, 1874-07-30

friend, gave to Mrs. Triton veii-moant ADVICE
which lic afterwards learned. To l1is sorrow. was
mistalssn aud i!!-advsse,I. -
II Taseaes ssss s e. asa by ten +, neessr
humble mYsof beforo I'm ss d On baiors, snys,
ny ny God;" !; ~ ovon wie!. That / rore dead." III
cnlpated."' Ite apeaks Of Mrs Triton % ~ boing
.nn4 anaou asahnst; ha;; 81, "' t4o tranaeress'on Of
aumably hia own.a s; s;msmndista" s Gv ~ oGas idsT
e. ss siS%sx s:s3 sse fss
.,S,a. ,Wh,eh, IT. Mtheq3stog q .y tlet, in giving such
Jt,to" a;ot. ;xsl Snd that| and "s1ansgeoa-
bss obtsaoa whe he her Sled Sr nnt t. % bea he
sinned against Il s, although ho has has not not
vet obtained htF Y Siess for he "humblas
hmso,f" before r [:"ag boforo God,' md
,"humbly ~, Pray .; 3 pnt It into tho hoart Of
Again. Deocl,e. :. ."Ho lTiltonl would 1,ave
,s,} haye goep" .,o And agsi ~ w not plead for
must. live to suiar." sonothlng. then. M has % tsatl
dono, ,-souao olrenao giyon;-ihas touches Mr,
Doochor's manhood. For bo 1t remembered lo
docs not say,'' 1llton would havo had bottor
judgment; Tlson would hayo giyon bottor i'd
but " Ha would hayo boon hotter snnH." Fur
thormore auob cause Of :oIonso Inns boen given
80 utterly grlovous-that llo aays. ~ will not
plead for n1ydelf." IT is solely boeauao OF tho
others :" who >. must live to autror" that llo
feels justified Iu asking that forgiveness which
hla conscience rendora him unable to ask for
himself, although lle abasos himself in. the dust
before big injured friend it tue hope, for Tue
sin. -
Now, We look in vain through tint ex.raor-
dinary 1ottor for any hut. however. romoto,
counsel, or mistaken Judgment, or hasty though
Well-tneant advise, on tho pntt Of a1r. Bescher.
II language be worth anything Ut all, the lottor'
speaks Of some act Of Alr. Doocler'a, eome
offanaa committed by him towards Mrs. Iilton
and her huaband. moro SERIOUS than merely tho
giving ct ill.judRcd counsel. sonlothing, too. of
go grave character rhat although, he has OBJ.
taincd the forgiveness OF Mrs. Iilton, ho is
l,ls despair and tho agonies Of bis. romo1so, ho
eyon wiahes he were dead, and will die before
any but himself shall 10 inculpated: Now, II
his otfenso were solely tho giving Of hasty but
wol!.meant advise, IN the nsnao OF Heaven how
could any one else be 'iucupated" .: -
:. But amid his remorse, and agony, and do
spair, by reason OF this wretolod lapse OF judy
ment, = mutual friend oomoB upon the aceno,
aud. like drowning man clutebinx, at = atrAw.
Boeohor 1trotohes out hlH hands to him for help.
Frank Moulton modiates betWoen these three
"most unhappy creatures, ,"-Deocher, Tilton,
u and Ills wife. To Moulton BoecLor wr1tes:
Many. many friends has God raised up to MO,
but to no one Of them has He over givon tho op.
portunity and the wiedom to serve mo as you
hsvo. st,, You !syo ,,y aiyo proved Tbeodoros
ao%n from a mssvsn oa p01s sroe God unssa ok
pier oreatures TINA moro mood friend
than theao ?" THIS dreadful stnts OF things has
| como about because Of this unfortunate counsel,
.Woutd to GOD, who orders 81 heatts, that, BY
/ His meditation, Theodore Elizabeth, and T.
could bo made friends agaip. Thoodoro viii
| hn7o the hardest task in such case. but has ho
! wonder II Elizabeth knows how generously no
las carried himself toward me. or course I
can never speak with her again without her por-
m'esioo, and do not know even t4on if it would
Now. 1t would seem to plain people As though
tho easiest way would have beon to have gone to
this '.genorous man Triton, and explained TO-
him That, wien ha (beecher) gave this adyice to-
for tho beat, and what, under Similar circun-
| stances, he would do again, but that since Civ
ing It, he had learned TINT he had boeu mistaken,
TINT lie Was sorry for It, and hoped tast for tho
sake OF thor old friondBhip ho would pardon
this hia innocent, II upfortunates error Of 3uds-
| mont.
Why Ms. Beecher, under such circumstances,
should say that ''of course" 4o could never
speak with Mrs. Tilton nEaln Hithuut her pe1u.b-
sion, and that oven then he does not know That it
would be best, passes my comprehension. unfcss
iudoed he WAS afraid that, upon the first uppui-
tuuity, ho would be limbo again to advise her to
| leave hor husband, and 10 " sin" agaiuBt her
again, and CAUSE her to bear moro "tranBgros-'
sion !" on his account, and have again to aak her
| forgiveness, again to humble himself before
Ttlton, and again to Wish TINT he wore dead.
But Mr. Descher etil suffers terribly By reason
| OF his mistake. So ho obtains permission to
writo to hlrs. Tilton, and thus le speaks |:
"Whea saw you last, did not expect ever to
I SEQ you again. or to be alive manny days. God
T. ,1n1r &n1 fhrr. .rtS&
| friend whom God sent to me (Moulton) has
proved above all friends that ever had, aplo
and willing to Aolp mo in this terrible emergency
Of my life. His hand it was that tied up tho storm
| that waa ready TO burst Oh our heaas." Now,
| In tho uamo Of all the gods at once, I ask, what
"storm" was about to burst ovor tue heads Of
Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beechor which Mr. Moult ou's
haad had lied up"5 Iho ,tc caBe 9;l taon, 9tooa
hor husband. Mrs. Iiton had not dono no. Mr.
| Boeoer had boconle convinced that he had giyon
| bad advice, aud Le had asked and obtained Mrs.
sas s for asna So aSE o6ar ae aSs E5
forgivonosa; aud Tllton. BY Deechors own
showing, had carried himself with wonderful
generosity towards him. Now, wnero docs tile
u at all3 N.Y. "1sre Sexa md T. Thy tIg
TERRIBLE emergency" Of Mr. Doecher'a life, il,
having erred i'll Judgment. Mrs. Tilton hal for
| given him, and 1iton had carried himself to-
wards Deecher with wonderful genesoaity I
But lot US look further. In this same latter to
| Mrs. Ti1ton, although Deeoher has now obta.ned
| ler forgiveness although Tilton has carried
himself with such genolosity towards him, and
"proyed himself capable Of the noblest thinRs,"
still there is something terrible left behind.
| When NO should hayo supposed worry happy
| and joyous general reconciliation 70 have taken
place. We fnil Mr; neoohor talking about hts
He says despairiuEly, The paat ia oaded, but
ia tllcfe no future, no wiser, higher, holier fu