The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-15

i OF the latin In WOmannOOd. Now would not
have you waste any more energy on
HOPELESS TASK.
/ With such a man as Theodore Tilton there is
no possible salvation for any that depend on
him. With a strong nature he does not know
how to govern it. With generous impulses, the
undercurrent that rules him is self. With ar
dent affections, he can not love long that which
does not repay him with admiration and praise.
impo5ed upon with the idea that a posi-
ton, q great stroke, coup d. etat,
these he has a hundred good things about
him. but these named traits make him abso-
lutely unreliable. Therefore. there is no in
! further trying. have strong feeling upon
me, and IL brings great peace with it, that am
spending my last Sunday and have preached
1 am indeed beginning 10 see rest and triumph.
The pain OF life is but moment. The glory OF
ceivable, fun of beckouing glory. Oh, my be-
loved Frank, shall know you there and forever
he past Your gG ov hng look fnd
Q. In the first sentence of this letter did you
] refer to yourself? a. Yes, sir. q. In what
sense? A. am never carried up by excitement
very high that do not feel that can touch the
characteristic OF this, but Of my Who life, and
| 1t is especially 50 on Sundays. When L look
out to The sky, the bay and the great sleeping
there. did feel that had finished
my LIES work. 1 often felt so.
O. What devices had you in mind when you re-
| ferred to Tilton? Fulerton-That is objected
| TO. Bescher is not TO be allowed to open this
letter. sentence by sentence, and give a poetic
rendition of them, out of the original course of
reasoning. The meaning of the letter and its
| expires lions can not be misconstrued, and OBJ
ject to this mode Of explanation. Judge Neil
son-I think he is az liberty to explain, as in
case OF letters written by Tilton. Fullerton
was @s' asked 70 explafn hi. iet ls4a
when his mind was in a state # religious
| transitions. This question has different i'm
port. The court Overruled the objection and ad.
mitted The question Q. What situation aud
your letter? A. The situation was that of
man that had been bankrupted in every way.
and restore. The devices were, among Others,
$50 In April $50 and 500 at different times,
things that helped him; the de-
wees of soothing the prejudice
against him, and preventing men talking to his
disadvantage. and everything else that would
| help him become man again, a man, mean,
that had overcome distrust and become again a
saved Ourselves Mr. Beecher, the iast clsnee
what of that? The witness-It partner
ship, sir. We were all in the same oattogether
He had reasons why he did not want the mat
| tiers to come out about his family, and had
this clause, ''he had condoned his wIfe's
fault He had eDjoiped upon me with the ut
most earnestness and soiemnity not to betray
| What fault of his wife and what fact, in respect
To what fact had he enjoined upon you not to be-
Fuilerton-Now if your honor please, that is
asking fo- lnterpTe alton of Theodore Tilton's
language and not his OWL and Therefore
think that question is Objectionable.
what facts and circumstances he referred TO 10
| writing that clause. Evarts-That is the point
You will answer, please. A: understood the
| matter to be simply that, as / then understood
| ii end assuredly believed il, his wife mad trans
ferred to me
HER AFFECTION;
| that in consequence Of such transfer she was 4
TO a separation between herself and her hus
nd To nj hrpa NJ he
household That regarded as her fault so far
as he was concerned, and which he had
forgiven. O. In the next clause lreadingJ che
had enjoined upon me with the utmost earnest.
ness and solemnity not to betray his wife or
| leave his children to a blight" a That was
part of the interview of February, ISL, when we
were in the study together, and when we had
very cordial interview in respect to his own
his house? A. At his house, when
| ne cleared himself before me OF all imputations
and charges of intemperance and Of want of
care for Sis household and what not, and then
alluded TO the disagree Inent that had CONF up
and the misundersan diug that had passed be-
tween us and desired, ia the most earnest man.
ner that the state of things between him and his
known, especially, that we should not let any
thing out that had reference TO the fact that
Mrs. Tilton had left him at all and come
back again under the plea OF ill usage. Q. You
say in another clause lower down: Il shall write
for the public statement that will bear the light
pose that you had st the time? A. Most GER
tainly it did. 1 had never kept any of
made explanations, and i meant to do il.
@. Nov, toward the close of the letter you said:
Therefore, there is no use in further
and 1t brings great peace with it
that am spending nay Ss ow w Ind or
ing in regard to ourself, or health or eondi-
ton did you refer to in that clause? A. Moth
ng W fet so r e1'eS S that time alone
Those conversant with my ministry know
temperamenf in respect TO depression of suirits,
what is the fact in regard to yourself? A. have
has has any worse ones Juan do az the other ex-
t1eme, although good spirits predominant. But
TO bring ne down sometimes into sim
gle day and sometimes into a consecutive
week of most profound depression. Q:
Does It go TO the extent Of hypochondria?
4. 1t did in my boyhoOd. l think, as | have
gro older and tougher, that it stops in that of
prUfour sadness, rather tnan IN The more de-
We opel form of hypochondria, which my father
had and my ancestors. @. Have you at any
time during this course OF things had In mind
any
a. No, sir; no, sir. O. Have you ever expressed
any such purpose 10 any one? a. No, sir.
! Q. In what sense, then, of death, have you
used the expressions of being near the end of
| your life? A. In the sense of a sentiment or
| feeling. not of purpose or design. O..
Do you remember. Mr.. Beecher. any oc aston on
I which you sent any messages OF any KIND by
: Mrs. Moulton to Mrs. Tflton? n. have. No,
! | don't single out any special instances. 1 did
send words OF encouragement to her, exhorting
! her to again renew the love Of her youth, and
; not 10 be discouraged: that God would
take of her and the chidr rem, and such coun-
: sells a pastor and a friend might send to a
woman betided with such troubles. Q. You
: have spoken, Mr.. Beecher, this morning about
one Interview in which Mrs. Moul:on kissed
you on the forehead. You spoke oft as kiss OF
inspiration. What did you mean by that
expression? A. meant-well, it was token
, of confidence. IL was a salutatiOn that did not
belong the common courtesy of life, neither
l. was II q kiss of pleasure or anything OF that
kind, but il was as / have sometimes
seen it in poetry, If you will excuse
me, il seemed TO me holy kiss @. You
i have said something about your not returning
o il? A. Well, sir, | felt so deeply grateful thai
o if had returned the kiss might have returned
{ ii with an enthusiasm that would have
e offended her delicacy: il wss not