, 1874-09-19

sald 10 hlmt - Wonlu nave 1hileh On Tue way
no." It Taa his over grateful Acknowledgements
10 ono rho was uasnE him from tho faso which
pnnshes cIergyn;o' for adultery. Whom ho
bewaind tho "koon snapicons with which
public ru,nor l,al carried horrible
hint OF thoir PASTORS adultery. Whom ho feared
m "nppoat to tho Church, md then i Council"
and proEnostioated thoraby " conaagtstion." it
would bo influouced by tho knowledge of hia
adultery. When lie portrayod hinsolf as atand-
Ing In daily dread Of those personal frIonds who
woro rnaking Q "rrinoua totcnso" Of him. II.
waH brcaliHo he fearod that their clanlurous
Atatomunla OF his Innocence would bluu1orlngly
Load to
TIE DETECTION OF u1s ADULTERY.
Whom he csod out TINT llc was u bufrering tho
.ornlonts Of tho damned" ho was pouring ont
bad liberty - uuturdon Ills romorso Tor Ills
adultery. When ho said That ho could not
carry this burden to his wife and chlldron, 1t
was becsu'o !'o Uas ashamed to acknowledge to
them ll'a adultory When Eo wrote to Monl-
il yon can clearly see your way to his CIR. TIL
ton's) nafeiy aud lappncss thereby, ho al
fudod to tho sacrifice Of bis good name Ia
oxplation Of his adultery. Wfen ho sasd Of
ton) would not DO savedt" It WIS because all that
was needed for his destruction WAS simply tllnt
tho world should be told OF his adultery. When
ho said Elizabeth aud hor children would have
r',lnod moshor aud hor brood the black aud NV
full cloud which hangs over every matron guilty
OF adultory. When lo wrote "Ltfo would DO
pleasant ii could zoe that rebuilt which is shat
tered" le roforlel to tho moral i1npossil,i!ty OF
reoonatructing home onue brokon By a1ultery,
Whon ho compared hnlsolf to "Esau who aold
ha birthrght nud found no PLACES for repent
anee, though no sought 1t carefully with tears"
it wna Dccauae lilo unpardonAblo crimo which
this ministos had conmittgl was adultery.
as rowling "hiB waning faith iii womauhood,"
it IVES bccallse his thoughts wcro then OF an
otltor and weaker woman, whose moral nature he
aad 9yesoone, end rlio aftcsmnrds had bo-
woman who tins restored his waning faith
III wonsanhood," couusollod him to make tn
frank aud manly confession OF bis ain asking
man'H forgiyenesa for It.. aH ho orpoctea Coda"
trl,thfulness laid him fat "-al this ahuws how
he ouAt1ED BEFORE vInTuoua woarAN's nEnuKE
for his adultery. When ho said Of mo that
"wou1a have been bsttcr man than hn In suoh
circumstances, +" Ito meant that Gou1d have dis
dained to ntoop to tho crime Of sednciug the wife
Of Ali Intimate frion, or Of ming tho powor Of
Clergyman to corrupt . trusting parinltsonor into
adultery. When he said OF mo that had "con-
donod my wiro's fault pointing mo to this con.
donation aH constituting On my part q Pledge Of
forgYeness toward him, l1o wrote ia that word
"condono" tho plainoat possible confession Of
his adultery. IN like nlas'ner, all Afr. Deeoher'a
1ottors, when read in Wow Of tha onc sad and
guilty fact which Ia tho key-noto to their tragic
fmoanipe, constitute four years' history Of a
mind afflicted wlh ''anxety, remorao, foar, and
despair all Ia consequence Of q discovered
adnltery.
Beecllor's crime, 1t il not for the sake OF proving
it from his lette:a, for havo sufficiently proved
it without ba'p from those, Int only to show
that did not ga,'ble these lettors when pointed
to theln AZ proofs Of adultery; and I repeat
- wlckediy Earbled."it Is Ao who has garbiota
t!cn,--it is WHO havo restored them to their
true moaning.
THE BACON LETTER.
XVl.-I rovort now to II lotter of my own-tho
Bacon letter. Why did wrto it. Lot tho
I wish to bo candldly judged by tho following
ethteulcut:
Ever since 1870. when quilted Plymouth
Church becsuno Of it's PASTORS cr.mo against my
1asnily, Lad been. year after yoar,
pEnsErurEn
by certain members and otficorB of that church;
a persecution which it's pastor might and ongllt
10 have prevented, and for which aluaya held
him rssponsiblc; persecution including the in~
PRODUCTION of charges against 1uo for shndorinr
him. Whereas the so-cailoil siandore. instead Of
bong false, were truo: persecution including
the drutG,iag Of my name from the roll in man
ner oraltily designod to caat opprobum
"pSa "ea @ fsposs ss' ny s an cpS Se'Fa'e naz,o Of
cution involving. a public insult to my
family by Air. r. G. shcarman, Clork OF
ths Church, for which he was compelled to opol-
Dgizo persecution including tho presentation
Mr. Beoc'ler aud his church defended Themselves
bofore that tribunal OH tho ground that hna
been dropped for u bringing dishonor On tho
Christim. nnn.e." ~hereas1 had been dropped
becaliHo Mr. Dcecs,or himself was tho man who
lad e brought dishonor on tho Christian uamo;" {"
Il persecution eliminating ut last iu public i'm
p!ication cast upon ulo bY tho Moderator Of that
Council, the
THE nEv. LEoxAAp BACON, D. D.,
who after carefully sttaytng hsc records Of Ply.
mouth Church in n,v case, decided from thest,
Mr.. Dcoehera behavior toward ms showed him
TO ba "the most 7nagnaAimo,s Of men"
This accumulation of wrongs resolved no
longer to bear. I annouacea this to Mr.. Beach,
or, and told him that ciIhcr ho or must c1rrcot
Ai,co thoso would ruin mo before tho world. I
provided
ASEAsY NAY
by which Mr. Deocher. without confession Of
his guilt, and oYon without humiliation to his
feeliugs, could assure Dr.. Dacnn-aud Dr.. Dacnn
the public-that lad acted toward alr. Beecher
tilo part of tair aud honorable ulan.
] waitod threo months for Mr. Doecher to put
this plan Cor homa othor) into effect, But he
did not ehoose to embrace the opportunity. Ho
I thon rnsolve1-asainst Mr. Moulson's expos
tulatonh, but at the dictate of my self-rospcct-
to rescne myself from tin false position i'll which
Plymouth Church aud itH pastor Ind placed INC,
und 70 make struggle 10 regain my good namo,
which I bad done nothing to forfeit =
Tue bust mothod Of rindicatfon which .sug-
gestcd itaef to mo was to write public lctter to
Dr.. Bacon, Ewing the tsno reason Of my retire.