A call to visit the old home necessitated a long journey, and gave opportunity for observation and comparisons not found in the routine of home duties.
A request to conduct a Sunday School after the manner of genuine Scientists, using the Quarterlies, Bible and Science and Health, caused a delay of two days, but gave, also, the privilege of declaring Truth where it was greatly needed, and showing misguided ones the true relation Science and Health bears to the Bible, Christianity, and the world.
The second day of the journey, Robert G. Ingersoll occupied a seat in the same Pullman coach; and the feelings with which he was now regarded were contrasted with previous ones. A sort of contemptuous pity, or "I am holier than thou" feeling had given place to something akin to respect for the moral courage—or was it desperation—that impelled the vigorous protests against the popular opinions and theories about a God who was held responsible for the Devil whom He created to oppose Himself,—divine Omnipotence,—and for the chaotic condition of things generally; conditions that a blind, subservient faith admits, but cannot reconcile with even human reason or common sense.
