St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-11
Plymouth Church.

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ted to the examining committee I'll
mouth church fortnight, SAYS:
~ am before Won charged with the
,.r;,u, nf .sil.ucr' and it has been more
than minated here and elsewhere tii;i'
b\ this grievious silence nave nc "'IiA
uttered il malicious SANDER '"'' "H
this persistent silence ii" try 10 iil'he
all the world believe that Beechei
guilty. Gentlemen OF the examining
committee. | once promised t" Keep 81
lent. and others joined with me III tii'i'
solemn compact. That agreement mas
been coolly and, say, deliberately
broken not 10y me, but by Henry
Ward Beecher. and with apparent III
tent to injure me, just me. fcflill me
to deny most cmphatically that ! ever
sought to give the impression "i III any
way to make the public believe, as
charged 10y Mr.. White. that ever knew
ANYTHING Whatever against the moral
character of Henry Ward Be"chcr.
Whatever NAV have been the facts III
regard to my knowledge. convictions or
opinions OH that subject, have hllher-
to sought to keep them locked within
NV own heart. and except III taking
private advice and counsel, def\ >. '.
White or any other mcmhei al l'IA
mouth church to prove the contrary.
But why do YOU ask me NOW t" break
this silence why Summon me to the
point DO YOU think that can use
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'I,,,mIJ ,;.,. fran, fin, dead to sneak.
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ANA. and of fin. ,hn,ch stands 4 man
,,n,.,'I,' ,.I,n,n.d with adultery. periur\
and hyn,,riS, and at th.,tLrrcnda man
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I,nct HI. d,,.s moi urnI,osc to arr;,iun
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- admIt,,,, int to Jr,r before
,nm tL,t ,n.,n VIII, hv his silence has
.,rtu.,lI, .I.d IN. n,uni,.' +, believe. that
L.. iii I.u,,,. s,,,,tLiu,, ,bnut H.cch.r
Su,.L ,,.;J,uc,s ,t iusti,, Immortality.
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crct. intention of Plymouth church to
DESTROY me if possible. and that wa>
in any event to he driven from lis com
muni"n. | could not then believe this.
but 1t now appears that others had bet
ter information than myself. For more
than Il wear past il has been evident to
me and Others that this serious threat
would sooner ur later hc put into exc
cution. but how was this tu lie done !
rh, following tells the hole story :
From that daN to this | have been
WickcdlN and Indignantly assaulted i'll
my business affairs All Snlt~ of crimes
and mi>,lcmeauoIs have been charged
on hurI,d aI me. and | hu\, been hrld
up to the world rs Il man totally unuor
Thy of either r,.su,rt ni public conf
drncc. Everyone of th,.,,. rhaI",.~ 81
iu>inIIatiou> / now prnuuunrr totally
false. their authors >l:,ndrrrr>. and |
fcrehy challenge Pl\mouth church to
appunt its own committee to inyr>ti-
r.It, op,rl, and \io,r,u,l, my v,,ds
and my deeds. either in or out of the.
churrh. from the, dl\ of my birth Ia
the pIr>-ut hour. am ready for the.
trial.
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"llS''' sunny al'e' noon ""ii"S Ine 'llil
n"'M'ch ht"h"l' liIl"iI ana htN' II.
W. b'tchtl | WAS waited upon 10y one
"i the leading members OF plymouth
church aud most earnestly urged T."
come forward and say something. II II
was III my power t" relieve Nh. B"cchrr
an" cmI the controversy. WAS told
mat IL l Would 81" tins. til" aims "i
Plymouth church W"nld he thrown
1h"nt me. AMI that 10y ;" DONG would
he The slca'c>i man almost M the conn
thy. Mn instant reply WAS that there.