The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-19
ton and his good name are dear to me,
and even this do sgonize-+
Yea. Agony is the Word

ton and his good name are dear to me
and even this do / sgonize--=
Yea, Agony is the Word
for your good name, and if YOU will only
value it yourself to keep it good, au
and always will be your helper. Once
again, 1 implore you for your children's
sake, to whom you have a duty, in this
matter, that my past be left with me and
my God. He is mercifll; will you,
his son, be like him? Do not be
alarmed about nothing. You are not
responsible for her revelations. Do not
think or say any more that my i'll health
is on account of my sin and its discovery.
1t is not true. Indeed, my sins and my
lifes record l have carried to my Saviour,
and his delicacy and tenderness towards
me passeth even mothers love or the
love of woman. / rest in him, trust in
him, and though the way is darker than
death, I do hear the still, small voice
which brings to me peace, life's erper-
fence has never before brought me. No,
My Prostration IL Owing to the suf.
fering Have Caused You,
and will cause those ! love in the future,
if the spirit of forgiveness does
not exercise the spirit of hate,
and add TO this the revelations
you have made of your fallen
condition witness Of which am daily.
This it is that breaks my heart. How
can | but linger at my praying Mt the
thought of you?
oh! Do Avoid all Stimulating
Drinks, Ny Darling.
You know many heartache would
have been saved, only YOU knew not
what or how the cruel word was said. |
have failed in my duty to you from lack
of courage to speak of these things. Al
low meto advise with you now my dear
ly-beloved, for surely | am your best
friend, and for the sake of our precious
born and unborn, tell you that since /
have been conscious of wronging YOU
| needed only to know that, and always
in everything utterly forsake the wrong,
repent before God alone and strive 10
bring forth fruit worthy of repentance.
VIII YOU, for the added reason Of your
souls sake, do the same? feel that you
are not in the condition of mind 10 lead
the Womcn's Suffrage moyemen, and
cmplOrc YOU to break away from 1t and
from your friends Susan and Mrs. Stan
ton, and every one and everything that
helps to make conflict with your res
possibilities rs husband and father. Ny
life is still spared, and my heart never
vearned over you more in sorrOwing love
than now, but there must be turning
to God that will lead you to o.forsake for
hidden ways, SO that the sources and
springs of your life be removed, ere |
shall feel it my duty to return. | have
gained little, and with this small addi-
tion of strength my first impulse is to fly
to YOU and comfort you in these new dis
fractions which come to you through
your business, and its threatening
changes. ] have long felt, dear husband,
YOU
Did not I'LL up Your Responsibilities
towards the independent rs its religious
and chief head. oh, that you could be-
made TO see and feel the amount Of good
YOU might do for Christ from that pulpitl
oh. my babe would leap in my womb for
iov, did your soul but awake To love God
and serve Him with the fcrvor Of the
early days. As / look out from my re-
tircment here, those are my thoughts and
desires. / shall mourn if these sccmeth
to your aching heart harsh
word. will pray Gods spirit to follow
the written lines, so il will not offend.
| do not hesitate 10 return to Brooklyn
and renew my home work. Far be it
from me to shirk my duty, but on the
contrary to have again the privilege of
being with my entire family is the ambi-
tion | feel Forgive the long letter. Good
night. YOUR DEAR WIFE.
Good Heavens! who In Joseph:
7. S.-BOth your letter and Thcodorcs
came together concerning your interview
with Joseph. You will see that by read
ing or showing this letter TO any one, you
discover my secret. 1t is because ] trust
YOU, dear mother, that send you this
that you may know my spirit,
towards you both. ] have
been told 10 contidc not in your mother,
but replied, to whom on earth can |
confde in. think it pre-eminently
wise for us to destroy our letters respect
ing this subject, lest Flory or some one
should pick them up. DAELISG.
This letter, he says, was written in
view Of the reports she had received from
her mother of his behavior, the character
IF which may be inferred from her ad-
monitiOns, and tho letter he submits
could not have been written under his
influence. He calls attention
10 the different tones Of this letter and
others from which he gives extract. writ
ten subsequent 70 the alleged confession,
and from those written previous 10 II
and heretofore published. He then
ievotes large space to the business
troubles between himself and Bowen, and
repeats the account Of the conversation
between them when Bowen charged
hat Beecher had confessed 10 him nu-
merous adulterous acts, but produces no
new facts in this connection. He de-
clare. Beecher's claim that his Otiense
against him was advising Mrs. Tilton TO
,cparate from him, was untrue, and cites
Mrs. Morse's letter to Beechcr, dcnOunc-
ng him for advising her TO live with him,
as proof of the falsity Of this claim. The
story of Beechers interview with him on
30, 1870, when MOulton
brought Bcecher u TiltOn's house,
Beccher's alarm and contrition, his inter
view with Mrs. Tilton, and the securing
IF the retraction, is repeated in detail,
and 4
Version off Denounced n
False.
The declaration Of the Committee
Of the investigation, that the original
charge brought against Beecher by TIL
ton, was Dimproper solicitation" and not
adultery. He disproves by citing the
records Of Plymouth church, which show
that in October, 1873, Wm. +. West, Il
of plymouth Church, filed
charges and specifications against TiIton,
a copy Of which was served on him, and
which aver that in August 1870, he stat