Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-24
WASHINGTON CITY:
PASTORAL FamiIia. tiles.


In reCard to pastoral visits. ard to silly women
who fee. good over their n ulster and his pre- .h
ing, the New YORK 0bserr- delivers the follow
IAN iue;eo CA passoIs discourage familiarity =
the paIt It bel. re3ple, espseisly ofths Jena
woman. ii 7 perhaps but ye.S s9.. aud shat or,
hears sbe stirring words Of her eto1ueo' pssso- Is
ted-sIG stTs'gblwsy she bsIisve. him 20 b. toe
m, s,rt 70 DO .sr s13d she goes 70 his study
wsid-; or sns sL,ie+ him letter, ~ por ont ser
VIA s.r de pas,sT h. soce 70, Ser how she .is
iif'sd IN % h,s las neions; how she ,ovss ban
On "a ~ 70 o. nes sa1oe aga 1mio.,' an
msvkiIh sc .isleItali-y. sickecirs man vCr-hiS,
20 3 vai5, worldly preaoher. wh5 .ees, oaIy o
make RS hesrers 'feel sood ,"
There is a world o. truth in the above "ttls
nu' hell, and the s, 'ongelt ieitJre Of 1t all
rhat j. como ItOm one OF the olde { and st-uci =
est religiers p peTs in the United States, Who q
word has long been law in sligious msttscs. II
the lille fe' mon had been preached BY lac ca
ca7o 7. iBEAs any other e ulsr newsp I r, il
might have been regarded slth ipdI.ere1ce;
serrer, a venerable and uDspOtt-1 father ia
Israel, 10 ought tn c9rTy conviction II every
"silly woman who feels gOot.' and ID every JIy
pastor who take pride In ma king her feel good
CbieGqo TIiJErs.
without regard to the que,.,,on Of the guilt or
innocence o; Mr.. Beecher, the above timely ard
judieiCDs view o. the PEI. ma relations that
shouid e. at between the p-s &C ard tie women
of bis flock viii meet S;tb the approval o. all
Thoughtful people Preachers o. the ,nsUoUs,
emotional style, part cu's-ly, are apt to indulge
in q fOndrrg .Satherly' Wv o. harding
women, that IL obiect'opab's in evssy point Of
view, ard that wod'd be CO.'S, ierci grossly i'm
props.. a. well az nc : dIngeI Jds, IL pvac! ed
by anybody else. And th'1 ~ face o. lbe fact
that evC-y days news gives de plorabIe
eTldeTcs BOW Pc -che-s have fs'en r-de-
ND fha
tioraiiy intiras' pe-,1osI re'auons they
ere permitted by rs:ge 10 rod with wone n.
It seems 70 be S, augely OyerlcOkC that pre- -ch-
ers are OF riesh ard BIC ID ike other men-that
they are human, and FDms of TIE class above
referred to exceedingly Ard yss 1t i1emS u
be supposed thst the mere fact that they have
taken the clerical robe hgs fortified them
ssair st ali human p:ssiors, ard en- s5leI then
to 60 tbroush temptstOrS beyond thO-e tina:
shook St Anthony. Here - M. Beecher, Tor
instance, who prid-' hiHself on be- lg ar0buss,
poweIiJl animal, (s1 p'r- .fa.-d in BIS lscsIre
here last winter In prai.s OF ''MUsculs- Cb-:c-
tisnity,'') ss was h'S father before him, the
IT. - OF thirteen robust chi'r-eu, GevsrsI o.
- a have Shown a DECIDEDLY e-rShy SIDE; a.
~. Stove in be- I'D e. .ou b, x. Mrs. tn
crime Becehe- in Der 'sTruth S, onser than
Fiction, % Ms. Isabella Beecher Hooker In her
woodruff l.ee-love s%Hai;ors, ard Heu-y
Ward Bc-cher, who, accorr ng ~ the stIte-
ment o bis brother, Rev. ThOmr7 X.
Beecher, bed - ire woodruff, lfee
love ph'lO ophy "tweniy yes ago.,
And yet tbs man VIII powerful sr pa pas
sions, ser Ious ide-1, and lree.love philO,ophy
allows finsch, and - allowed, as if il were
matter Of course, an intimacy With The women
Of his congregation Of the dangerous ard COM
prom -ng chS-acter STOW n in the te-, nony in
this CO sc, and admitted in bis st cement. He
depiC@ in general term the photo, :1ph tcene,
but admits that Mr.. TIlsDn fourd BIN locked IN
with MS Tilt N in her b. broom. WHAT brsi-
ness bad be Sc Der pssfDr locked up in her bed
room, or in her bedroom a. all; especially in
view of the Tact that be WI s'res ~ aware that
Mrs. Tilto1 eutertSincd daDcerJT regard for
him? Eut 1t would sppe1r thai he knew the
way 10 fer bed room very well, lot. according
to h's Own statement, wnen he went ID get ner
reCaD.a' Oh O. her cop'e-sion he rep -irci at
once ~ Re chamber, and he gives an impas-
''o- pCtrre o. her st-iIe-lue spps -pce
Isc r ~ OF her cOrch. In point 4 conf It
VIII the dargerous lam'' u. eJ aud III; IN .cic7
j-duiged in > heCdle-7lg by the euo. oral
preachers ard the thoughtiC-l women OF their
reess, We have 'he c00F-e o. ore o. re abIe3t
ID n 1St 7 Pect, past Irso- th's city, who rc-
l'es % a rule to hO'd private interviews with
women; and dOubs N my thought. - c'e-sy-
men tbrOu,uOu the cum yf-e alike gdprdsd
agar It ell, or the spPe-r-nce OF evil