, 1875-02-03

= "' to o'''?' Mouton's ho,issc, IN s' consequence
# aomcth,ng l saw in tho morning paper:
seket him about tho action nf tho Committee
vlat 1t was to be TINT night, mud ho said ho
:onld not tell, ! aatd. lyon and havo agreed
Khattlc nction slalhe." 1have written letter to
I have wilton that letter iii yolr interest:
aavc written that letter for lie rutnoso Of
Sighting on tho investigation. I lid not
xtts .ust Letter Tta ,;t,,, v'e to
,ro to 70 down to tic Church mud face this in
fchtigatiou. Toll mo what ia tho action tonight
% 10, mud what ia Tho meaning Of this
aewrVeror forthFuttlng nnd t!Teat' md
3sf1' 3sies iio .aat aa ho an a to uo, o' know OK;
,1acsly What tho action was to 10, aud be spoke
,otno very severe wnrtls again.t Mr. Nes.. and
Ao snd ho WAS III great trouble. l told him
:on not .r tho rsk Of gy l5taNe as
Ipo acsiou. namely, that 1 was to he
held mp before tic public. and ~ having made
charges againet him. and az hnving. meanly
shrnnk away FROM my duty of answering them
By 30 laBo d plea ns noE-memberHnlp tint 1
mover would submit to It. lie begged MO
10 consult Samuel 1;olctnr, n,omhcr of tho Ex-
Amininy Cotnsnittnc. 1fo {htr. Defchtr} could
tell mo exactly what the action is to bo. toll
him Tint would write TO Mr.. l}efcl,er. told
him that would not permit hfH Church TO rnt
mo Oh record for n,y fnturp 10 he c1nudotl by,
~ under nny stch baBo iits[nuat!nn; TINT l
was nelo to lnoct my such cEar:cs: ! left alr.
Deccl,cr, Or rather hlr. Bocehcr left mo. He
left tito house. went up into Tho study. and l
wrote to member nf tho Examining Commit.
too, Mr. Samuel E. nolcher. the following iettsr:
HnooKErs, Oct. II, 1a73.-Ar. Stmu9f =. Eefrh'r.-
ieeener and nlysolf you nre kowise n,cmbcr If Tie
EsAm!ulnE. Co,nmittte Of plymouth Church, now pr.
supte1l viii, m unhary asands' a:a,re T. p.
yotir discretion. tho following statement, namely
wrote few day, ngo your Committee stating that
with l!ynouth CLurehand therefore could nut with
propfis,ty act M tho rart VI .,,;aa member III any
the rs rsfers H' @ Secass nss ny n"s
still arrenrn tho church books, nt,, therefore,
stiil consltlcroa 10 At }cAst to
he indicted BY OF the inert'crA for aautcrlnE
tho pastnr A hint il aInn thrown out ahat !
nm thus refusing to s'bln. mssGf to the enursh
nf my ala,dcrou. wor'ia: therefore ray: First. I
have ncrcr aaken ngntns Mr. ,cccfcr fa'scly; and,
reennd IT, either he Or The Church C1m!ttee .halt r..
my pcsitlnn n.aco nFain will Do 40 aa 1nctnbcr
1ns .os, sno1sh t" aoa tn this I'M evening a,
Ticodoso Tttop, eror fp,krn ngaintt Henry Ward
Mr. l,eccher before te action Of tho Committee To-
night. Let ne nad' & tnst my expcltnss' in tlls
afF css II *a' ay Ma ssea or 1e m
troDsit,iy Ut ming 10 ryinuath Church. retain a
ternally yours, THEODORE T1LToH.
About o'clock thas evening I went into
tho church. Tho praycr-mooting vas in progress.
l waltei through 1t to tho cnl. at tho ond,
tho meeting resolved itself, by tile
Congregational custom, iuto o business
n,eoiing aud QUO mumber was appointed
Moderator. 4 Hcries OF resolutions
read, caunot rereat them, Int tho sllb-
H:aee waR TINT lind made charges against
Dcccber: tint had been summoned 10 answer
for then anu that my ns,hwcf vas that was
not ,uctubcr, and they therefore dropped my
name from tue roll. aud as Boon a. I
heard TINT record read rose to my feet, and
mado brief statement to that congregation to
the effect that il had s!andercd Dcecllor, was
there to answcr fur it 10 his faco, aud Mr..
Eocchcr roso and aaid tint he had
no charges to make against me-
Beecher told mo that ho was afraid that
trouble might ariso in view Of my letter to
Dolcher, not becntse had Bcnt it to Belcler
for iln WAS AiB friend, but because lad sent a
copy oft to Talmnge and ho said TINT lic did
not tllon know wlother Talmago was inclined
to be friendly hostile to MI investigation but
he Baid 1io lad procured lilo cory of it, and ii
VIM in his possession. lie told mo that there
was no danger Of tllat lcltor going on tie church
records,
A1tDurned