a It t I 11t I No oft a t 9 I olhr world No nn IhqulKd I of llm aliout the I r lead frltkU I tt Id not 1lirrlii I HIP I mlracli ot Xthtwelld on I a it attested at-tested this is J won n in do In I tile Voloaclen retrofits 1N I boottr1 tied mS is f for I Cion sea believe that Christ 10 the diodd Tiler depends l upurt I 111190n410 device pfloseftnoti and our f accept the 14n1 sufficient to conVince con-Vince 1 Sir 111 Selling the ground of the dillbellever that such th ago are Impossible cannot LA Moved Item Ills Position t city amount Of testimony tie matter slow conclusive I may it 10 Ih I 190 I 1111 1 Pronounces the ldtnesp am to the fulraClook 01 Millions m1 a Well 111106treol MA that Of Ih raisins of the dod br lIMI 1 further fur-ther admits that the oVIIAC4 Ra to he onlroahow lwrfufm4 br Joseph mlh to I car grtatter far better than am to Ili consisted of 1tolIntrittisol or of Christ y1 he declarva we havA M confidence In the nlll lomt by Joseph llh Wh 0111 Joseph Polish pere formed mirbro Phould we hat hawit oroniolencia In hK Dtl t The me question may be it y ch In rotation 10 Ih nlrI 01 Moslem mind Th trouble lb Mr Inallemll to I that Ito matter w 1 UI mr b the occurrvncv Of raw hill IS ae Sued hie comporellnaltort he will ovie IJI rIJI jact It because at i IN contrary to his opinion 01 hat to I Possible There are many living witnesecet to the InI lesions ot lh power 61 dad through Josef Hmlth and his folknra In halIng hal-Ing Iliti Ik opening tile eyes uf the blind causing the Ion to walk the df < ta IM tile dumb to Peak and on in ill rolling ot the 1 apparently dad la lite II U nul luriTrlIng I that r rejecting this living iciilmoiiy burn by lnltlllinl ifpuni who gain noth rid 1 liy their evidence Mr Ingerpoll should rdhj 11 the teillmuny of person who cry dead which has com rr to us from the frt cont4174 the Christian Chris-tian vra 1 rcorksoll the lawyer I never A C404 In uf on evidence an = an harmonious 00 tnluI and be numerously attested as that now In existence 4 to I miracles Par Imo tr Joistoph Iml the lrI1 of the nineteenth Century and hi II da anti succellsom Irk the minintry Yet Ingerpoll the sceptir utterly me rules lu accept this evidence limply because It I li 1 Some total thai he does not know I aim to know and which he dud not undcriland The am fallacy rum through this allrie1 I argument ot Mr Ingersolls I as that vold I ban already Wen tijosed The fact that Mallhevr Mark uid John dl1 nut record th occurrence men Sword toy I Luke Is I nu vvldenc thai they Motor heard of It or that they did not Ullev I Inch of the Writers uf the lloipel 1 menlloni came things not taken of by th other but veryon of them intones to tr raising < m dead by Jesus ot Nazareth Mr theme II U not a careful reader ot the Now Teilameiil or hi Purposely Ignore m nine very lnilortnl parto of I which ought to be conilderc1 In connection nth the subject on which he firms l Matthew give particular of Ih I result citation I I by Slow trawler of a young Position whon father had folrti In him kh lr Malt t U II M Mark also Inline I lo the railing from the dead of JaJrui daugher Mark v II John as Mr Interclass ml miAtta flit raising Of Ir Thus all the four Evlkncoujmt I lso tiac on record their evidence on the a Vince I at Jt l ue which li Can we bellnt that Christ tilled I the dealr Now ai to the objection that thy th-y lung man ol Nln was never heard of again that the MARIIIN at la did nol excite the least Intertatt and that no One iiked them about the olh fr w14 11 us mail how Rectorate the critical 1 Pptia Is I In tile rash Assertions Matthew says And the faing format went AwbmA4 Into al that land t worse 11 Ik states that when Jesus went to t he howid of lil Atuch I 11 him and 111runifI him I also that when the defames amove Ilor were ilonlihe l tilth a i 11 astonishment room II 0 41 Luke dirclarth that when the moldows Pon omen rallied lrm th dead al Nln Many 1 uf tils I dliclplni went with him and much people I And there came a far on 1 anl they glorified unit aylng that a great irophet li risen un