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pay tho same, with Its interest," promptly aud
honoRtly* Aurora has set an honorable example.



oae proceedings and findings Of tito Congro
gaAonal Council cnlod by tho Rows. Btorra aud
''aa'nEton hayo not boon final, md l,ave moi
ruse0eooa IN allay1ng tho public domand that the
''aoA'n oh"rch shall Investigate Tho siandor
@s"'''u .s " 1'ison n,,d Bowon against Dir.
'e,'.os' iAe Ae7. Leonard bacon, who signed
@na' IN isct drew up tho roport Of tlo Council,
ana who Is tho rillar OF Now Enu,ana conoro.
gatlonafam, has recently boen writing in The
Independent to the OBJECT that tho p,vmoutt
Church is doing Mr.. DcocLor IN ,n,un.ice I,
allowing those charges to romain uuausworaa,
and, whilo ho has extolled afr. Doechor for bit
'nagnanimity OF conduct under sucl, asperstonp hi
Inns horcoly denounced Theodore Tilton for Lie
agency in setting thoao stories a1oat. Though
everything olso las failed in moving Mr.. Tilton,
theso lettors have succeeded. Bmatting undo,
their horeonosH mud bitterness, ho haa reccntlv
addressed fotser to tho Trustees Of Plymouth
ohurch' expressing not only hia Willingness but
also Ills dosiro to answer any summons M n wit.
noas turing tho next thirty days. This lotto1
has causod worry decided sensation in tho
church, for while there arc many WHO do not
Hesitate to atigmatize Tilton Us a yili1or and
faiBthor, thore ORC also mauy who have folt ol]
along that in simple Justice to the private repn-
tarlon Of Mr. Bcecher, and tho public reputation
Of tho church. this alander should bo publiol,
investigated, and II untrue should bo forever
Het at rost With regard to the state Of foellng
in tho church, the well-informod Nov York cor.
respondent Of TIM Boston Saturday Eoeuinq
0azelte aays: "P1ymouth Church, ou.wardlv a
unit, has much innor discord. Some day, Wien
least expected perhaps, tho lscora and itB causa
must be revealed to tho world. A1on vol iu-
formed are guarded in their statements. / Imaka
no rash predictions indulge in no sensational
ayormoats. But. unleHs all aigns fail, the pillars
OF Plymouth Church will, at no distant dato DO
cracking AZ II from an earthquake, and tho fro
from which all the smoke Of tho past two years
las arisen, and which there has boon 10 much
effort to stlc. will leap up in lurid splendor aud
consuming foroclty."
Making duo allowance for tho correspondents
rhotoric there III undoubtedly subatratum Of
home sort for Lis prediction, ansl II the Trustees
Of Plymouth Church aro wiBo they will prevent
tho possibility OF such disastor BY prompt ac-
ton, tho opportunity for which Is now for tho
first time afforded them. Hitherto Mr. TAeo-
doro Tiltou has contemptuously rofuaad to recog-
nize any document Issuing from Plymouth
| Church, upon tue ground that 10 ia not mom-
ber Of the church, mud tho Trustees have yirtu-
ally sustained him In this position by recogn izug
hia right to discontinue his membership at his
| own will mud pleasure without tho con-
curing action Of tho church. Now, how
| over. le comes forward voluntarily md
tenders his testimony. II tho Trustees do
cline to accept 1t, 1t can have no othor result
tI,an to lead tho public to bo1iovo TINT the
charges arc true and that tho Trustees are afraid
OF the testimony OF 5lr. Tilton. Dir. Deooher Ii
either Innocent or he s guilty. md n1r. Tilton is
tue only Witness competent to establish the truth
Or falsity Of tho charges, unloas Mr.. Bowen bo
another. II they therefore full to accept Mr.
Tilton's oror, they arc giving the public good
grounds to believe tho clargos, and preparing tho
way to utterly subvert Mr. Beocher's influence
for good. and to undermine aud pull down
Plymouth Church Into utter ruin.