Ingersoll in Canada: A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others

A series of essays and public replies arguing for freethought and confronting clerical critics after a controversial American lecturer's Canadian tour. The author offers a preface to a second edition, responds point by point to published rejoinders by named clergy and commentators, and examines common theological claims such as the design argument, scriptural authority, and the oath question. Throughout the pamphlet he urges intellectual engagement with skeptical arguments, critiques apologetic reasoning, and seeks to equip ministers and students with counterarguments while framing secular morality and the advance of rational inquiry as central concerns.