St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
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, "Gentlemen of the council, every
man among You knows that ! did moi
decline to answer
Gou. as moderator of the council
cOurteously gave me the ecclesiastical
reasons why my letters could not he
officially laid before that body but
can YOU give me any honorable reason
why my defense should not have been
published in the Christian Union ? II
every other American journal should
he destroyed, and only the files of the
Christian Union should remain. that
Journals report of my case would rep
resent me rs culprit. first. who had
slandered Il clergyman !: next, who had
been summoned before the church to
answer to this calumniatiOn next. who
had evadcd this summons by resorting
To the Satr-shclter of nOn-memberShip
and. last, who on account of this moral
potrooney, had been dropped from the
roll. Such is the record which Mr..
| Beechers journal contains of my case.
up to date.
| Ill. During the council, and when
there seemed probability that Ply
mouth church would receive condem-
nation and he -fcllowshiped 10y the
ncigliboring churches. Mr.. Becchcr in
Spired Il message from his church to the
council, closing with these words =
eve hold that it is our right. and
incident tn !, nnjii,. o~nIan,t;n, nv e..
nublic tri,L and tL,t surb nm oyor,.;,a
of nur discretion fnrnish.S mn GOOD
ground for the interference of other
Churches nrn,.idoJ v.o no;tb,,, ,ot.,;,,
vitb;n nm, f,.IInu.b;,, mon. ,I;,u,;,' H.,
letter ,s in rroul,r st,nJ;nm na,sons
who hrinr nnsn IisLnnn, Innn thn
Christ,in n,nr
This odrnit insinu,ti,n AGAINST nm. j.
what Won rs mod.r,tnr nf tb. council
know to have been fine turniuo nnint il,
the fortunes of plvmnutb chur,.b hntnr.
that tribunal Tho cnun,.;r. y.r,I;ct
hnrr,vs ,Inost tbnS. ;Jont;,..J w..rJ.
If s,vs ..Tha ,ccus.J n.rs,,n I,.,. nnt
been retained in tbe rhur,b nor ,.nn-
mcuded to any other churcb" You
too. quote these verbs borrowed thus
doubjy from the churcb's ulea and frnu
the councirs verdict and Won then
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nntb.J IN which tho ,L,,rns .,,,,;,st
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