New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-19
ho is armed have sOmethIng % say which Z essen.

hear from Won challenge for everybody who can testify,
et S e integrity SF or purity to before
pear witnee- Put this our reasonable hope mas mus lar
produced On many %iHu =" that You de.rs avoid rather
than to secure, tlat exhaustive examination which ~
that when lengtn you have called from yarons pags
OF The apd an ecclesiastical council 70 ads.s yGa h e
letter nssvc OF purpose on your part u institute 'at
nS %9n ~ most S Of G and
utely essential to TIA. vndca'ion OF tho good name Vi
II should OF be overlooked by you tina, Mr. Beechor II
not simply member OF your church noe even merely us
appointed leader and ensample, cut the most widely
known and conspicuous minister OF CHRIST IN our com,
nIunOn His emuence brings with II proporlioiale
ingy elieved To be- gritty Of shameful crime when his
might be fully established, not only leaves ms
the CHRISTIAN min stry and the Christian church.
In view, then, Of these public facts. tine recognized en-
ineRcc NJ pastor d0nntencss and gravity OF te
accusations made against him. The responsible characto.
OF tLe persons making them, the sener conyico tia
these charges hnperayely require thorough ehtiind
ton the thrown by the world tLat gross
Oeisc exists winch neither yea nor your brethren OF
other curcnes able willing Ia remove, iho -lo
plciun thus awake ned that pOlty has NJ Ell ciNc
method Of procedure In eases OF suc gnitude, the
daily increasing aggraYdtlOl OF ths evil by your pro
lOnsed DELAY Ia solicit definite and EXHAUST, g cA'h
alton through tine agency of an ecclesiastical council.
your seeming unwngnes TO admit tGa tnerc 10 even
liDG race against your pastor reqnrns An ihNe'
tiltion the dishUnvr which j. consequently .ett ratiuS
upon mn upon the Cnri>t-ln View on ~
TINS, constrained III Christian int idllnco. ana -
conviction o. du:y To oar tonsieS liioil M 49,
and the SingO Of Christ. 10 advie you OF me DuI
den Of rcproacn watch rests upon II. and upon ihe ', ,
name aid which must rr.IIn long ~ ths ~ tat
pubic scandal snail seem to be tolerated by Sis'oi
church. ,,,,
occlcsiasca cJducil empowered to make thorough Ill
ycstSaiion O TINS painful case: g., .a
We propose that the council meet ~ soon rs te pre-
linlnay airanIemens can 1e h'de. IN soie J
hail or church III Br0Jhlyn n l. or the |lc'nil,
council be composed of representatives al nU eSs tiah
II tnan ~ chirccs tog"inef WIN 10, 'c'S tl
Than individuals a. recoenize sndins
In our dcnom nation, selected ohr-h,i - you ai o
half 10y US hcpIc tLis uihiinai' let ever! nv VIZ WV,
Knows anything respecting the argos of adultery anu
perjury. anything Whatever OF II Hindred li"l"io
against III. Brccncr Who can. by teshlying, h"lp ~
ibycstIgativn bo invited aud challenge" ~ MP
pear. az c.>, forever after hoil hs - ace. ,., -,
Bvtircn permit rs 10 ada thnt Ohiy u cohNct"n "a
na ars II rcqrcs tral SOIL" chlirch s'phld a.
ems responsibility. Tao duy Is PLAIN one Nc
We ITO not overlook tac i1ct that your attention ~ al
prescott largely oc,u. led with other Matte hu oh,
ng tnc subject wnrh ~o haze now prSehl.l go ~ ~
and argent IMPORTANCE W would an ior rcpJ "
uur request ~ your earliest cUnl enictrr. -
hy the moderator Ui the meeting hnd ~ te c!eIn, ""
VIII pc conveyed 10 you ~ oonnttoc ot the cnreh
JCIN L.. TAYLOR. VI drrt.Or ana AftluS f"s'"''
EGBrHr G. SWIM. Clerk -,
~ i,'. churrh III Pro-. smyth. Mead. and Churchill
Ir. Dean tIuu.n, tine action of An lover seminary III
til. ,s-. 81. pccuiiar aud ~ wasa question wtn hlhi
he taa q be- rci,rled 10 lac siAin COMMIT
lee with iowc- 20 report.
JLc mnttrr w., Subsequently referred 70 a SPECIAL
committee, consisting 81 t"e f"r. Df. r@oni. IIH
DSis.t,Jhr i.cy. -. n. S'uuiins, Dr. ""hm!g, ar.
Nolcot.. tDe lion. H. H. wood, and mo Hoa' d.
Nj i,. q. Cleveland wished to know way Mr Bsecher
AZ. SieariIan li Il stJod qh,tiy ant rctai''eNy
Ignoring drninI /! i'"p' o.. ibt.n.Ls - u:
-nearnAn rcpird shat u"t,* tnrl accepted M N,h'
communication - Sd,n. NJ irVI't' d." r''p . iti -,
nl received uull letter rom th1 All 'f't ''"
mary t..1icn.
