New-York tribune., 1874-09-12
ON Beocner the shorter one nclOsed within the other

MR. BEEcHER no MRS. TILroN. .-t
The blessing of God rest upon yOup Every spark
and a sun In my dwelling Your broke like Spring
Isicl upon Winter and gave inward rebound to-
through what q dreary wilderness have wandered
There Mt. Sinai there was the barren sand there
the alienation OF hope and despair that marked the
pilgrimage OF old. II only IL might lead TO the Prom
ised Landl-or, like Moses shall l DE on the border;
INSPIRE you and rebuild At home, and while
doing to cheer and sustain outside OF it another VINO
sorey help in heart and spirit, 10 will prove LIFE
noble few are able u ivel and, in an0tner Worid
the emancipated soul may utter thanksl
letter OF true tnpdrdness siethe outcome OF your
with my sister; and Derniited TO you sicl aud VIII
be exceeding rereshment 10 me, Tor your heart e1
perences like bread from heaven TO the hum
Others partakef
This is in Beechers handwriting but without direction
signature but the note ncosed in pencil tells us the
direction Of IT, as the words Your note broke like
Spring upon Winter" tells also what note 1t was in
reply to- because that quotes the words OF Mrs Ttons
Spring has come" asking him TO share her joy. she
being all right" now. The inclOsure Is on a slip OF
paper marked o (but which do not produce here, re-
serving for presentation before another tribuna9
Was there palmer case Of renewal OF intimacy
to say least than TINS Mark also amid the prayers
to God contained in the longer note Beechers sugges
ton that Elizabeth write him now "pih SAFETY"
because he 10 Ipt0 alone rith his sster-L his tce
aoaEl
II this stood alone it would be asuHcent 70 prove
that he speaks falsely who says that Beecher never
visited Mrs Ton except at her husbands request ater
the settlement and hll my purpose but do not choose
leave it In its solitude single act, and therefore
reproduce from my statement the letter from Mrs III
ton TO Beecher which bears date May g. 1871
Mr.. BEEcHER Ny future, either for life or death,
while forget In all the sad complications OF the
past year y endeav0r wac 70 entTe Keep Won "reTer
ignorant OF II. Nv weapons were love large untring
both know. But now ask forgiveness
Perhaps nlton e1torted this letter, too from his
wife
The italics are those OF the writer. VIII Beeeher in
his first after his vacation, please to explain
what sort of spiritual weapon" "nesthtdtn0" ls,
with which ga poor dear child Of woman" keeps all
suffering from her pastor" 10 keep him forever
ignorant Of unless. indeed nesthidng Is a carnal
weapon, in that explanation Ia needed
There indications in this note that perhaps Beecher
i'd not keep his appointment, and may have been the
reason for its writing.
Whether this answered do not now produce
documentary evidence show. is IL upon
the question whether Beecher renewed his intimacy
with her after the settlement 1 produce an
other OF Jan 1s72 undrected but inciosed an
enveloped addressed Mrs. Elizabeth ToD Livingston
st.. Brooklyn" bearing postmark Of the same date
1t is marked "P":
BEECHER TO MRS. TuTON.
Now may the God OF Peace that brought again from
the Lord Jesus. that great shepherd OF the
make Won perfect in every good do his will
working in yOu that which Is we'll pleasing In hls sight
This is my prayer day aud night. This world ceases
% hold did. live in the thought and hope Of
coming immortality and seem To myself most OF the
time be standing the edge of the other he, won
dering whether may not at any hour hear the call
shall be IN New-Haven next week to begin my course
OF lectures 20 tine theological classes OF preaching MY
vvffa falrg boaff fOF HqV nj
called on Monday, but you were out
nope you are growing stronger and happier May
'"0 Very truly yours, H. W BEEcHER
Iagan call attention to the mixture Of prayer and
business in this by the following words My wife
takes boat for HapaHnG and Florida on Thursday.
called on Monday, but found you were out"
But this s not the only note which establishes re-
newed intimacy. 1 produce another note undirected
and unsigned but incosed in envelope postmarked
the same day. Elizabeth Tlton, OF Thoo-
Titon. esq, Brooklyn" This 10 the only one
addressed his care and its contents such that
husband might read coming from a pastor TO his
parishioner, except that the husband was using the
intimacy Of the pastor with wife for the purpose of
blackmailing HIM. But why leave 1t unsigned II is
here inserted, marked "Q':
MR. BEEcHER TO MRS. TILToS.
May g. 1872.
MY DEAR FRIEND: was glad 10 you az church
yesterday 1t is always great comfort 10 me- when you
are and token OF Gods favor.
/ NORWICH, y. u,
daughter six old. Is dying. and her mother, my
Hattie, awaiting her own confinement seem 70 ilye
amidst funerals. The air Is heavy much Of the tune
with the OdOr Of the grave.
am again at work the Life making haste while
the day lasts-"the night cOmeth when no man can
pray for YOU that God would dwell in you by that
anger upaence and all seIfassertiOu, and kept In the
peace which passes all understanding
That please God 20 lift out of all trouble.
aud to Keep under the shadow Of His wings Is my
prayer for you BY His spirit anmosity may be utterly
heffar he he'd
vincibe spirit OF love which, springng from God and
abiding IN Him. will carry with II His victory
And these letters. written by Christian minister
to a whom he charncterizes in his statement
thus: am kind Of divided consciousness that
I was in respect Elizabeth that she saint and
chief Of sinners" He knew all OF her then he does now,
unless indeed does now and yet he wants
"refreshment" from her true inwardness"
need not prolong this statement by the production
OF documents to show that the intimacy between
Beeeher aud Mrs TtOn did moi after Jan. 1871
When he had sOlemny settled the past injury with the
husband and promised me that IT should cease, and
when he did cease, for all these letters
subsequent his settlement with Tton, and Of
them more than year after.
call attention to the fact that have drawn in.
20 the effect of these letters. have only
compared them shown the relations of their several
parts their surroundings except that do insist that
they show renewal Of Intimacy with his family not
under the supervision Of either rtOn myself which
s point at issue between Beecher and me In this
gard have avoided stating In terms the effect upon
my mind because In my former statement. having given
only the results Of conversations have been criticised
and disbelief Of the facts stated has been attempted
because did the precise words and manner Of
the admissions the fact Of sexual intercourse with
Mrs Triton by Beecher II has been said that, being
man of the world" drew inferences from his pure
and unguarded expressions which they did not author
ze and therefore letters have left the in
fsrences to be drawn by those WHO read them in the