Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1878 — Narrow Gauge Chips. [ARTICLE]

Narrow Gauge Chips.

Conductor Jones’-'all aboard!" will soon be sung, by some one else, while lie pays his mother a visit at Springliel I, Ohio. As \vc were walking along toward the depot recently we noticed a paper that looked as though it might contain some Bank Cheeks. Drafts, 01 u ticket to vote for Hendricks in 1«8(», but were surprised to tind the following enclosed: Die All N—i I , I roe'd your kind and w,-Iconic letter a day or two ago but have not been feeling very warn dell your girls that j wish I was down there awnih*. I have hud sonieof the worst times in the last month than 1 ever had before. Hive been in a light.” And we judge from the spots ul , ,i u . letter that the tears fell thick ami 'ast, and the writer had to suspend, and before finished lost. it. i’hc question is Who was the vvriPencil, Esq. S. C. Crane, Esq., < elivc • aleet me at the Fifth Presbyterian Church., Indianapolis, Sunday evening last, on “llobert (I. Ingersoll and his Lce-

tiiTes.” in which he tha» referred to the eloquent but erratic Colonel: “We have to deal this evening with one wiio is the very apostle of rfdicule, nnd wonirf seem to aspire to be ins high p-iest; a bold, brilliant, reckless scoffer at what all Christian men and women hold sacred; one whs would rob the virgin mother of Jesus, of her chastity, with a sneer, and dethrone the Almighty with a jest. ******* Mr. Ingersoll utterly denies the ex-i.-tenee of a GoJ; of any supt eme it - telli enc., good, bad or indifft rent; of everything but gross matter and win t springs therefrom and belongs there to, and holds natur responsible for everything. He docs not eiaim that nature is anything more than a mere abstraction. To him it means force, motion, cause, effect, all in on», the be-aH and end all of existence. Were we able to convince him, in a moment of forgetfulness, that inhabitants had ho< n discovered in the moon, eviden'1/ endowed with intelligence, and -s ibjeet to a code of laws, he would ihstuntiy and im ti .utively attiibute that code of laws to an intelligent s mree.and should you attribute them to mere force of nature, he would laugh you to scorn, and say thatflnite laws must have- their origin in infinite minds, and wi h lit the exercise of r as- n could not possibly exist. Yet lie founds his whole belief for time a ti eternity, on a mere abstiaction, that supposes the existence of law without the existence of a lawgiver. The lecturer then proceeded to dis cuss very fully the specific points made against churches and religion by Colonel Ingersoll, and closed by saying that he should have sought ■religion as others seek it, before denying its reality or efficacy “with an earnest desire to know :he truth and abide by it. a'td through the rifted clouds will shine the light ol the Divine countenance illuminating cross of C.dvary, and a voice from H avert saying, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; whosoever beli -veth on me shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”’

I We will soon be in the midst of the holidays, and the customary preseni t ilion of tokens of affection and a<li miration to loved ones and friends ! will be the order of the day. Good ! taste i.-> exhibiteJ in selecting such articles as combine comfort and utility as well as elegance. These can be 1 urchiis -d cheap at the well-filled ; Furnitur# Ware Rooms of Loughrey | & Co., M- 'utieello. Chairs for iuva- , lids, sewing and arm chairs, etc,, etc., j are just the articles many need and ; should have. Then their parlor and chamber sets are handsome, well i made and low in price. Citizens of Jasper county, when in Monticello, are cordially invited to call and examine the extensive find varied stock ; cjutained in this establishment.