80 DEFINITE CHARGES AVOIDED
Nr BescAer-I want 10 s,y ono word on ths subject
Gcuiruou yoI vii not suspect mo of any d-ft'lr't !"
you. bat / want I, PIT home quesdon {" you. Inis
cnurc iied AZ publishing u the woflh Tor
the ls; three ycars statement ~ these farl th"' nave
% Nou perfectly aghas. novel and wonderful Nh4t
ere We gois to o the representatives ~ the mo
raty AMI 10 intelligence al tni- nation won't f"'d
word tnai d, pJ,ued 81 the results Of the church in
v,stgaiion ami the court Investigation. but coming
up aner thcy 1--we been puh'ishcd for month.
watch h,- seen ,n the newspapers and tnr '"n'I r.
rupis durin. 8. tins tEc. Arr 81" f"c'h MOI "l! l."
f,rar wcisc. OF in .rpcu. ht use bc"fs - dIifo
tnri int your ncasl nave stood donS osrtj ih.ns
tla coIii do IN upcrar ~ Iu5hni; AM - If -
Huit = stencil. loI 60. an G.t", MT sirii !"l ,+'l
Ald IIrlei0Ic t..r 0aDfDni beast j. s"ns - Hih "'N
,i,e st,s, r.astias sOie Ncnul ' '1uir rif-"" can
spent idc IT t1l u 'n ".itta f'N'i hhiHh;
.n,.e ininS- An 4" ,an trr ever r IA c,'s;t.uh
Am aficr every Iced and worm, aud e'ciJ 'eh.-
Ion nave = r;i.t to demand Of that -hall meet
acri-Aiions wen thry CONF ~ rcspoohDs stated
cual."s gr-pOnsihlN m'dr-thri "c 0hAi meet MIN
I'D sc :Ictt tnrrl Tue moment the b''n "i'''
npp-,ri Ntalu lac tiIe 'n.t va necessary 10 % ihA
tAo cransfy nnd IA = - mo cav un We
Not ms,ruis meet tuoiu WIZ hril Tor h'r7' .%'.i III
the C4ufcni nas not tri iIvt-fi lion InAir WIFE "
p.Ocll.tii To- tue WpFt - rrk "a o'tFfIhliS ,i.nNn
n Not zeal cOstruE iAc, u "hs d-'ett' ai Nheu
tAc n.srstisation nat been made II va p.pi..,.u
to tls wor.,, 10 -Jon"1 70 u Drrh c0Mloi'' "In W.
all distributed ohrp'F'- 10 ne conn - i't y -. w"
came DacN went Instantly Q" eva 'nhi', init
ana continued continuous noaS IN mat court
room ana every paper IA lac tinted S'ilcs hc'l nla
! ,tscos,d. Ia July or August tho cont agohfn'i
aAd went back IA me country. we hda
.rtrrov come hacE again from tue enmllcf
before took the matter ~ a. ria Ia reg iii ."
members Of u'- cirrc', ..d i-sd pi".S7 ~. 1911,
.t.l tn. ft,f
since. lie newspapers and ii'r c!e. ga hli % l',e
country Wn hAs tuc time AMI spare AZ W.'n
We c.,aii institute any tung cl,-, have we NOT lr~n
busyi % -n4 lay u! al pshi, aii tam Sn,'l"y
mao JUNE al day, ant investigate soinowGat horcf
MIR BrECnRR wEAKIEp wiTH vEXAIIoNs.
don't knows long Cod knows and my mother
how ui, have come 10 about the stao o mind tnai
don't &: rs for you ar anyLrly else. Applauso Vel!
YOU know that ~ not soyou nave loss y"hF slip DO
carr and don't and do again AMI then dont-just hs
hnpuen u feel am tired Of yOr; AN tired "i tAe
world; | am tired al men that mako nowr apers una
men that read them; an urod OF com
uunl,y That has not particle Of moral reaction a'h
,rei oi an apc when VIII permit IN new 'i"ir ~ y,
uit1 Hnh scandal: tired OF cOnilnlhIty dl 'a
r.d tle aiii read th-r. ami real tiein without r.
vur im, red OF waitins FOR honorable miu that
ehall Si,nd Ip nd s.y ia ,nc nio 81 h"I"t ana man
mood: Ihis at last, ou'raSrols"
ON tined T., u, ana yc am GOING 10 bear H. aud sin
cong on preaching aud ain gong To pfracn acre nnd
wnrn am shut np nero don't hnoH , NM" ! su
prcacn done believe thht slal i've lonf aur
/ hay stopped preaching. Iu, WHAT WAN u 10 40
God. work. and 10 do H. 1t l. NECESSARY 7" ''o ,'i
utatiun IA AndUycr reputation IN Ch"AS"-h IL IN
| nee, ssary tiat | should go through MAI eouI7o
b,folc / JIM to preach /, may as vel S,op .,
! our,--I snail not hayc reputation thero, Iul ny
own feeling about II - this AIN nruricd WIN lhs
iding. alton ~ dying men, and the is' "l,l q"
nv n, at good name rot my reputation Deai
~ tncy 10 for m chll'en'a sake ald Tor ,I's
Ike nf NV family after all tere Is taat II better
4, me than ni.nc, there name above every "lh'f
nlrrc-ior my trouble has hrousn, me very n1.t :" ~
and ia, glory % CuIIft Gods glory, ad God decacy
and aw,e turs. aud made 50 nppo ht 10
nae as slncc have uoei OF them In oticr o.K'
DRs sIoggs AND BURLINGTON DECLINE.