Scanfix us 1 nil hat Ood bath vlille1 I Ills people I And this rumor of him went forth through out 1 Judem and throughout < 1 the region round > about Luke lit II Luke also I adds lite testimony lo Iht raising of the duhl of JIu train the dead IUo I till II Ul No < 1 al In the altiged lack of Interest In the I rail I Ing 01 Ijirun The accolnl given by John show the a great number of the Jw were pruiet t and after S A drum cam forth I Then many of the Jew wllch casook to Mary and limit ien the filings which Jeiui did 1119mi on him Hut anknot if Shown want their ways to th Thar1ee and told them hal things JMUI had I done Then gathered gath-ered the chlf prlow 4 Paulette a council Lad aW what one 1144 = < man doh many miracles it We I hll It film alone 1 mn will believe 0 n him ahd th llo rnano h1 remand I she twor ay both nur place and r Alton to Then rrnm Ihal day 1lh they took counsel It lists for to put him to I death I John l II M They also pbmh vulS II lm h a4 plotted to pul laiarui to 1 d alh Kc John nil I 1 ID law much trulh li I the hen Ini 1 lair In IIJ artloik Inlol mat in mAhe dld 1 not eiclto Ihe lot Inlereet T frHow do Mr 1 IngerKll know Ihit the IIhJ 01 I u dlJ nol Inqul to 4 h1 Ih oh world Iladoe 0 11 knw 141 I Ih oun mn 01 NI w nevr heaiM of ernlnr I > Mr Jn rersoll or any olher sceptic pcrlously I fnterlaln lh notion that the New Ts Umnl writer who town a holes ac rflunt of torn or one paying I an I do into of Jeeili fhrll I aie unacrthy of credence because Sloes wild not give the Mdljr and the full Jilitory of Ih hedlogrore n tl l hi Or Phl live of pearls who we 1rehal I = it 1 or rei torn I to life I 1 bh Chtlit admlnlitra I fluent Those writers narrate I Hie ri aentlal circumstances relating lo the rules bit 1 miracle wrouiht ly I flit it that WAS NUMCIVIlt 10 Ike front II Ilin thttnl lit wirer I On Mr in ierpoli reasoning If hli queries may It dimmed l wllh puch a term n ere dnct ihauld b plired on any hlitory that had ever been In whether Permit or profane Sow for the neil point In his true input tlhI nl almost that at 1 the trial nl Tirlt no on wai found ti sir a wonl In 111 r K Weston Po r MgX 4n 1 was a rn this mn eureil me 11111 a Iwucli So woman MIA 11 I ant Ih to r t Z4 o man ran1 l Sets fn m thokel I rkWNA I man said I was Noted l I I and ibis man gave in pilhL All a lent t 11 No It Is I not at 1 plnngt Christ did not SAY A word In his own d4ornste I d1 n1 Purnmors any Un In Hli behalf Hir was led I Ilk a limb tc he laughter The eirtlemrnt anil Irejudlc and hatred against him wen Per Intense that even him forefeet 1Ind and closest disciples all foments him not I fled Even the tlllnl Sector won pu overcome by the hMtlllly nf the mul tltute that he denll any knoiledn of Jesus Mr 1 Ingenoll irofeee to b a lawyer Why hould he expect peoi plwo t who had been healed of some dteaee or who I halt wllneseI tug tilling of dome person from the dead to bear lei I simony of these fact lo improve a charge of ternaries 1 all the people 1 who had been benefited Ir t the tnln Imitations of Christ bond been willing la testify anl hail been permitted u I II speak what bearing Lur thlr owl lence have ha I upon the accusation bit I film Particle flier that Jesus cllllre lu tin king 01 I Jews Mr I Ingervioll does not seem to shine to lth any greater effulgence In this argumM than as atul eiponhr of the Now Testament Slut let us hear him I Illll furthers IIIn atIt that the I phlp 1 Chiral I pertcriItail I am the W I ni Ter ultGot 1 osoweek 11 a I cT w 1twitt turn the At other villeit 11 SrijrrSr r I t > < t 41r wIMom In Into Chnl Nook = truth = he mk1 JT1rIuoi frovio1h com Ihe i Taster of ih vorild anl the r = A = goosethor let I llt r tli good become the victims at the Infant Pam Ne mn left I Ili eight 10 pooleet himakelt him propertf hit If and Phil I open dovernmont becomes Ore 1n111 1 an I the world is I at the wwecr f rrlail 9110 seats Is Shell f any aburully beyond rir your 4 mla 4 Is this I = did tloJ l vi Jrt When lie d uurud there a entitled wereleViores I notate ones uiTlleltiTl 1 c