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nes no iat oil. Bacon said ho MAS Bure Tho pxstor
o. iIytnouth Church had the sympathy Ut the

iIuaoutn Ghhroh had the sympathy Ut tie
r,GtH lseo'' otoaol tho aoeeton with psa1er, tho
church IVES deuse!y filled befors
, ~, THE AFTERNOON aEss1oa
Iska Inc b 9nss.on ot invitng stotta and
aacon aaa tho Council must realize that, in Ply.
mouth church. thoy wore IN rather guhhtng
t. n!oou. II those bratllran eafno, Il conld bo
AnIaly it expected TINT they would DO On rapport
NJ. "ltn tho Council and surroundings. 1fo Thought
titeY hhould 10 invited to secret session. r1es-
!ohnt Porter said he had learned Btuco ro-
turning to the Council that that body was
III an emlnentiy Christian and ohtyAlrous mood,
tho idea OF inviting b&orrs and Hudpgton, but
said Let us not inyito tho,, 10 d Bcene OF
eoholllationa Tor which thoir feelings perhaps
nave ,ae not prepared stom Lot Us invlte thcn 80
resolution was passed. Ercas appreciation wns
9ho"n among tho doiegatos that Drs. Bacon,
Porter, aud aturtevant wo1o olocscd to convoy
tho invisation. gteat htts was created by tho
announcement that Bowou would DO present At
AKDovEN.
shearman read !otter from Andover inviting
h11'tusl Council which waa roforrod to a special
commlteoo 10 taqnlfe II Anaovor Church had q
congregational right 10 demand suob trial Of
agothcr church. Claifin. Of Lombard, ILL.,, made
highly. excited spcech and, despite points of
order anl interruptions, succeeded ia creating =
aonsat1on and laughter. 1}eochor replied to tho
imputasion OF tho Andoyer lottor thnt Plymouth
Church had not courtod IN open investigation.
With voice broken by omntiou ho said himself
and elo church had hpent 90 much titno courtiug
investigations that he had como to little for
tho opInions OF anybody SO loug al God and
mother {meauing Mrs. Boochar, vhom ho alwaya
calls mothcz) know how It wRa.
70 HAVE HowEH TELL IT ALL.
a motion TO tnTite Bowen tu reia.e Ill lo know
OF beechos's guilt OF Innocence was ruled out Of
4 SS$f Inn kSsb
tnat nsny Of tho Council wshed to hear him
give his Testimony.
THE HALLIDAY szn1rn or FAITH.
~ reply to question by tho hev. Leo. RosBi-
could change tho BELIEF Of Plymouth Church In
It's PASTORS innoccnno, hut that tho church was
willing 10 submit to any Investigation to put an
end TO tho whofo buainess. subsequently ahear-
man rhtBed objections TO Investigations. His
allusion to the manner Ia which Mrs. Tuton had
boon repeatedly dragged before tho public nnd
| e!andetea by the press gained enthusiastic np-
plause. Htorrs and Burlington declined TO ap-
pear before tho Council, fearing lost thoir pres
encn tn place whore thoy would encounter
hostility might subject them to misrepresenta-
ton.
| appeared boforo tho Council In tho evening to
tho largest congregation which tlas yet appeared
toned through tho Moderator aud Chnlrnon OF
Committees. I1o affirmed that he had mover
boen iavited to go before The Plymouth Invoetl-
GaaE Io o1 of 1871 x,e% naa Tea aa.a e'te,
desiso on tue. part Of that COMMITTEES for
him to put business construction upon the
Woudstock letter. Ho also produced o mono.
| randum Of an Interview With Clat1iu, in which,
as DO thought. Cfatlin aimed ut some object,
Clatlin confronted Bowen, anu said he thought
| 1t necessary for Uowen'a nalso that It be shown
that tho Woodstock letter rofcgred to busi.
nesa troubles. and acted sa frieud to Bowen.