Heber Newton Against Ingersoll
THE newest book against the frothings of Ingersoll is by Heber Newton, of New York. The book is the substance of a series of sermons to the young people of his church, to keep them from being carried away by the eloquence of the noted atheist, who was at the time doing a great deal in New York. The plan of the author may be stated in few words. It is substantially this: He accepts nearly all the theories of evolutionism, and agrees with Ingersoll in most of his objections to the Bible, but claims that after all the “objectionable” portions of the Bible have been expunged, it will still be a better book than any other. Almost any infidel would subscribe to that creed; and therefore, by the same token, there is no such thing as infidelity. How easy it is for some people to overthrow error!