The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-08
THE BIG DAY.
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snperintendent of the Sunday school. and re-
member he used to be in our Friday night iea.t
meetings or conferences and he used 10 taKe
part in them. looked upon him as one OF the
cfally in Sabbath school work, that knew OF
in mang years. @. About to;what time did this
cordial or
DEvoUT RELATION TO THE CHURCH
continue? A. think about the time Triton be-
gan 10 be a public speaker he found
himself SO much absent and much
called upon that he gradually fell OF
from attending church. 1 should say
somewhere about 1860. when he absented him
self. bat that, in the number OF his employ
menis, and in the nature Of them, twas not in
his way to be at church as cons tantly rs persons
who lived here all the tiIne Q. When did y0G
OF religious opinion on masters OF faith, or of
church organization or action?. A. Well, l.
Inlnk !; wa soss aser nc av offen were these
matters the subject Of conversation and con-
ferencee A. Not IN the way your question i'm
plies The general theme ofreligious life and be-
lief was a'Inatter of coIIyeT ion and great deal
psychology, the practical development OF and
its ads ptaiioa TO the p'esenttime i'm which we
dxs DeTer Win vi RsI him. mao O. ProT to
the time this letter was wrlttsn, in 1851, had you
become aware Of changes in his religious faith,
or doubt in his mind concerning the substance
of its forms of faith? A he'd. q. IN what
way did yol become aware If that? A. / found
that his wife was distressed on the matter. was
called as pastor TO confer aboSt it. L exposu,
It simply to The drift which "a faithful mind
takes often when passing thrOGgh transitions
o%n feeling and I bsevS hat time and ex
perience would rectify 1T. o. IL was in that
period, out the specisl occasion OF it, il don't
misremember. state Ii subject TO correction
tian Union there appeared one or two articles.
9. In the Independent? A. In the dndepe It
one or two articles which exclted
very great alarm TO my personal
thought was to our iujsry, and was aiso ipJur-
ing the Independent, and the independent was
always dear 10 me; and II was brought some 10
the Rev. Edward Beecher, lived, was held re
sponsible Tor his alterations. q. For Iliton?
with him. 1 don't recolleet them individually
only recolect them as connected parity win win
nected with s success in his conduct OF the IN
dependent. and my general IDEA was not In the
CIRCUMsCRIBE HIS LIBERTY
ofinvestigating, but to put him on his guard
against accepting and acting upon unripe con-
illusions. Q. And il was on that stage OF kLowl
edge on your part Of his opinions that this letter
was written? A. Yes, sir. Evarts-NOw, Mr..
Beecher, did you form the acquaintance of
MoultOn at the time OF your sitting at Pages.
A. don't know that can say exactly that, sir;
had seen him before, but really did not
know who he was until L saw him there. |
@. Yes; how did it come about that you fell into
his company on that occasion? A. MOultOn had |
/
and Mrs. Tilton had been sitting for one also, |
and several of the family friends, and Moulton |
was acquainted with them all. think George /
III. Robinson and wife Were among them. |
He came as one OF the family then. think, |
gether. IN going out from the studio we walked /
down TO the Fulton Ferry together and the con- |
versation was very pleasant to me, and created
you meet him there more than once? |
A. | remember once, certainly. My i'm
O. And did you find him to be an educated.
cultivated man? A. Yes, sir, an acute man, of
good critical turn Of mind, fond OF art,
A CoNNoIssEUR RATHER THAN AN ARTIST, |
and passionately fond.apparently, of literature,
apt to quote coed deal, a wo:shipper Of James |
Russell Lowell and Shakespeare's sonnets. |
@. And you found him agreeable /
companion9 A. Most agreeable. @. And formed,
respectful opinion of his abilities and culture?
the extent and form 40 of YOUR aco1aintSRce with
MoultOn? A. Yes, sir as remember. @ PIior
70 December m $50, had yoS IN Any ay, way
A. knew her as knew LOCO persons, as seeing |
her In church and knowing her 10 belong to |
that sst or neighborhood but without being
able to call her by name or more than that; my |
memory of names is poor and see so many
able that one half OF my church
whom l know to be my church members: !
e6sSn n can - oy name am acquainted with
them as being members OF your congregation,
and not beyond that? A. Yes, sir; 1 should
Or saw of Mrs. MouIton prior to the time in
quire. about? A. Yes, cir; | think it
Mr.. Beecher did not remember that he knew
Mrs. Morse before Tilton's marriage, he
only knew Miss Richards as belonging to
set of girls who went to school with
6s srushts Se T could age not o hls
within ten years. All he could remember
was she was born before he went to Indian
apolis. The marriage of Tilton he remem-
bered as he did a beautiful picture. He |
could not say how soon after that he was
brought in their home. They then lived in |
Oxford street. After that he visited them
frequently, having been gently and kindly |
urged by Mr.. Tilton. In 1860 he began to be |
very much with Mr.. TiltOn, in consequence
of their Joint edit orial labors. Tilton spoke |
simply and admiringly OF his wife, and he
thought what blessed provision 1t was
that every man should think that he had
got the woman of all the world Triton told /
him, There is one little woman down at
my house who loves you EsOr6 than you are
aware Of" Mr.. Beecher thought it mus
have been subsequent to 1869 that
he became intimately acquainted with
Mrs. Tilton. On his return from
Europe he presented her with a Brazilian
topaz He remembered the circumstance
from the fact that she thought they were
some pills from her husband. While they
were living at Mrs. Morses, and before they |
moved into Livingston street, he visited |
them great deal. After Norwood" was
written Mrs. Tilton praised it very highly,
and N consequence of what she said no
presented her with picture,
Trailing Arluta. He discovered it |
in Boston. Mr.. Beecher presented, he
supposed, presents to thirty or forty per-
sens after his return from Europe to friends
of the family and children whom he knew.
1t was his habit those days when he called
upon the Tilton's TO do so in the forenoon |
on the way to or from the postoffice. He
had no habits of making calls in the even
ing half of the time. He did see Tilton
when he called at the house. Early in
1870 he took Mrs. Tlton out to ride. He
had bought pair of fine grays, and it not
n-~s- <o1~4 to I,sc Co.