Chapter XV: In the Sunshine with Great Preachers 199

I am Nicknamed “The Theological Comedian.”—My Friend,
Henry Ward Beecher.—Our Trip Through Scotland and
Ireland.—His Quickness of Repartee.—He and Ingersoll
Exchange Words.—Ingersoll’s Own Sunshine.—DeWitt
Talmage on the Point of View.—He Could Even Laugh at
Caricatures of His Own Face.—Dr. Parkhurst on Strict
Denominationalism.