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ined Rnd crosa-e1amined. The verdict Of ths
six men (aAtd counseD forming the Committee
MAS ono that should hAve

Lned Rnd cross-e1amined. Tho verdict Of tbs
six man taald counseD forming the COMMITTEES
0ks ono that should hhvo
sAT1aF1Ep All nosEsT AND CANDID MrrDS.
At 1Aat ne hAh como to \ dIroct subnntselon OF
t!lo cauho to the tribunals Of j1stce. Ths pAin:
TIL takes llia choice as to what court ho should
come. aud tho defendant }tAs to Aubmit to tho
coursc tho caae has takcn. Thenc eminent law
5crA who lad carried the caae along for ptaIutt III
lad brought gsoas advantages to bear on tho
caRc Ecceher Was loft to take wAatoyer be
ies. T1ey% fI % lad tooa % engaged for k I've noatts
nhon tho weather Was IA cold ~ the nIFlt which
tho bfou!ton aud Dsocl,or frinndslnp,
and how they lad got into warm wontlior hko
81 ss Il o b.sSs sS"s et 1e's III Mf. .ssn
No olrenso could bettor be charged arainrt
BeechrE by Tilton than tl!Is, md he found
: vouan who Was 10 be tho scapeaoat
n bin t'fIlsons) own wife the woman Who. lle
eworo that a!,e maa q .p,irc woman, such A.
divine grace alone could mako; but he Aworb
that ho would n:F,ke Dosclor to tue heart and
pnrsue liin 70 the grave, aud there WAS no 70.
fseed tho accusation, has stood as city on
hill IN this community for trentY-fye years.
Whatever he was to tho Cl!fattan world; what
ever he was to Europe aud tho Cuited States;
wLatsyor ho was to Christian faith; whatever
be WAS to tho moral schema If our European
aoc:al and political lnte,cats; all knew and
nndoratood that he naa to tho people
9f Brooklyn man about whom, thoy
tcnts Of what Ia was NJ 1t Ia possible in human
afratrB. n1,d uuiees we have lho penetration Of
tho Divine Eye to dlscurn human qualities. All
these Mr. Dcccllor had been exposed 10 for =
IonT period ut hts residence hero.
But tho Jury would tndt a. they went on
With tue cause, that III eyo1y page OF this bus-
ncss tic attack WIS
HoT AGAINST nEEc1En,
but on public morality. Beecher was knowa in
Ho never could make bocret walk, OF take
secret drive, or 20 In privacy to ANY picture.
galier! or place Of assembly, where, whether
ho kno" Tho pooplo OF not, there veto not eyes
and ears that were ready to catch Whatever
might be shown In hls dcmeanor Or his nddregB.
Lii pursucra 10 this case wero Tilton. Moulson
and MIN. Mou!ton. Tho Law gave .ction only TO
tic huybapd. and ho Was tho plaintiff Ia tho
suit. llany were slu conferences bot~esn him
aud thcso other parties N rotation to ths case
Wo wosa now brought to consider tlo form
and nature Of tho cri1no imputed. 1t was &C.
ductiou-tho seduction Of married woman
during period when ahe bore children to hor
husband. Was there apy worse crime than that
Was there o crime TINT waB visited With worse
judgment from all kinds OF mon than tlsn Tlo
plaintiff lett no obscur1sy. lie bad msde bis
charge, and loft no imptobabilty Is to Its nature
in the words Hhich ho tsed FROM his bank. which
was inc1h1nEtib!e-1ordst that. il ha could mako
them doyotais tokethor in phrAaos and acn:sces.
hs thinks "o,Id
CARRY CONVICTION WITH 7HEs.
