, 1875-10-18

t!on than TO this individual casc, md An, freo
to confess that for years lave felt an inssuso
longing 10 reach tho outside world .and
f;E n;5 te to tbs peace ind bopo r. chr.s shns
friendships Of my nature, have impo1lcd ma 10
movo out Anong tbe nell Of this world.
Anu hss'nR known eomesulng Of the hsrnE-
g!es of doubt. I have felt duep sympathy wi:t
pnsh. Instead OF standing on sud consuming
these mea. have gone to thom In lore and con.
tidence. and some Of them havo come to mo and
'rept 10 my study ID the past year. feel 1t to
to neck those ~ho aro outside. l l1ave gono
nnong rich ind poor, 70 gairets And cellars,
among tho oucaai and the faten. For threo
months |aet winter did not spend an oyening
tcnd but one public lecture. seldom reached
home beforc II o'clock 1t night, and tt,cseo ven-
tnFH we&o not spent In attending parties,
put u.n, IN e. form e res Tosk
with my church notices, and they aIwsss trcated
mo with Kindness nnd respect. + heliese hara
.viaIted mora oof people and sick people, and
b1rsed more dead. III the last five years than any
MetAodfat minister Ia Chicago. l haYa gono
night and day, sick or vol, In III these fields,
not counting ever nv life dear. But defy any
QUO to tay tnat hare gone improperly among
thess people. About eight years $50. with aomo
play" Tho Ticket-of- Loavo. Man. and, aside
from that, never whs in al ny lfo in theatre
or opera OF minstrel performance. havo beou
in Now York and other p1aceb whore might haTe
not. There arc .nauy OF these PLAYS TINT
l should like to see, hut 1t cannot go at bume
aud undiagutHcd without hurttng sonlc ouo's
conscionco, will not 20 At ali. bevor danced
another. I Am accounted liberal. ] am. i
an In substantial sympathy With Aist1odist
theology. and all my heart and Judgment arc
with its teachings and lhbura for regeneration
51r Ma xaf Ar.A IT, 7 t.11in ttx
great thing is 70 get :he world converted to t'ol.
and to reach this I readily yield my little point
Of doub. or pset todtce, no that the great aim Is
compaased. hare warm fellowship Of heart
l have always tolt aad still feel. that
thsre must, among thtnk1ng mcu, bo = tneaauro
Of personal liberty. We arc not all con-
stltntea alike We cannot AGO things in Just tho
press eserv Que into. the same groove. Men
have hold, and do hold. different views OIL many
points, oven in Methodist theology. and set arc
doing good work In the Church. To me perAon-
ally, whiat have "hst seems to myself pretty
moro life than theory. and l feul that the
soul may enter Into this hfe from different
standpnlnH Of beltof. To me tho life IL The great
Thing. md whilst / insist npon what I think IL
sound doctrine. tllere mus: be more than moro
acceptAncn OF this t. sayo mon. And hare
usually found that nowhere does The pure faith
find 20 ready home aud SO snrc d growth ~ Ia
the pnrn haa1t.
preached the funeral Of srr. Coon. stood
10 the hotel With I hundred or moro men whom
] had never seen, and who had probably not
been in 3 church for years. / stood beeidn the
dead comrade, and tatd md did what felt was
right. won'd say and DO tho fsnas t}Angs again
world was blamed br tho selt-righteoua fhsrl-
sees for 1ecevng sinner. I An willing in tina
10 eEffor with my God.
My appointment TO Ada Street vas defeated
on tho ground that wnr III sonIe way CORRECTED
with tllo brown md Dandy tsonb1e. I had noth-
Ing at all 10 do with the opposition Of rho Ada
6trees people 10 Dandy's arp nntmont 70 that
church, mid. after bis appointments, hst
not tito ti'2htest knowledge, Or even sNspscson:
Of The Church triaa that onnllet till reatl OF
! them ln tho daily papers. never wont near tue
trial. never was III the Ada Street pnlpit, aud
| do not },oo" dozen If l;R members. The onlT
advice oyor Rava "ss n tho last trial. :! felt
that tho whole tll1pK sls not only hnitiuH Meth.
