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When Robert Dale Owen ami ihnt! chiss of thinker* attacked the Mosaicaccount of I he croat ion,they based their j |argument* upon the revelations of geol-i ,ogy and kindred sciences. So of the *ad vocates j?g||fhe doctrines of evolu-\ jlion. They made a searching appeal to ;the sciences, and sought to establish the Itruths of their position bv facts drawn |* Mfrom tbe most rigidcxpcrimeul and j |p ,* investigation. To meet and refute| these assaults upon Chiisti tufty rcqtiir-; ^, etl the labor of its most eminent dc-feeders, ami as a result, tho religion ot J j Christ, instead of being weakened, was ^greatly strengthened, and the treasury ;\ of science and religion was enriched I ^ i by many valuable w orks. Truth was j! triiamphant, ecieuce exalted, and the j - j “discrepancies between revealed rclig- j t i ion and geology were harmonized.w j I i .Not of this class arc the lectures of Uol. I { Ingersoll* They are not based upoti;J j any careful and profound theory cduc-*1 etl By patient thought, and a life devo- * | led to scientific research. Me relies up *# ir; on his oratory to draw, and upon hi«i }! wit to please and retain an audience. ]ca ; But his Attempts to correct tho “Mir- i '. takes of Moses** art failures in point of} ^j j logic or argument, and consist in down-j^« right buffooning. Rabbi Wise, of Cin- ! *• cinnati, explains his popularity thus: ..f * f *j “It is not hard to see why the people ft) go to hear the Colonel. They go to the • fR j circus tty sec the clown, they go to the 1 a| theater to look and to laugh at thojj,I ciirncdtan, and they go to Col. Ingcr-p1 j soil’s lecture became (he lecture is fullMof tun, and fun is what they want, i 9j There is attack 6f good humorists, and 1*t | there is a plenitude of slander, and (he j h.f Colonel, in selecting his ticld.ehose that I TI i which-paid best — lnmtoV and ribaldry, j hj Hie chose to sneer at huninii virtue and i‘ i human piety, and as a business man, lie ! t!'j has chosen well, for tfie business has t pj paid. He make* plenty of money, j vj 111 is lectures can haVc no moral effect, j ^‘ for they arc only funy add BaVo rio}\force.” |j nArc there not some mistakes of ruin- j1] , j ifiter* in giring'eo much attention to ; £ ij IngcrsoU ? j
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Danville Union
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 28, 1878
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