Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-28

grief lOr Her slns- wen, HOW, StuticlhcH,
| have not much sympathy with that exag
gerated form of expression, but then we
know that there are great many people in
| the world of whom we know but little. But
the cruelest use you can make of the very
weakness you have taught your wife, is to
take that weakness as evidence of guilt.
You will see every letter of hers is Tiltonian :;
when come to read his letters you will see
that they come from the one mint. She was
clay in the hands of the potter, and he
nodded her in whatever shape he wanted.
PASSAGES REFERRING To MR.. BEEcIIER.
FEBnUARY %. is6s.
My DEAR HUSBAND: Mr. b. put our
baby to SLEEP.
| am selecting out these things more par
ticularly that refer to Mr.. Beecher because
want you to see just what happened be-
tween them lie has singled every letter of
that correspondence of year in which he
could find the name of Mr.. Beechcr. We
find that she not only communicates to him
every visit of Mr.. Beeeher, every meeting
with him, every time she hears him make
speech. She goes further, and by his ex
press injunctions. as these letters show, in
each instance repeats and reports to him
what passed between them
Mr.. B. put our baby to sleep, laid him down,
and covered him up, the last time he here; said
whenever we could not quiet him To send for him,
and he would come
Now, this frank, rollicking manner OF his
which leads Tilton to call him Il ''great
boy" this love Of fun, is turned into II poi
soned arrow. Is there anything wrong in
that whi;h she had written to her husband
1. 81. ~ l.. . Ill.
Again. There is letter of February :,
1869.
| want You to watch this letter, and see
whether in your belief it Is a letter written
by an adulteress to her husband.
My BELoyED.-l have Just finished reading to
Emma LoWelI's 4 rfreBae action and A cLaulsr in
N0re0od, Of Parson Buells greT at the death Of his
vile. IL Is very touching, and realized :or mo
ment what that agony must be the parting at the
river between a husband and wife wGo have truly
loved-how inevitable i Is God only eun sustain
the ore who remains while He enables the one VINO
departed 10 say. 4 shall be satisfied Now. to-
night, / give my self to you-my best my worst
Just as | am. lrke me once again into our cunl-
dence; bear with my fJllies early days. l
consecrate myself 10 you So Long as 1--we, bs'ore
God, this n sAt a lttin- close Of this sabbath
day. ForSNe all my iniIuities, and help me 10
the final victory. VIII thou So vii you. j. you
permit. The freedom with which you write oi Paul
gises me great pleasure Then the fountains
unsea!ed, and We How together.
Now, that is the 7th Of February, 1860
why out of the hot-bed OF adultery This
Paul was child that died
Now, for the letter Of August ., 1860.
Here Is letter, gentlemen, which has spe-
cial import. deny that the whole history
of the human race furnishes an instance Of
an adulterous woman writing such a letter
to a cuekold husband. Now, listen
MY DEAR HUSBAND Ny heart Sorrows to-
night for my loss in the death OF Mrs kiott. Pity
dear mother, one after one Ui he- friends leave
her. Minister 10 her, II you can. my darling. Oh,
dear Theodore may not persuade you tu love the
Lord Jesus Christ; Do not let this entreaty es-
TRANCE u more, Tor my pillow OFT i wet with tears
that We may come into sympathy N our religious
natures. 10 have patience vita me, for a. the
time remains TO Us feel as though NY heart would
break u did not SPEAK 20 you-not tlat am right
in any sense and you are wrong God forbid but
We not one Ia ieei.a- and il = ilposs bic ;Ur
me TO be Indifferent, espec ally while Tod b-cssr-
me with dear children.
Why, it Is just as absurd as the pretense
of these two men that these letters written
by Henry Ward Beecher 10 Frank Moulton,
all breathing the spirit of the Divine Master,
were written between two men vhJ are now
mutually striving to accomplish the dishOnOr
of a woman. 1t Is not true 1t i not true.
The woman who wrote that letter to lheo-
dOre Tilron was not IN adulteress she was
one who loved him too well for her own
good, and it was the curse Of that love that,
at the risk OF neurring hi~ displeasure, she
implored him to accept that religion which
was her consolation. and which she wished
him to embrace. Again, on tie 2Sth Of
February, lSO9, another of those letters
written during this period Of alleged prosti-
tuition
Now, my sweet, ai;er 81 lon- tlie. le. ne. .or
our mutual refGeshfasnt, turn To our own sweet
love. 1 bless God that L ah.ceth. Among the ter
rible changes % many hearth. God has Kept US
steadia-t with GLOW love, admiration anu res
pect for each other. Uh let Us praise HIS nalGe
ior ever. All the d,reuccs ami M .sGndei standings
We have had are A. whittier says. Like mountain
ranges oyerp4st.' J, tod be ior u, wHo can be
a.,aIn-t Us. Owe me your patience while spread
out be.oTe you Ihc ru.ta-e oi our beautiful love.
Then she makes series OF extracts from
letters received from time 10 time containing
protestations Of his love and devotion. Is this
the letter of an adulteress
Mr.. Porter then quoted from Iiit1n'S let
tiers
All the way through i. i Theodore
Tilton Sell-gloriiication, >c.i-aloFation- Now
prince. now king, now crown, now de-
lighted with the manner in which his vile
compares him with the Saviour now delighted
with a letter in which his wife rebGkes him for
want of allegiance to that Saviour. Here We
have another letter Of his, dated Rochester,
March u ,lS671, in which wish You to note
one or two facts;
TILIoN's GRAY HAIRS.
Il am in this midn' -ht hour, "a tie same hotel
and in the same rouai wherein ou aui were guar
tered eleven aud halt years a-o ON our wedding
tour What a history those ycsrs ucia.d {" our
backward gaze Gray la.rs have stolen upon Us
since then
Gray hairs, Bessie Turner said he talked
about gray hairs in December. $50, and he
came back To the stand, and hitting his hand
in the presence Of Almighty God, sail :,
had no gray hairs then. What was he
writing about, then, in lN67
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