/ udiBfn, but religion. and said to Brown that
| these could he 10 good IN fighting this matter
| longer, md msvihed BIN to withdraw from the
contest sud let il taHc its rotlrse. Had ho not
/ done this it would eoEtninlY hsvo eeen carried
| over into this Conference year, aud would have
resulted III still greater harm.
Two years ago, when preached Mr. Coon .
funeral, aod was movinh ,n the matter OF tht
Philosophical Society, Or. Dnndy, my Elder, MI
| upkporn to ME. took these 1nas.ers Into the
aectecy Of the cabioet b, Mendoza. aud eough
| to remove mo iron, the First Church, and NIGH
have gucceedcd but for tho Unanimous request
OF my Official Board that i,o rosained4 and io'
The timely ard nfsn friendship OF Dss. Hitcl.
cock Fowler, Willing. aud othcra. 1t nos
seems that Elder Jut kius inhoritcd tho susplcio1
| of Dandy, and tlnA alt tue timt bold mo aud ny
| work In doubt. hut ho bae rcysr on:e in til,
last Two yoars intimstsd to mo tha. ho did no
| approve my course. Why did ha not. I'D map
a brother, and 1ay superior III olice como aat
admoplnh me Of c1y on OTIS, and advlse ME as Il
the proper conrse to Fu5snc:
II. - -. IN
ing 10 yield 10 tho public demand thhk nllouit
bc returned 10 the CITY. 1t IL pertinent " asli
What was tho origin of this aoniand ? Tho pub
lilo seems to have suspected that the Elder IN
teided to remove me. Hs had refused his con
sent to my appointment to Ceuseuar5, and ha:
said that, "wittl his present CONVICTIONS h
could not recommend mo to any important
work" In my innocouce, mas tl.s lahs to sus
pect such foelipg.on his part and Was loath Il
believe II when It was stated in mr. own otcia
lsontd tho week before the Conference. hsf
declined to gtyo nny infornatfuu to tile rross OF
the subject, aud bad 10 knowledge OF III
appearance in print I'LL saw the palerA on tht
first morning OF tho Conference. | then states
Coon funeral and tho Philosophical Society. l
Is not strange thRt generous public anon
whom have iAbo1ed Lo long should rcaeni HI
such attempt 10 whit upan MO III iutustice. an
Ill open. though Becrctay contsiyed. rebuke. Th
lasue is now fairy betnre tile public. Elder Int
k,ns, actiug fur the Methodist Church OF CHI
chgo, tofusos to lnlorn0 my record hers. and al
Judges mo unsafe to take auy responsible woxa
hut do not hnd caunot believe that In this El
dsr Jutkins representa- the feelings aud We've q
tho great body Of Intelligent Me.hoolsts Of Gu
caeo. II the Methodist Chuscl, Of Chicago, vher
1ase labored for eix years, and spokeu IN pnt
lsc not less than nl1 hundred times, All
MANY OF my sermous hare boon publshed.
feel thus, then it IL wrong that DO perintte
, to 10 olsesharo to teach aud labor. SOUS as
Just ~ precious and truth just as dear i
.. Ausor. a. in Chicago. Elder Jntklns IN reporI
cd to hayo said tAat lie thought Il unsafs t.
recommend nls to Evanston to preach to tt
students Of II great University and biblical
scuool. Or. Fowler, tho rrcsIdont OF tho III
. vegsty, and Dis. Bauinter, Raymond, Jowol
, and Davis and HemcuwAy, lnow my life al
, teachings, aud know that u!ost. il not aii, {
thum favored my appointment there. ln II
i same published interview. Brother JntAinS IA,
i hn "knoWs Of no man that hss \ ilner ctanch
, ianke good .reoord than have At Aurora
: That is surely very Kind. Hut, theo, |
las fo'gottea that ! have back OF 4
record Of nineteen yeara in IT,
: | Methodist ministry. -Four yaar1 III Ion