oftlhn hit us I 1 the G of other doe nol hrext lov I In oura Nol to relief evil I Is t abeurdi lo lovi yoir nmt Is son ilnprMltlA r1k ht thought i > f the morrow The Ua waa that Uod would I rare Ti I re the V4 f at iiKYnlUlVelitY Again 1 Mr Inglriolfi reading of the flcrlplurt Is I al fault The quotation lie I make In reference lo the philosophy uf Ctiiut are taken met Inilruclloti given I tu his dlpclpli I litarrYlujuncituns l to hlch were appt cable tu Hum mlibt Hot tt to l vplt of Ihe world llelliv era II la c tom iL and ought to piece I lea hu teachings which wvr epeo llly mtndeil fur thorn The Herman on I he mount a lot addrtued aa li I commonly suppiewerd to I tile lilrogne out multitude but lo cliril I UlPclplM I Jn peeing the mullltu M he went up Into I a mountains an1 1 whatthe was got hU disciples tarn until Win a nil hi opened his Mouth and lauht them aatlng n Matt vi I II That Is I the Introduction that Milliter gives In his report of the grandest lemon vr I publish Tt philosophy and rule for moral conduct I contain wtr fog Intake who lltensid I la thorn The Sloteale law I In vogue among the Jew w aa adaplcd lo a lower condition of 10 class than that which Christ Sought la tAbliih Instead of rendeilng evil for wit exacting an eye fur an yo n1 a toll fur a toolli Cbriit taught the higher law of overcoming tvll w fill good ngnull aiko li thee any rest i uihy any wlJom I In thl Yed thereto there-to I Iht profoundeet phlkiMphy and Ihe highest 10m Tr world I has prao Heed the oiiwil pulley for ags and the conequntM are strife bloodshed the triumph of the itropg over the I are resIn n horror Clitlls Ihlloeophy If practiced would I barriers thes wue and establish an era of pac and good iL fruit as stated Ills precept were for his people anl among Item they can b eminently practicable fvll riturnM J or evil 14 I adding fuel to ionic Or Sportiest nee charily klndnna and love I art heavenly wittlem to quench the destroyIng I destroy-Ing nims Th true dlaclpla of Ir orhh diescirlook Christ art brtlhrin wM I shall 4 dwelt I together In I unity And I ont brother gives way to anger the object of his wrath can better overcome that thus listen or evil by kindness than by twee Solution I would driver that Anyone nol bllndnl ly the clause of Inndeiliy would W abl lo Perceive the beaut b of the eialied philosophy I and ol the grand wlilom of Christ I PIn P-In contract with tire worldly methods whlth put furc Ratings forts and Pit violence a rln1 1Ine kIln soclity In a ferment and perpetuating per-petuating the reign ot evil Slut la I II true that ChII teachings Ik away from 9 At the h at 1d1 Certainly not That to I only 1 Ih Inlnc1 Ingersoll aM oth r of Ills school Why did Christ ay An hm that bath no sword let him pell his garment and buy ont fllike nil II All the aUurdllla which Mr Ingrsoll tee u the result of the teachings of Christ are ArropIr the ro suit 01 tits Owls ahl reasoning Ilu4d air it per rln of Ib intsiontrad llbo trashiness No mn to I debarred theby from protecting Hmilt his property and tits family from tits Faults of big foes No nation li forbidden la defend In I rights when Failed No govern mini li denied I the authority to punish I J ctiir I Inala I Apply the Commandments ot Christ lo I tile dlKlple I of Christ for whom they are Intended > n 1 the dim eultte conjured up by Mr Ingeraoll art banished I like inlets from the iwomi when the morning sun Simmons upon t Ic of nature TaU iia ought I for Ih morrow To whom were these Word ad4rei < edt To tarn called by Christ ta go forth And creath the flagons taking neither C radio nor fluid nor Scrip far their lour t tiny neither 10 tests r tIIrI depend upern Unit for their dally throwith peorlso la he would d oupret anti i to their I I necessities Thin t Christie Isfy System mothoI minlotors T of IW In 1ittla utter v IOIAfn el hie rolot II sipwrallof were to I Ik n thought for Ih ro They we to be oof solilmt by the People arrione whom they mrr the Jim pl Ingersoll takes this rule 1o4 only for thed Preachers of Christs tjcdo 11 It n 4 ANI I I