Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-03-15
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In asking in behalf of this afflicted
family the sympathy of our citizens,
and for the unfortunate child the heart
felt sorrow of fathers, mothers, sisters
and brothers, We would beg to remind
them that she is now scarcely sixteen
years Of age. Let them look around
among their own children of this ten
der age, or among the children of their
friends or ecquantances, and imagine
what would have been their fate if
thus. s.entangled i'll sin by the pastor of
their churches from the age of twelve
years. And let us ask if any parents
would not have gladly encouraged
such an attachment as had here
sprung up between their child and
beloved pastor, who had won the
hearts of the old and young of his COLI
gregation? She has been dreadfully
sinned against by a monster who had
deceived the fathers and mothers of
Israel, and the man or woman who
attempts to shield the monster in
Hackening the character of his victim
or circulating false and malicious ac-
cusations against this mere child, Will
deserve the maledictiOns of every pa
rent i'll the land. That the church
has held in its bosom msnster, is
nothing to the detriment of the church.
All were deceived as to his character,
and this poor, sorrowing child, seeing
that he was regarded as saint, natu-
rally thought herself honored by his
lecherous love, and bound to obey him
in all things.
THE OTHER VICTIMS.
We have Intentionally alluded to but
one victim, and the sorrowing mother
and child beg us to mention none 9TH
ers, as they would shield his other vic
Tins from the sorrow which has al
most crushed their hearts. Suffice it
to say there were other children whom
he held in the same wicked snare, who
visited the houses named with him,
and who were bound by like oaths not
to divulge the secret. They fortunate
ly have not been brought to the public
gaze, but outraged parents would have
taken the life of the william if he had
not precipitately left the city.
SENTIMENT OF HIS CHURCH.
The Rev. DR.. Munsey in his sermon
Yesterday at Central church, whilst
not alluding directly to this terrible
affair, left no room in the minds of his
hearers that his whole discourse was
based upon it. 1t was the children of
St. Paups church that had been cor
rupted by this william, and it was he
who, after listening in his prOtesta-
tions of innocence, with his hand up
on the Bible, charged home to him his
guilt and ordered DR.. Huston to yield
up his license and fly from the wrath
which his conduct had awakened.
Those who listened to him were under
no uncertainty as to his conviction of
the guilt of the accused. His langu-
age was emphatic and strong against
those who play the hypocrite, and use
| the livery of Christ to serve the devil,
and minister to their. own passions.
MANY of his hearers. who knew and
loved the blooming innocents who
had been crushed and corrupted, wept
and refused to be comforted. Truly
NAV 1t be said that this man, who
had been almost worshipped by his
people, has left behind no friend TO de-
end him. Nearly every one who had
known him now has some incident to
relate which caused doubts in their
minds as to his sincerity and piety,
and many statements are made as to
his unchaste actions toward young
girls, who instinctively Stunned him
on that account.
A lady yesterday asserted that the
Kentucky Conference, which sent him
here with q clean record, is morally
responsible for the outrages which he
has committed here, as he had been
compelled to leave that Conference on
similar charges, and to escape the
threatened vengeance of those whose
children he had corrupted.
PAST HISTORY.
There seems to be but little known of
Rev. DIR. Huston previous to his COM
inc to Baltimore. He was once an
inherent Methodist preacher in Virgil
mia. and afterward the editor OF reli-
gious journal IL Nashville, Tennessee.
The paper which he conducted was
called the Home Circle, and was inten-
ded to teach religion and virtue and
purity at the fireside The title Home
circle was singularly inconsistent
with the character and practices of
the editor, if he was at that time the
corrupter of innocence, the lecherous
maninulator with the sanctities of
childbood. the unchaste seducer of
young girls, that he is now proven to
be.
From Tennessee he went to Ken
tucky. and il is said that he. left that
State under a cloud. although he came
TO Baltimore with regular credentials
from the Kentucky Conference. He
was man of fair ability, pleasant ad-
dress and agreeable presence. Men of
| the world would have taken him for q
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