, 1874-07-30
THE NAKED TRUTH


| J. sHlt W E1lEGiF8 uUH kuD tAH0E9 OF ll-nQF1Hot
connsol On hla part can at all eatisfactorllv,: o'
avon partially, explain tho despair and agony o
mtnd Which ho plaiuly nldnrod, However, II
thfs lotter. for tho irHt ttmo, o new oftoni1o
Who may this 10 Nono loas than Mrs. :tatsa Tten
ncocher raybs ''The agreomont, viz 'Iht
Tripartitoo, covonant.' Sus mado. utter mi
lettcr through you, to him rriltonj
hat hd Il yoar liz lad ooadouod a H iia wifos Is
fault." Mrs. Triton, thon, had committed M
ofonao aEainat tor husband which ho Ind CON
donod. Mr.. Deochor Ind committed An olronBq
Bit ;ho had also committed an ofronso against
Mr.. Tilton, 30 grave that le would not pload fol
himself, but Wished ho wero doaa. Now wln'
ki9d Of offonao Gun this DO That, yllon commit
Dccoher, md, It tho ssmo tino, is a uii,
| against 1Ir. Triton by both hfrH, Tlltou
and Mr. naoohor,--nn offense, too, which III.
Tilton haa "eont1oncd In tho case Of Ills wife,
Docchor but for which Mr.. Doeohor can hardly
ho acknowledges Tilton's generosity !" towards
him? Again ask, whit ii tho nature. OF ills
Alr; becGher aays 10 gavc nnrtae advice to Mrs.
Iilton; Thin o1plains nothing: Mr. Tilton says
that tho orlme WIS tho commission OF adultery
between bet Mr.; Beeoh0r and his vito, which Ok
hlar," and not 10 bo trusted Or is Insane, %
and cannot bo rolled upon. - -
Upon tho theory Of ill-aiviBed couugel what
"gonetoaity" could Mr.: T!lton show except full
at,d 1 entire forgivonossa And yet for thfH. bfr.
terml,iod to mike 10 moro restatauco," aud felt
that thoro was "no use trying furthor.n
Boocfor,a position seems growing desperate,
aud again DO wrlses; No 1nan can 500 tho DIM
qul5iea that environ me unless ho stands wlero
I do. TO say that I hayo q church on mY
hands, is simplo enough; but to hayo liz
hundreds and thousands Of men pressing
mo-. each one with his keen suspicion, OF
anxiety, or zoal; to 500 tho tondonclcs which, il
not stopped, would break out into ruiuous do
fenae Of mo; to stop them without seeming to
do It; to prevent any ono questioning mo; to
meet !. and 'allay projudices against +. which
sorono at homo and amongst friends whon ss VAS
suffering tho tormonts of tho damned; to bass
aioepless nights often, md .yet como up fresh
and far for Sunday, all this may be talked
about, but the real thing cannot DO understood
from the ontsido." ;,
Tho consequences thon, Of his error in giving
this counsel. havo beeome simply frlghtfui. Aud
yot, II this was al Ito could DO charged with,
frank acknowledgment OF hlH fault Il What
.defonso, In any case, could be formed "ruinous y
u the simple truth were only told7 Why should
Mr. Doocher suffer @ otl the .tormenta Of tho
and Mr.. Tilton had carried himsclr 10 "genor..
oustY" towards him ? What grievous Sin hed
he committed for whioh he could find no place
OF repentance:-tho memory Of which made his
the toru1onts Of tho damned? We fools into
planatton. We turn to TINT of Mr. Tilton md
ut onco the mystery Is solved.
down beneath tho Ioul Of at1fforinr. A1a;n In
writnB: ~ my destruction would place him
(Tilton1 all right, that Hha not stand In tho wnv
/ am willing to stop down and out. No on ono can
offer moro than that, That do ofrer, saori-
$fHr ftAt -.
YOUR way to Lin ssfoty and hnnnnaas y thnyehv avo
In ono poiut Of viow, 1 could desire tle sacrifce
on my part Nothing can possibly be- 30 BAD as
much Of ao ook uoon doath Nb'eR eR aastop spena
far than any friend 1 have in thn worjd' lila
would bo pleasant It could SEQ that robnt whjoi'
ii shattered But to live on tho gharp and rsraed
sdg9 q sns9 Toy;
pil,eag, cannot bo endured much longer. an
weIl nirh discourared." :: sA-
. WAon Horny Ward Docchor now tells us that
ho has done nothing except advise q wroneei
toli Us that ho is oheorfal and happy. M and noyer
waicl,ol mora in 'hia fA .,va Tnmat En o1nuos5 -
We aro haunted by the suspicion that' wiilo ho ia
really living on "tho sharp aud rarcoi oiro
hs is to p on aaa
serenity aud happiness, lin q word, that he and
they are onGoavoring to mislood tho public;
and, so far Us tho suspension OF Judgment BY
LINZ Puplt IN EoHcaf0ou, Wo eau assure him
thoy "oannos endure" this mystiGcntion much
longer.
To reoapitulate: Do It remembered that, by
hts own showing, thin onenEo OF Beoolor's Is 30
grave that he hlimblos hi1nsolf before Triton ~
before God asks for his forgiveness; wishes
lln,aolf dead says he will die before any but
himaolf shall bo incnlpatod; saysho has obtniued
tho forgiveness Of Mrs. Iilton humb'y prays
God to put 1t into tho heart OF her husband to
forgive him; speaks OF Tiltona :. ..gonoroatty" "
towards him alluaee to this ' terrible omergon- I
cy 'of his lifo .spoaks OF his "most unhappy
aolf,", aud Of ''tle storm which was ready to |
burst on our headH y; roforu tos' t1o degices by
which We saved ourselves :" !; aays "thoro is no |
use trying further y" believes at ono timo he is |
spending his last sunaay and proachiug bis last |
sermon speaks Of tho Il difficulties that onyl- |
ron" him,-ot the tendencies of hia |
friends :, to break ont into . rninous
defenson OF hm,-of tho difficulty Of ''soe1u- |
Ing serene, us though he wore not :!'alarmod
and disturbed" and Of appearing cheerful at |
home whun'ln Was 'sautforng tho tormonts OF |
tho damned II; onera hia own "dostruction," |
and eays lie 10 "roady to stop down md out" it
'.power Of eroak darknoes - in which ho spends |