a Ih hol wo4 an4 k 0 I I so Ih any Iurl r IhlI I w a if nl hnk 4 urdsrybw I I tb nUl I sakcrill I to pululn 01 Ih pre hie 1 Ih I simfor Ile wantol to know whether Christ 10 his enemies when lie denounced them at wWtd lepulchri hypocrilM tie Why not Christ pallid 101le I Inform In-form tout willell Ihtla ok 11 J ways Hr ihowrd no hatn1 In rebukIng rebuk-Ing their Iniquity The bml good that can lx don in ouralk men to I to show them their wickednefornd their folly And Ju wo peeking the greatest = I t greatest numboe In his ministry SIR taught the truth an I el Ito Condemned hypocrisy reed f error the reform of heM hypocrite i ff sought = rlown wlckednp fur the god of manklnl hul I ha I no ant tnoilty against the Inlltlluals hoed olY act h condemned This I I a a I dlstlne I lion with a difference that even Mr In ought to b < able to appreciate feriolt I Ir appears In be core Ann unwilling 1 willing lo 1 IdorIm In I attempting lo rrllKlie th llrbrtw Kcrlpturei In hal nlro 1 lake Into account the oriental orien-tal style 1 of Mnciisi In which they elect IIn hlh I In ministers uie nil I which abounds In hyperbole n1 I metaphor In taking literally the remittances he ntlotd he I nelthr 11 nor not Innol literary tlu then he li I nothing If Now I the final standpoint of bit Peculiar PIllovil it Christ I In ficl Gas He knew ill I 11 rol 11fiset flow Itrln k words t rintltti L Mr n W list emnw What 1Ij t W flS11111 I emnwuJ oloorrip Would I to I n Ill n a I knew that 1 the PottITY dome 1 fo1 1 i = I Would I climb Ground Ili P r of brbr = Itokoo I perlyowknow thtolhlJ Ponds and thookwon 4 Of bra we me And i itrkhr torarrom o14 POW 119olh with Palm In He knew hat Ill Ills Centers would Invent man ue Inlru rnnie me lotture Iht HI toll wrra wool Mi I I attool tflM In and tr1 wo to lm5 sonat should O we = 1 I I In that olom Ib 11114 of ah In nurigoOns Lto rachtflm t b tows burning n ee eicu tiers I for a Him and years Pon Wit at tbe Uhw111111 urirtHnt bannr of JAr road He know thai brt crly would be rnbr1 lots rronnnl that cruelly and ered illty woo i rule the world knew that Hll Church oA11ntM D uri I eitlniulh rrapon loly Ilitni and flat Ill 114 wit a tar Irv A Mr 111XIa Ill U Of men 1141 rJ the athe trillion out the longue 0 far 1 the flIVel at tMiln and yl II lie with vnl le llt > U k hy dod lie full to epeakt 11 hy illd r ll mi nol rlf I I lclpln and throurh them the wI lots SUlTf 1 Tot born mprn and irtur In ti am You to low not Pefutor rotor tot ertien Mr I Ingrinkill forgets the Important docttln of th New Testament that Christ 1 bumn AA well aa divine II I In wa lod manlfnl In Ihe flesh Ills conclusion therefore hat hrlit must of tworreally know 1 the rotor Is I founde1 on < Incorrect premises o1 In I illogical in him mortality Christ hn to roolio 1 11 linlown I a1 power from the alher I Herald I can of milt own elf do rmlhlng u I hear I I Judge and my Judgment la I just bo rebels I ok not min own II bt Ih will or the Iathoor which bath sent mv lJohn vt of l 11 I rub My 1 doctrine U I not mint but his that lent me If any man shall da hit will he shall know of the doctrine whether 11 bt of lod or whether I speak uf my wir I John wilt II U And again He I II II II I haw many things to say n1 la Judge of you tout I he that sent me Is true and I ark la the world thomem I thing which I hav heard ot I itt to to I da nothing of myself but a my Father bath taught me I Peak their thing John vim I 1 I Jesus mlgl hawe known lomlhlng of the future an the Father shnwnl I him n1 I yl nnt hire known all the futur Ingr Mil In Jumping at conclusions li I unrivalled un-rivalled am n lllrlry acrobat lout pIn < p-In Jiui know how Ills Word would b Interpreted or rather mil Interrelcd luppmlng lit knw of 1 the I Crimea barrel i anl tnfamlet that would look cormnilt1 in lilt namot Is lit r be held rodponalblif tar the Iniqui Ilea Was hatotioll his Ismarrl ro lrl Im dIln the email truths va hlI he carns 10 Starts t desist from thes work which he inas appointees to perform for the salvation of rrI becaUM he could Surface Sher