By Roger Shouse Robert Ingersoll, the nineteenth century agnostic, known for his lectures and writings against religion, died in the summer of 1899. He challenged, like many of his other intellectual contemporaries (Darwin in Origins, Wellhausen in inspiration of the Bible), the accepted standards of his days. It was an age of reason. It was a …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Cling To His Remains: Ingersoll Family In Despair Widow and Daughters of the Infidel Refuse to Part From or Allow His Body to Be Cremated – Funeral Held – Scene of Desolation.
Special to the Chicago Record Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., July 25. – Desolation describes the scene tonight at Walstein, within whose walls lies the body of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, agnostic. About his bier cling three women – his widow and his two daughters. To them the form on bier is all that is left of …
Gospel Preaching: An Uncertain Sound or a Clarion Call? (2)
By Ron Halbrook Evidences of Drifting Not all of these evidences are seen in every individual who is drifting, but one or more of these symptoms generally appears when someone begins to drift. The more he drifts, the more these symptoms, increase. What are some signs and evidences of drifting? Seek Secret of Growth In Wrong …
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Delivered at the Nashville Meeting: What Relationship Should Institutions Sustain to the Church? (2)
By Mike Willis Another Drive For Church Support of Bible Colleges Having witnessed the success of those who were able to put orphan homes in the budgets of churches, the college brethren, as represented by Batsell Barrett Baxter, argued that the orphan home and Bible college “stood or fell” together.(1) Churches across the nation began receiving bold …