New-York tribune., 1874-08-28

profess duties in the most thoughtess and impo
tic imaginable was not until lass winter IN
character and conduct or threw me into tue eruc'
BUS INV time had at last como. and tho treaoherous
Of the Fourth Church Joined hands with tne Jea
ous Bap: ministers Of the city and S, an .nS r 10
crush to death poor brother nlaser whose osy cd
TO destroy him at all hazards and at any cost they
secured the whole community, they cudgeled theI
meetings with closed doors darkened windows tney
plotted and contved, they raved and storned Az ast
they drew up charges in which they published to the
world that / was grossly immoraI" man--not i'm
moral merely, but grossly immoral And for two months
afterward the whole community was anxously nqnir
ing who the unfortunate lady was. Meanwhile the
whole North American press came 10 the assistance oi
lished in every village from Alaska to Florida They
we're published IN Richmond, va, wnere ,,o was a.
Franklin, Tenn, where 1 had my first settlement
IN Rochester, X where took my taeCl3glSaI Sa9SrS
came the West. II confidently expected that III
this way evidence might be procured to corr0bo
rate the charges Chicago held It's breath. and listened
for damaging rumors 1t listened IN vain The whole
country looked In silent surprise ana lndl8natlop
And when these deaconai and ministerial assassins. in
cludng their number some OF the greatest lioertnes
that lived and snartng under the exposures oi
handed In their they did not dare to in
mate that where or at any time. Dy any Word oI
on earth had ever been guilty of anything unbecomng
a gentleman, Christian, or a minister NOW, when you
to e eence nna and the with
which they gained support OF the press that ON,
nipotcnt dsposer OF human character and tate ana
when you consider that the only way they could
wresk their malice upon me at last, was Dy
passing sentence without saying what IL was
for-do you not perceive that my character,
in this regard Is vouched for in very peculiar
manner, aud that am, in very important sense. the
purest minister In Amercaf That Is what think about
IL. And am confident tnat II any preacher , o. 'no m
gospel ia America has right to open his lips nrst III
condemnation OF Mr.. Beecher, am that man.
The truth s there must take place pretty soon reIor
nation in Christianity. We are III dire need to-day VI
another Luther Wheheld to inaugurate great
Christian movement In the interests OF old fashioned
morality What are our gorgeous and extravaSint
houses Of worship In this city but 80 many religious
club-hOusesf What the churches themselves Dut
social cques oathsome nests OF gossip. scandal angry
passions numberess divisions, and endless feuisf Ana
they greater danger Of speedy extinction thah
they dream OF. III real churches DO not take thelr
places, Christianity, In twenty years Will De thlhg OF
the past Oh for latterday cleansing OF the temple
not with whip OF small cords, but with the beson
OF destruction L,t the reformation begin at once say l.
LIE; the cruciDe brought fortn and the lire hlnueu
and the church all the ministers 10 thrown into IL,
ana ii any are saved let 10 he 50 by lire.
for deus0pnsAs in > Bseh-Ihon Controversy see fTsF
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