Counsel know, whom he hearu all tho PLAINTIFF q
testimony tic htand, that tho dovil pf hin lies
had played INN C1llton) tho sa,no trick that hu
played on all hla devotces. intellectual tta'ts
TINT Ind framed this charge weso to bo despised
Mark tho features OF tho chargo-blasphem my
asunds1 by woman WHO ls most lovely mud
puro through all, and mRn Wlo iB nov tho
greAtest preacher Of tho gospel Of loyo.-a man
whose life .,vas 1Ansacked In vain by cross-ox-
animation"
Now you begin to see hov, whom man bcg,ns
BY solf-worslip. AZ Mr. 1iltou did. aud which, -
shhll ehow yuu, fH the source OF all his vued !;
wlon ho finds 10 greater than himaolf; nothing
that hs Cat point to with xeserence and do
yollon; when he tlnds tiIas ho conus
perueatoa his uhoio conduct aud speech. tLat
ho can tlruas his laws OF human responsibility
aud Ills tests Of intellectually upon the rest OF
mankind; ho thon illustrates tLat short eutl
donuuclauou. ":rhe fool has said in hia Aeart
| thore is no God" uo rays: There
In no moral government ta this world that looks
| out for man; thero IL nothing TINT keeps society
| cuirs. Those is nothing that keeps virtue III
| women e1cept imprisonment in haremB-
eunHebs foF ra matroSs, aud due9nsa ~ sa
MCrlQ, RUu Lu0 HHCtElne1 A0U p.ul1talLsOuo
| Of luis m.n's caso muet prevail! upon
! you, or elso you must find tAat faith in
human nature md humble dependence upon
Divine protection reuaatn % they NOW are, the
bsHis aud glory Of our rofned, aud vlrtuouH. aud
a:s,cs aocio.y, aud OF the relation Of man to mau
| and man 10 God.
NecesB.
| After tlle roocsa MIR. Eynr.s 1eaurnod argu-
! ment. lie Bnid tho iltcrodlbiiity Of 20 hagraut
| and hoinous III imputatiou upon two excellent
In M fnHt1f1aH in nrHO0nhfinif
these parties irrespective Of this tmputasiou,
| MAS sought to be modified BY p!atnti1
| Br CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS,
which would commend the charge to human:
could commit evil, AID Aeo ID il no barn, tue
| firBt step was takon to thIs end But th,a call.
ing s.il good and good OWL was the laet stage Of
the disse!uto and tho ricted. Good men
might DO good thiogsi but Voc ID
him whodrcw from this the Inference 80 insulting
to tho Dolty. that botMecn good Aod evll there
was NO distinction. They said TINT thss laiy
xrong that sho wns always pure-minled; that
aho Ind no cArnnl inclination to Ler fl arms. aud
Tint she neycr discovered aho Ind violated he1
| marriage vow
| UNTIL sHE n1Ap NOVEL,
| In which there wRa no adultery, but the entan'
Elaluent Of D womaus affections for pr!o,t,
which lntcrferod With her wbo!o devotion to hel
husband. Fir, Decolor, according 10 tue prose'
oution, sad that hs sinLed not through
lust, but through love-etoTaslng, purifying
uuYsltiah lore. II he had any adu.terous inter
courss wltA aisa. T,lton 1t WAS merely osrcum'
sta1tia1, strengthening hia mind for tue couyc.'
slun OF sinners, and lifting him llenrcE to God
| According to IIltons tostimony ho o'co thought
}oecher 4 man OF great iutolleet, gFeAter ever
than his own, but 10 oatgrsw this, aud placed
Deocher's nttongth in llis great mural qualities
These were what nla1s bui greAtar llan BumnoE
G1etley, and Ilitou. Thoss xero what Induced
him ia engage III what he tsthled
| BACRAMkNTAL ApULTEax,
introduced aud tounipated by prayer.
Mr. EYa1ts asked tho idsy to l0ot It tho fol-,
Of this attempt to make thu charge seem credible
by making aau!tsty eeem imuaculale. ADULTERY
Hns tniug which touched the institution o'
marriage and ch,tdren aud chlldssn'a children
were interested that tho proof IN regssd to Il
should be plain aud convincing. It WaA diylns
lAw, that when the fathers had eaten sou,
G,hpea the cnildrens teeth should 10 set On
odgs. Now, what sort Of adultery WAS thIs
which took place between tho purest hul