Show I 1 NEW OPPONENT WHO can answer in Ingersol re ollI lr is a question which sect sectarian arIpA religionists have been anxiously propounding to one another tor for some years and it hs baa not dot yet been satisfactorily answered an exchange in stating some of the reasons why it is so go difficult to reply to Ingers ingersoll says A clergyman cannot do it for to reply to ingersoll a speaker mast put t himself upon a plane with ith the scoffer in the matter mattar of method as well as la in intellectual strength this a brother of the cloth cannot do in arguing of things that are sacred to him ike he is in no match for an opponent to whom nothing Ingin in religion is sacred yau cannot answer ridicule with logid logic you ought as well read a page from herbert spencer to a circus circuit clown as answer in Inger er soUs ribaldry ribald with philosophy iii and 51 a decent respect alike tor for be belief let and unbelief besides the leater jester amuses while the jo logician clan bores thus the replies of tho the iby kev W H platt Plat taa an episcopal clergyman of agster rochester ti N episcopal oj Y an and of the rev bev A lambert a roman catholic priest of waterloo in ia the same state have proven inadequate in their purpose geo george K R ali we wendling adling of uuno illinois dealt with the question with cold clr clear logic and metaphysical detail but although mr wendling interested hi he rid did not answer because he be failed to reach rach the popular heart the fact badt is that to reply to in manner suitable to inger soll a admirers one must cease to be axi aa orator and become a farceur farce nr ur 91 there to is mach much truth to in the above A writer or speaker having baying much great gnat er ability than ingersoll a power of loric wholly by him may nevertheless fail tall in fit an at kumpt at answering nil the great modern pa pagan X an in a manner satisfactory to the masses who admire him the flashy tinsel of his style is not la in their estimation offset by the simple truth which almost always wears a mumble humble garb some of our eastern exchanges are now speaking of a new op of ingersoll who to Is reported as promising to become an antagonist tag onist which the rest great infidel cannot afford to despise afla his name me is george gaorge A sheridan he bears the title ot of general from having been adjutant general of louisiana soon after th war he joined an illinois regiment as I 1 a private but became identified with the politics of louisiana under the carpetbag carpet bag regime hais he is not a relative of general phil sheridan part ofa of a recent address of his is in thus reported for some moments ke he had been describing seri bint the beauties burties of christs character slad and the results of his teachings showing their value t to the world and ama vm picturing their triumph over ever barkar barbar ism pausing musing for an instant so as if to master hiff bis emotions he suddenly strode to the edge edgett gf the stage his saco ace pale and his eyes flashing and cried out in a voice ema that araug rang like a trumpet t 1 call through the ither great church what do you think of that man who la in the ver very y noonday glory 01 ol of that tit triumph picks up the ane cruel spear dropped by the scoffing centurion rion nineteen hundred years a agai e on Oal calvary vary and with a savage mya gf glee t plunges it again into the theeart heart 0 of divine love then turns to you his religious sac hands d dripping rl aping with sacred blood and cries ou out t exultingly Y shout shout hoat with me la in triumph J for I 1 have slain the christ rift main again it way may be said bald and with iatha ate there esuo is no particular argument in this way of treating du an opponents position but it is af er cr the manner of ingersoll lag ersoll himself an and dupon upon a certain class of mins minos will havea have a greater weight than cold logic would bat it is not to he be expected that argument or oratory will silence even though they answer the Inger of this age |