, 1874-09-08
The cnss az Viewed by the Religious
FrGANs

1 wa ~ .AA" A%VA4S A0U1
| ErcANs
| From tho BoHon Co,anrsyattonaf,st,
"o flnk the concluBivoucss OF the Commit
too'n decision will to Il grcat o1tont depend upot
tile sympathetic claractar Of tho minds receiy
lhg IT. With sono tempor1ments, md soms
preuilectlonB. and some habita of thought, 1t vii
1a1l III force' Some men Of torpid imagination
ecaht charity. hnd tremendous consciousness, will
never find themselves ablo to look ut it il, that
Light. Others who can mako 1t easy to nut
thamSolSos in Mr. Beechor'a place; WHO
are given III their own habits to rush actd
and strong languago, aud who have a
filt At "alopping overt; will hnvo no
annoujty whatever in accepting tho report, aud
mntotlsnE nttt III tue fullest manner its Judgments.
While between thnse two extremes will d1ubt!ana
20 found lnrge body Of porgona. not very DO
ilc1ent III caudor, and not specially clol.eol by
prejudice, WHO. have been Intensely anxious to
zee their way eloar to Q prompt aud Iloarty vor-
diet Of acui.ittal, but who havo not vat uuito
caught tho Committce'a clue through tic lab
yTlntii, anti 30 arc lott to llounder still in fin
chill fog OF uncertainty. On tito ono hnnd, they
10 not ''cl!oyo that Mr. Boorher can DO guilty
Wlllle. on TIC Other, they do not SEQ hoW-in the
lished the fact Of lis innocence They will think
that lia Own statement, and tho Committees
report. arc good aA far as they 10, but ure i,l-
complete in that they fail to lnoot all tho phases
by fuller presentation Of eyideuco, could s,tcl,
be procured. And they will feel that u rigid
trcatlnent of tho whole subject In sonao high
court Of Justice, having the power to compel
and ,cross-examno Witnesses undor tho
nonaltloa Of perjury, offers to tho whole truth
tho only chance Of getting uttered whilo, If tho
comnittoo's Wow Of aIr. Doechors cage he tho
correct ono. tLiB would now goe.u the moat vel
como OF I'LL resorts to him.
fof ourselves, wo havo folt, from the hegiu-
mug o. this Katl and mysterious case, that tho
HPlf!tuA'ty psychological aspects OF it iulpcru-
htYoty forbade tho theory OF mr. Deecllor's guilt,
Inat any human being could prcac!l pray, and
Wrlto aaCth tho Lifo Ut Christ aud elBowhore-
ie has do1lc. and at thu Bame tlnlo bo tho aLan-
tionad wxotch which with tho guilt. nud its
hrazon denial Oh hr. Tton'a tl!oory 10 must
10. would 10 moro ineonceiYablo to liz than-we
tau almost saitl-auy amount OF improbab]n. or
eeemtnsly impossible, alternatives that might be
1ilcd up, mover 10 high, OH tho other side, And
We arc itoe to my that tho report Of the Commits
I'LL df:lwbacka altowod to rcasonablo Iaok al
i'npartfalty on their partl havo giyou 1,s imnor |
ta!tt help to~ala tho tlrner aud more inteIIirout
holding OF our Instructive faith In Henry Ward
DaocAor. 1* WA"
~, FToh Tho Independent. |
Plymouth Church cloaoa tAo ]isouvaiom ~ liz
charges nude agaiust Mr. Deoollor. Dat neither
ar. Tilon nor Alr. Molllton soouae satisfied w,th
what lle haH already Haiu, aud each Drominna
o'ig supplementary statemont, bringing iu some
10" evidence aud loBsibly now scandal. All im-
eross,!nS aud nnoxpcotod contribution tu tho
asEa EteratttlO Of tho subject comcH from IT..
''atton,. WHO reports what hlr. Carnsntor told
am 1a january Of 1873. to Mr.. Doeclisr'a injury.
'nu WHO brings out NON Testimony about q dai1y
'apcr which Mr. Carpenter taen mopouad. wit2
sh1oh ar' Rssctsa< aud III. 1ilson waxo to b.