The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-28
| and no other, il occurred 70 me that among
the brethren of my own communion

and no other, it occurred 10 me that among
the brethren of my own communion
MIGHT BE HEARD
Not knowing of any church committee, /
asked the privilege of such an interview in
the parlor of those who had always been our
mutual friends. Mr.. and Mrs. ovington. /
then learned for the first time that the CON-
mittee would meet that night, and was
advised to see those gentlemen as perhaps
the goodliest persons 1 could select. This
accordingly did. There alone pleaded the
cause of my husband and my children, the
result being that their hearts
were moved in sympathy for
my family, feeling their pas
tor had shared for years and for which
he was suffering. On going home, found
my husband reading in bed. had told him
where had been, and that did not conceal
anything from him as his habit was from
me, He asked who the gentleman were and
said no more, but rose, dressed himself and
bade me good bye forever. The midnight
| following was awakened by my husbands
standing by my bed. In a very tender aud
kind voice he said he wished to see me-
L rose instantly, followed him into his
room and sitting on the bedside he drew me
into MS lap and said he was proud of me,
| loved me, and that nothing ever gave him
such real peace and satisfaction as to hear
me we'll spoken of; that meeting number OF
thecommittee he had learned that he had
! been mistaken as to my motives in seeing
the committee and had FASTENED to assure
| me that he had been thoroughly wre.ched
| since his rash treatment OF me the night be-
fore, etc. Then and there we covenanted
sacredly our hearts and lives. ! most utterly
| renewing my trust in the one human heart
l loved. The next day how happy we were.
Theodore wrote statement TO present 10
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him, TO all of which L heartily acceeded
This document, God knows, was
TRUE HISTORY
Of this affair, completely vindicating my
honor and the honor of my pastor. In the
afternoon he left TO show it to his friends
He returned home early in the evening, as
surfing me that there was no rest for him
away from me. So, in grateful love to the
dear Father, / slept. Oh, that the end had
then come. / would not then receive the
cruel blow that made a woman mad out
right, The next morning he called upor
our friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Oviugton. and
there with a shocking bravado began &
wicked TRADE, adding with an oatl
and violence the shameless SANDER:
against Mr. Beecher of which / nov
believe him to be the author. This fearfu
scene learned the next day. In the after
4 nOOn hO ohOWCO LnC HUH VI
committee to meet them that evening
did not then show my hurt, but carried it
heavily within but calmly without, all nigh
; till early morning. Reflection upon thi
! scene at Mr.. Ovington's convinced me that
, Notwithstanding my husbands recent pro
, LESSONS TO me, his former spirit was un
changed; that his declarations of repentanc
and affection were only for the purpose c
gaining my assistance to accompiis
his warfare upon Mr.. Beechel
: In the light of these conclusions
a my duty appeared plain. j rose quietly
: and having dressed, reused him only TO say
Q Theodore, will never take another ste
r by your side, The end has indeed come.
!. He followed me to Mrs. Ovington's TO break
: fast, saying was unduly excited, and tina
r he had been misrepresented perhaps, Du
I'll leaving me determined as before. To a,
Il count for the change which "A hours ha
been capable Of working in his mind, / leay
3 for the eternities with their mysteries TO rt
( veal. That he is an unreliable and unsai
. guide whose idea of truth-loving is self. lo1
|. ing, il is my misfortune in this late sad hoU
Z to discover. elizabeth r. TILToN.
ell july %, 1874.