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reading, We find that large majority Of those
| KNOWN as good and grea. mon have slnncd, OF
been charged With SHINING, in somo sort. after the
1aahlon Of the sin charged upon Mr. Beeeher
nay, that the general disposition to this particu-
| lar Sin heb ooeu the cause OF tho overthrow, de-
ca, Or destruction, in sore fashion. OF al the
nations that have heretofore arisen and pcr-
1sned. All have travelled the game road.
I,tet freedom aud then glory, weath' vice.
| corruption, barbarian as last"
NO natlon ever persisted but through the un-
ch:ssty OF its women, the Generalization OF its
family ties 50 thst this crime Of adultery ia no:
nc" In tho annals Of the world ncr have c-ea.
ana good men been exempt from it. Had they
.ta peEu so, "e should not nov be looking forward
Win aching eyes, across tho dim future for soma
raY indicating the coming Of milenial glory.
ouaaa. at one time the hero who interposed
| net"een MS exaspcra.ed brethren md JoEera,
taelr helpless victim, did afterwards figure ss
tne aero OF taie Que bushes to read ut this long
interval OF centuries; and, after TINT, was the
AGAIN orator and hero who plead for BENZ iamln's
ilfe. and offered himself as slave in his
orother's stead. Without that blen;sh On his
GOOD name, what grand figure he would hayo
| oeen IN HISTORY! David. tho Poet. Warrior Ring
OF 1Erael, has left US so:no OF the most sublime
oesoelonai songa on record End Uas, Ill Lis life
. religious enthusiast, got, Oh moro occasions
tnan one coveted his neighbor's wife, and 80
oroke divine Ian which, to hin, was perfectly
well known. In breaking that law, in the c.so
OF Uriah, lie did not it is true, use his power to
degrade and baggar the man whose wife he de-
bauched. He chose rather to give him SOL
dlers DEATH BY tho hand OF the enemy, in the
tore tore front OF the battle; bnt il Griah had not
aleo according to calculation, there is no KNOW
Ing what David might hare done! It wes SO i'm
Portant that he should cover his iniqui:y, and 10
preserve his reputation and power OF doing good,
enas he might have had Briah dismissed from
the army aad banishcd the country, in disgrace
or put to death On charge of treason. The
"eWord Of tho Amortc" no doubt e:yed Da-
Vld from d lower dept OF in1amy than that into
which ho did actually fall yet SEQ how that old
slnner prayed, and talked, aud wroto. aud how
unmlstakab!y earnest he was in lis devotional
utteranceRi ..;
Then Solomon, who was doomed to bear in
his own soul the stamp OF luet set there by h,s
Ealntly father, wrote SO like au angel that, to
thus DAY, commentators have never been able to
decide whether his ''Song Of Songs" was in
spirod BY loTo to the Doity or to that last rife
who won him awaT from tho other hundred,
eth nine times their nun,bar of concuhine
assistants, and converted tho poetic enthusiast
to monogany after age had whitencd his hairs.
In later days Popcs, prelates, inquistors
priests, have been charged with gross inmorali-
ties; and, IN many cases, the proofs leave no
room for doubt Of their guilt bu. there is uo:h-
ine; in the standards OF the Romish Church to
warrant such sin ); and, in every case, the trans
Sressor must have slnned nga;ns. light and
knowledge; yet many Of then, were noted for
piety. for zeal and eloquence in the service Of
the Church, and all give the strongest proof of
sincerity in their faith BY 1jskinG their own
eterna: salvation on it. Esury the Eighth was
religious bigot and very eensual nan. Many
courses, were fur from being aboyc sus-
pcion their private morals and, in this senez-
alton, Mr. Beecher is by no meaus tho ouly elo-
qaent successful preacher who has been charged
with the seduction OF one or moro OF his fock;
on the contrary, the revival preacher who has
figured in this country, at any time within the
memory Of the Oldest inhabitant, and been un-
spotted in this respect, is perhaps moro the ex-
coption than the rule.
John Noyse, the founder aud head Of the
Oneida Free-LoTe Community, began Iifa as the
convert, then enthusiastic labores IN the uaprece-
dented religious revival Of 1852, end his early
converts to free loyo vera all trst converted in
that revival.
To assume that lTr. Bcccher canno. possibly
be guilty, US charged by Mr. T1ton. is to falsify
is to say that tbs Bible biography Of Judah is
myth, those Of David aod Solomon untrue. tho
revelations made by tho breathing up OF religious
houses in Spain q connection OF lies, cnd
forc.ab faS als5ofy Il OF religion {e gsns, .Ss
BTron I'D no: vrise "chdo c sSsqs Masola, '1os a.
was the living embodiment of its noble senti-
nepts. It is to cay that tho Creator does not or
canaot. put tho treasure OF divine truth into
carthen yes&s; or. that Ho is, At least, restrict
ed IS to tho quality and shape of the clay usedas
His repositories.
Dut il 1tis impossible tha. -Ir. Beecher could
have sinned as tens Of thousands OF others have
done, that he could be that incongruous msss OF
sensualty AID sentimental devotion which is
Tc'l-known variety OF .Ee human species, what
shall TIC cay OF the possibilities in the case OF
Tllton aud Moulton? How can VIC admit the
possibility OF = man, on the top v-7e OF popu-
larltT, q Ecnius pocs, ore who, for long years,
had given induoitable evidence Of snoral beroisn
of unselfsh devotion to the riglt,-one who was
3 shining light in tho Church, "a earnest laoorer
in the Masters vinerard, turning suddenly, and !
pluusing iato an abyss OF crime immeasurable by |
any rule OF human oIperle1ce2 History, i: |
parallel to tho crime Of which Theodore Iilton
must be gully il Mr. B:eciler be innocent, OF
else Mr. Ilton is insane.
II hIr. Beecher is innocent, Ti1ton is such . |
monster rs has never before appeared on carth |
in the fora Of blue-eyed4 fair-haired man. We
III his story r11st do it he concoc!ed
this charge to crush Mr. Beecher from jealousy:
but even Spain never supplied such plot for
money. But il we could grant TIN. Ti!ton is this
unheard-of monster, what shal! NC say Of AIoul-
ton, that ''1ed-h2ircd man." who SO suddenly
became Mr. Beecher's dearest friend Pa man Of
reputation, owning and controlling |
buudreds of thousands of dollara. going into
lka this to wiring $500 ont OF Mr.
Beecher that he might give 1t to alr. Tlton!l
King is the parson Dalo Owen, as first supposed.
Or that this world is standing, securely, on the
back Of turtle, but either OF these seem to be
IN easy task, compared to that Of supplying
motive, out OF the stock OF csusos known TO in
ducnco human action, which could havo induced
oue or either OF these two men to do what they
have done, unless they believe the statements
hey hare made. If they aro not acting on 4
conviction OF the truth ct their charges, no
unatic asylum in the land contains such pair OF
nadmen, OF no prison such pair Of criminals
JANE GnzY SH1ss4ELM.
THE WEATHER.
WAsuyGToS, D. c., Jan. oh the Upper
and Lower Missouri Valleys md tho