Show INGER IGNORANCE the fear of athe the lord la Is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death chicago new news march 1 col ingersoll Inge noll entertained a in large rge audience in the city wednesday Y bv evening ening with one of hii his character a lectures there was nothing new in the address gothing that he himself has not uttered before and other others still far better before him lilu the trouble with col ingersoll ia is that he ia not honest 1 either with himself or lis hi hearer hearers he ile scents out with great grest keennee ke ennes em the faults and weaknesses th the e fo foi 6 blea lies and hypocrisy of some who profess better things and theae imperfections he labels modern christianity ti or orthodoxy and issues wiles his tirade of invective against them iche if he attacked these sins or fauld faults as such there could be little said against him but he does not his course ia is the same as if a man should unearth the defalcation defalcations and tricks of fa a few lawyers and at once b begin i U a it bitter raid against all law ni his line of attack ought to be against men who injure religion by protesting and not following it rather than thau against the true and pure which they disgrace but col ingersoll is talking about and attacking something of which he be knows bothin nothing 9 what what right has he or r anybody else to attack the promises of god that all christiana christians revere if he has not put those promises rom isea to the test he ile denies ni esa aal ri the doctrines of the new testament and professes to be in doubt as to the existence of a supreme being the christian has a right to know before accepting either his iam ipse dixit or his he is competent to give any tiny opinion upon either of these subjects has he qualified himself to speak upon the subject the christian L ristian will point him to th the e passage 2 0 11 II it any will do his is wi will he be shall know of the doctrine whether it be of god and if he cannot qualify under that promise begill be will read to him another truth but the natural man th not the things of the spirit of god for they are foolish unto him unless aless col ingersoll has tested this subject as it only can be tested bo he is incompetent to give an opinion upon it before he denies the promises upon which the christian relies ne nul it aw li conditions under which alone they can be known and baa having I 1 g done BO so and not finding them then bo he has bus the right to make his attack on the religion of christ it maybe may be unkind of god that he docs does not enlighten gol col ingersoll in some other way than that laid down for the enlightenment of all other men but as he has bits not the colonels only resource is to do as he ile requires other men to do before bt fure they can know of the doctrine loc trine that is comply with the conditions under which only they can be revealed |