| Show AN IN INGERSOLL INCIDENT ratie us ano ties alc I 1 fur for tor r 1 3 ruled 1 fur for III 11 elfre the incident was wits related by a brad ord ford lady hu ho requested that her name be not mentioned in connection with it it wan wad in pittsburg she he said I 1 believe in the library hall wien i I 1 brt first heard col cot ingersoll Inger goll speak there was a large audience gathered tasio among them being clergymen and the cream of professional life la in the city col cot Inge Inger roli polla speech visa as magnify cerit cent from front an oratorical standpoint but bia bis attak on religion and the bible blasphemous however the mano roan power as an orator and sad ai as an a actor to made a deep imbres 11 aton on his hearen bearers and leemel to affect une ole inan man in par ti cular rev hey alexander dark clark pastor of the Nieth methodist odist church which every one in pittsburg knew as the old home at the conclusion of the lecture col cot ingersoll waa was backing from the carite in his peculiarly gra tul ful manner when rev hey mr ir dark clark bou bounded tided to be the forum orum and asked to be introduced to the speaker this formality having been gone through the minister and slid the ag clasped hands the minister with eagerness the agnostic with a grace peculiarly his own oun I 1 well remember the pleasant hearty honest manner in which the great ingersoll grasped the laud hand of that good as a christian of the real kind was known throughout pittsburg Pitta burg mr I 1 r dark clark when he held col cot In geroll a hand in his held it tightly while he lifted fitted his eyes toward hemen heat en and prated in a fervent manner that god would direct dirt the wonderful talents jt of this man in another adother and a better sphere phere ills prayer was not a long one bit it was from the heart and had its effect upon ingersoll the great agnostic looking the rood food christian in the eyes thanked him most heartily for his kindness and solemnly addea that mr dark clark wa wait ne first christian minister that had haa ever wished him M godspeed Eod gode speed peed he lie then left the platform and the audience slowly filed out of the building the sequel though shows ingersoll as he waw wan it brought out the great manhood in the agnostic rev alexander dark clark went west I 1 am not sure to what state he emigrated but I 1 believe bellee it as misso missouri url and there he became III he ile vias as at a hotel and the gov governor ernoe of the state who had knon him many years had him removed to bis his home mr dark clark g grew r ew worse and as threatened with death the news neus came east and ingersoll heard it in washington where he was wits lecturing and immediately went west went as quickly as possible and was at the bedside ot of the christian minister and until the death of mr dark clark was almost constantly in attendance upon him NN hen mr dark clark died ingersoll took charge h of the remains and brought them east to new cattle castle where they were burled at the funeral after the officiating clergyman bad had concluded his sermon the delivered an address addres touching upon the grand life lite and character of the dead man which stitch moved his hearers bearers to tears it was one of bis his best efforts and was from the heart bradford evening star |
