Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - LatestIngersoll, Robert Green
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Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
Ingersoll, Robert Green
Free thought
Here is a man that does all these things, and thereupon they crucify
Him. Now, then, let us be honest. Suppose a man came into Chicago and
he should meet a funeral procession, and he should say, "Who is dead?"
and they should say, "The son of a widow; her only support," and he
should say to the procession, "Halt!" And to the undertaker, "Take out
that coffin, unscrew that lid." "Young man, I say unto thee, arise!"
And the latter should step from the coffin, and in one moment after
hold his mother in his arms. Suppose he should go to your cemetery and
should find some woman holding a little child in each hand, while the
tears fell upon a new-made grave, and he should say to her, "Who lies
buried here?" and she should reply, "My husband," and he should say, "I
say unto thee, oh grave, give up thy dead," and the husband should rise
and in a moment after have his lips upon his wife's, and the little
children with their arms around his neck. Suppose that it is so. Do
you think that the people of Chicago would kill him? Do you think any
one would wish to crucify him? Do you not rather believe that every
one who had a loved one out in that cemetery would go to him, even upon
their knees, and beg him and implore him to give back their dead? Do
you believe that any man was ever crucified who was the master of
death? Let me tell you tonight if there shall ever appear on this earth
the master, the monarch of death, all human knees will touch the earth;
he will not be crucified, he will not be touched. All the living who
fear death; all the living who have lost a loved one will stand and
cling to him. And yet we are told that this worker of miracles, this
worker of wonders, this man who could clothe the dead in the throbbing
flesh of life, was crucified by the Jewish people. It was never
dreamed that he did a miracle until 100 years after he was dead.
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