him doc trn would tin liefotolled that hid hi-d would b mllnierprtled hit wrong vtoulI tin wrought In Ills name Ii there an 1 body living 1 and lint except ex-cept II II Ingrmll Who would Intimate Inti-mate such a pall abl burl I short any truth In the AIn of thl lat of the Hatlor that Lhrlita 1 hurrh Inunt n1 a Instruments of torture and Innll0 Ih Ill = nftIo hat rackets the World 10 a Ihousanl I year That CII disciple tortured the bcdle of mn and women and cruhxt out their live In angulh How 11 possible In Mow of what Isixersoll himself has Ott forth me to the doctrine 01 Chll hat I bo Church and his olloolpfew wor l d tin fr of buirburaln3ilfro I tT r cat dI Irt by bleats M fanatics fan-atics home masuropiln of priestIr Slower and divine authority was rrI b homy against I Christ worse po 11 poilu 11 I i the teaching and spirit of th i 7mitor Vlore of his church nil of him dlI plrsoe the blackness ot night li I to the torr of mid and no bell Is to Wn td clar r i WIZ I the wretches wile maimed and butchered their fellow creature In vain attempts to Promote their own faiths or accumillh their on end R call thMSlVta Chritits dim 111 Sell their hierarchy ChrI Church I that any creation for charge Ing up their rnormllli against Ill in ho teachings all 1 commandments they total to the Uttnftt Ihrf Ingersoll says that Reasons curb dreadful Ihlngi Christ Idled with elect lp and asks try did I Ial to I of Jot Tie mievertion to I is JI rl lahl the question In I an In I my Inu1 has furnished thot rctu fallen of him Own calumny and Ilia answer to his own Interrogation The very ihlUnophy which he ironouncel r uf fh cMi He utmost height bf absurdity was a denunciation of such cull and an emi hallo Injunction against all ibis terrible deej depicted by Mr Indoor oil Th Herman on the Mount which he ridicules bristle with pointed hall against violence 1 nt I wrong In view 01 I he pncepli which tngersoll quote and laugh al ad abiurd Touch as low I your enemies I mill not sit If mltlrn t on on cheek turn the other how can he haw I Him Impudence lo pay nothing of the injustice anl wlckedn to as sett thai thrill died with tolcelsl lips against Iht wrongs which haw I b en wrought blasphemously In thrill a sarrid namT to II possible that Ingrmill doe not nev how he contradicts con-tradicts Ingirlollf How Ito I dlprot his on base solumptiorway Slow b shatters to pleoea Ills own tw1 argununtr The whole tenor if Chrlit inching the spirit which hlh he bralhed I the life that he led I Iht word that he uttered In his dying uanle lalhr forglv them they know not what Story rlo proclaim peace goo I will brnlhrlood klndncs anl rhirlty Men are not 114 iluclulr I who have not his iplrll and who oby not IU Commandments the chief of which U I Love one another Robert Ill Ingrnoll I both to be HUM nll I lob blamed Illied I Ucauso of his spiritual hllndnrs which Is I a Stronger 1 affliction than physical blind Mif 1 u I a ml fortune for wllcli van P19141 I are not aliogithr l reipon at Ible P may law l to loin itnl at lewict 1 an hereditary evil I nut fie is I to bum for wilful allmil 6 to Hrvrt the levhlngl fir real hrlitlanlty la I distort lh satillics 01 Christ lu nI qiKrfi Ch l 1 of Ilse Nw Testament to nggerol tied lain mean ing of hrlt pMK44phy In one breath nil day Jim utterance In am Ihr and I or Hv ptnfgiry la which he effort t bon wlh flowery aterwe and lllihli of rhetorIK he asalls a religion which hu brought lo him and lo 1 the w41 I Meet 110 Joys He liberty an1 the clvtlltto4 that tighten tile dark less of this Imperfect stale At bil ftIr xot Ing III is dlflKnll by Ihe oxieclsoof the greatest Charily to I 1411two first he 1 h < nvt O alroirens aiul lh Indignation Indigna-tion Hat naturally arise In view 1 of his many perversion of fuel and theory formal nl I Insentient tile pity that 1 I felt for Ilia dfctlv Itrllual listen I him latest effort ll The Int argue Plant war dn4 against Christian fly all athor r effort In that direction must b unworthy of notice and CIr rarairpands not only triumphant bt I actually touched |