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child Of my sorrow. was led BY my own suiisr,
| ing TO profounder sense Of moral evil. to pity
and sympathy for those doing wrong. that mao
never before known. The divine nature, in its com
passion. and in Us healing power which before VA va
| in part OF my life has my ministry sprung IRON
so profound sense of Gods mercy, nor gone forth
| ing, strugglipg human kind. 1t does not beft NE
to speak OF my work, but t is ght TO explain
why / continued it under circumstances OF very
| great trouble. did not think that because had
done wrong that ought not do right
fought also solemnly ard gratefully to bear VI u
ness to the mercy of God. Every hour OF anguish
has opened q. length into peace. The STRIFE O
tongues the sorrow Tor Others the suffering for my
self, have brought to me the tod OF all eonsola
ton," sne He has. from time TO time, niihi='efou
| peace which passeth al. understanding: -,
| In conclusion, am vet in visor OF health, VIII
powers unimpaired. have no use for myself ex
cept to labor for the best interests OF my country
and my kind. II please God, shall make tht
autumn Of my life energetic as my earlier years
| But in what fields, or through what channels,
leaye 10 Divine Providence.
Mr.. BEEcmER' 5 DISCRIMINATION.
NEw York. April I3.-Aiter the re-
cess Mr.. B ecier's cross-examination
was continued. lie said was re
quested to visit Mrs Tilton in December,
1870. by Mrs Morse, through Bessie Turn
err she found me at my house and said she
called at Mrs Morse's request to ask me to
come to her house, and that Mrs. TIlton
was there and had left her husbands house.
She said Mrs. Tilton had been treated so at
home she thought she was justified in
taking some such step that
TILroN HAD ABUSED his WIFE
and that en- one occasion he had struck b. T
(Bessie) and made improper solicitations
L.. I 1 iHR
a mistake. and she said he had come to her
bed and told her the matter he solicited
was a. much an expression of love
as kiss or caress This was told TO me
by Bessie with a modest, downcast lcok-
She gave some other particulars, bat this
was the substance of it. She said that he
treated his wife with great rudeness and
cruelty. believed this Just a. man who
had not verified any statement believes IL
supposed twas 20. was. however,
SHOCKED BY HER RELATION or THIS STORY.
10 this conversation she may have told me
something Tlton said to his wife, but do
not recall it, | told her | would 90, and
went the next day and found her al her
mothers | can hardly recollect whether
Tilton and | were then intimate, but
there was an external friendship. On
my part he had my best wishes and
felt we'll disposed towards him.
When | went there saw Mrs Morse and
Mrs. TltOn, bat | do nOt think Bessie
Turner. | entered into some conversation
and stated what had brought ne ; ex-
pressed regret that there had been some
need for hy call. Mrs. Morse did all the
taking and in her earnest way told
me her daughter had lived a lie of
great unhappiness that she had suffered
great cruelty and degradatinn, aud that
she had intended to
SEPARATE FROM HER HUSBAND.
do not remember that she sai1 he said
he struck her. The violence Of his temper
was one of the causes alleged, and failing
to provide for her was another. d. nOt
recall that She repeated any charges Mr..
Tilton bad made against her ! do not re
collect she said that Mr.. IIlton charged her
with improprieties unbecoming to her; Mrs.
Titon said but very little; She acquiesced
in what Mrs. Morse said. but ! cannot re-
member what 1t was This Interview was
a brief one and ! cannot recall 1t in joints
and sections. They wanted advice from
me on the subject Of
PERPETUATNC The SEPARATION.
remained in the room all the time, bat
DO not remember how long 1t lasted
suppose believed what Mrs. Morse and Mrs.
Tilton told me. advised that she should
see my wife. which She did the next day.
1 was there, hut there were no statements
made in my presence. | heard nothing new.
The next day Mrs Morse talked with my
wife in private. Nothing occurred after
that interview. The result We came 30 was
that We should % home and talk the mat
ter over, and let them know the result
afterwards. Ny vito
FAVORED \ SEPARATION,
and to this / finally agreed. When my
wife was going to communicate the result
to Mrs. Morse | wrote and handed her a
slip Of paper containing my views. Be
lore giving this advice had not sen Tilton. |
had known TiltOn then then Is or l. |
years. do not know that any great de- !
gree of intimacy existed between Mrs. Til /
lon and Mrs. Beecher. The former called /
sometimes on nv wife, but | cannot re /
member the date Of the last call she made /
IN my wife had some conversation with /
Mrs Tilton at home Then | said to her |
With the blessing of God she would see
he light yet. She was very respondent
do not remember saying, Let patience
nave her work. | do not remember using
my such language on my direct examina
ion.
Mr.. Fullerton read from the Witness
lirect testimony, to show that he did say
0.
Wines said | advised patience On enc
ay and separation the next ] never Pee
ended to give the precise language.
BEEoHsR's VISITS To MIS-. TuT0S.
The witness's attention was called to 4
etter received by him from Mrs Morse on
January eth, 1871, and to a clause stating
hat he was innocent of making some mis-
if there was any, and he
aid, do not remember to what She re-
erred. | never asked her to keep quiet
bout my call | had made. nor do know
u what il refers in this letter at all. / re-
member taking this letter to Moulton. do
lot remember to have made a call on Mrs
'ilton about this period. cannot recall
he date o. receiving this letter. Part of
he memorandum on the letter. " Received !
anuary eth, Il. was written. | think, I
Y me. Between January l>t. II, and the
7th of that month, | do not recall any
1871 of mine TO Mrs Tilton. | might OF
light not remember calling on her at this
me. | do not remember being told by
ilton not to call at the house. but there is
u impression on my mind that there was
ave no recollection of it. ! received no ]
essage telling me not to visit Tiitou's 4
ouse I
MYSTERIOUS LETTER S
DO not know what Mrs. Morse referred
in her letter by my treatment OF all the
ouble that had taken the lite ont Of her.
mt know how | interpreted it, did not .
what she meant by saying that .
, had told twelve persons and they in turn .
III told others. | remember having 4 con-
Tsltion with MoultOn about the letter. but
u about this clause in il. DO not recol-
IT that TiltOn was sent for to explain why
told twelve persons, | do remsm-
T that he was sent for on similar sub
RI. | do not rec0llect this letter WIS sub
It of conversation between MlultOn Triton
"a myself do not know that Tll,6n
med Mrs Bradshaw and Oliver johnson
parties to whom he had told the I,
lry, but this | would not swear TO- | Do i
t recollect that he sand he tod the story Y
Joseph Richards at the time Of the re
ipt Mrs. MOrse's letter. do not remcm- C
r what her illusions were made to. At N
e time OF the letter | suppose knew 20 n
nat she referred. but do not know now. 81
did not to my recollection ask her [:
the time what she meant by these alln- Il
us When she said in the letter, lie h
lltOn) swears he will make this whole Y,
beet known, when the breath left her IT
ly. do not know what she meant; but ir
ould now make out a theory.
did not know a servant IN employ 81 l..
ton known as Kate Cary. | never .;
SEEING RICHARDS ~ TIE BOISE IN
en- was visiting Mrs Tilton, nor Do re- co
mber hearing he was there 1 ngVsr Oh
lember him coming to the door and \
ming 1t when | was with Mrs. ri!ton. q
| will not say he did not. did not h'
II his testimony. | recall No such scene 1t
his opening the door and h,.r retrcating
m me with haste, but | will not say thar OIL
such thing occurred. was in the st
lit Of visiting Mrs. Tilton in her has re
IDS absence. She never showed me any W
ers she received from her husband nor i,