, 1865-12-28


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Maeu tney were eaamlneo tnen testimony
,n Wa sonhraa1etoIy % Ollie, Q. saess!es S anu Q. ssea
otne. M sno"t "tns an estoe1t aeN1!e " esaoe u
staee 1nines 1us' as aos2 1 hne~ ", tnem 70 oet
IN sain5aays 'ee ,' io.a' Inc insesa5iqn ~ az,S
conpencea. IN Sanany morning, a 'ne tnsn' n.a'
pof n'oTem c5amha!ion was hela y us.
GoA. fIenen ano xnTs.s' a1o Nele E ~. Aso ot33 "
ol n9 ,ess. lily, a nouass " & .ue ,,1s s
~ aen - ue -! ,ha,s au ss;h suT1 f1o1
natnsal eanses. iac stomaen o. eaeh Vas M
Maen 9ut aa9 ecni 70 1ne anaoy Al Mh
sAfDo5 1ol ansiy@s Ane ;;aaa noa. t1eh
Mhtcu seVsIM oays Sua.sueo1 SuI.1 opon TA4e1
Ing aoove 'eeuA "eaE cuetts4
~ adjournment was naa unt3l satufaay lne
I'd Inst, When it was expected t4M the Re-,
oe knoWn. Inc euspeeteo persons were
aware OF this.
tue CONFESSION.
On SATURDAY, the examination asain con.
tinuej. until near The cfose Of thc day, when
The mother Of The chiidrep ctprcssed desire
Her request wns granted. when ghc :Made; the
confession which follows: II VAS taken
down as It fe1l from her i'm ta,a # IL 1'-..
sI.r.,vxT ~ r.c NJ, :, s,s.ar.a.,,
aT ~ ~ 49, ~ .te - aaH - c4tu a'soshess.
- sa'a A 70 nc anefan wanted to 50 and
=
Game 70 hatle eree1 last spring. = len q
an asunaen zen. ausoanaa S WIN Whom and my chal:
9len coulo nave no peace often driven out Of
uoot9 atlcr 9alk- as nelaeyed 10 spiritual,
kin, : ear1 a. nGto hoPng 1nat could have Tho
oenea. otn o. lne lyceam LOT my children, sud ex.
petna peenf - ~ nt nasH NY properly 70 ony ne
noIne I9l mysen anq my children, AfcT
Soing sa neso,,1 toana eoo,a' not ret It, o ]
4. uao ueen plom1se0 oy 1ne aWyefa; and had
J.. u9t oecn lor Mf.' BAKERS assistance. we
SMoIn ~ nai1 lA.E sansreq mole IMAM we did ig0tl
Ut N. T n@oWip, Wnen vas sick a-hed, and with
tSa n%s ve hEts n 1as house to eat to apply to
assisted nc so1ne, but they did not. The req
son they gave was because Mr.. Baker boarded
"ilh nc Ihey seemed to1thfnk that We
ought to be married, but I did not feel as
though was Obliged TO marry man because
he had treated me kindly. Alter, Lizzie
Merritt COMB to board with nc, she also
helped me a: great deal had hard work to
keep my children where they should bottle
little boys especially. ] had always tried TO
bring them up honestly, but as they grew
older saw the maniiestations OF tfelr faith
g 15,s ~ them, and vas all Inc time worrying
4 they were ont Of my sight, for fear they
thc Two nttle ones. Nhen ! looked forward
TO The time Wncn ny Children should be men
anu women, l 1eafeo lor themi that they
Won1o naSe 70 su1er oy tf9nsereaslng the
laws o. 1he lana ana thought as had been
the aatnof OF lhelr existence u measure, 1t
was b1tter 10 send Them to The Spirit world
Whne !ney Nete innocent, Gnd L any one had
10 suhert would DO It tnstedd ofthem- These
are Tue many reasons which have actuated INC !
LOT the past nve weeks, although kept them
lockea n my own BOSOM. The two little
ones, John and LlpUy-thctr tather was q
lMet nnd 9knnkard, and feared thai he
.took LIE chiiuIen from me they would walk
III MS steps, anu as looked TO the future saw
worse tnte LOT my daughter Libby II he had
her. II had received that love ana s5mpa-
thy that 1 ough: 10 nave received When
came q WidoW ana stranger ~ strange
pace. mle0I nave pech olveIent. iWnlkto
NC st5eets many a aass 70 sell oooks 70 obtain
somelhing 1ol NY en1laren,s eomfort but
WIN very rev exceptions SOLD none. have
no one 10 p!ame put m5seii ana the trials
thaa safTolnaeu me- \ % mol wish those Who
nase oeen kina 20 ne 70 aouer on my nc,
count, therefore makc this abatement that
you VII blame no other. l feel that what
nave done is 70 oe settled between me and
my God anu thc sRrn World Monday
sn,,a ona os1e s.i4s ur w." ~ Esl
and ,nired Il to~cther n ~ nsnisstne u h,,i ~ hn
many lines e,Sc II to them the cI,,iapen now n
deal i do nnt recalled. for frofn that t3mo
III -at1.r was cat,s5 IL ce,,,r+ t-,an,Et e1
half nj fhe lime l,artitv Wbot Wos dnsns W
ro1,ld mi circ n = lear 5, ata1ncnt NJ whotf,
loved. Whnf said Si,en Vac ~ ancstianoa
fhr o1her i1ov Ia as nenr r;ghf as 7 csn rcmar,
har cxcrnt ,sett;nn tha ats.,,e ~ sIaIn ~
ho,,sc Enaw hs1 e,sen;e ssoS i. o"H ~ a s,;q
49, +hat ts ~, 41,at t. n enoss. : Sapl'osf
tnai nsr. . ~ @ nv tmI ch1I7ro, NJ taba ~ sy
]bo,, ,,,,t /, ia iast hs,att 'AtT n, T. ~ psca
~ ~ 80 - N< eA~. As p uotuAoS