The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-28
FREExAS's DELuslox.
A Touching Letter from His Wife De
scrIbing the Fatal FaEaticism which
Caused Him to Stay His Child.

NATIcK, Mass May lS.-The fol
lowing letter has been received by Q
sister-in law Of Mrs. Freeman since
the latter went to jail. which shows
that she believed as implicitly il
Gods command for the sacrifice oil
the child as the father did:
BARNsTABLE, May 10, IST9-Dsa
Sisters We have received your let
tiers. | looked for one for a long
time. l never thought it would fnd
US here. Am glad you are well. W.
sre in need of nothing, but we thank
you for your kind thoughts for ouI
comfort. | have no doubt you sui
fer for US. | cannot tell you how il
came to be. You koow how dearly
we both loved our precious little one.
W. have tried for more than a year
to live entirely devoted to God and
to the good of others. We had given
up dress, the desire for money and
every thing that was not pure in pur.
pose. You would hardly have be-
lieved it was Charlie. He never
was profane ; had net drank since |
knew him, and was one of the best
husbands and fathers.
But now be commenced q life OF
prayer aud faith in God, and with
him. He read his Bible everv spare
moment, aud his whole life was spent
10 Christian, earnest work for good
and bic whole aim, not neglectiog
other duties, was to win souls to
Christ and seek himself eternal life.
One trial OF our faith came after
another, and God blessed US very
much the more we trusted Him. By
and by there came q week and more
OF great aud new trials. Charlie did
not sleep nor q scarcely for nearly
two weeks.
During this time of painful trial be
felt that God required him to have
The faith of Abraham. You know
what that was in regard to Isaac.
He could not get away from it. The
more he tried The more it came home
to him. AT last be said to the Lord
be would be willing to bear the test.
he thought that would be all that
God would ask. That seemed To
end it for the day. That night il
came to him more powerfully. He
could not help il. Oh! God alone
knows how | suffered; but having
great faith ia God to believe He
would stop him just as He did Abra-
ham-that it was only a trial OF
faith-knowing as / did, Charles
hfe and love, his fear to disobey God,
and that he had Abraham's faith, |
could not hinder him. Bot neither
Of us though God would suffer her TO
be touched any more than that the
day would fail TO come.
We thought God would see our
faith and give some token of accept
snee. We believed God would
thunder from Sio4i before any harm
could come to our darling. But
when | found my precious Edie
gone, oh, Father, how | feltl But
comfort seemed 10 come again.
Abraham believed God would raise
isaac, and 80 we felt that it was
Gods plea TO take her 50 as TO raise
Der from .te dead and thus show
His mighty power and love. We
did believe He would do this in
order 10 chow the world that the
God Of Abraham, Of Isaac and OF
Jacob still lives, and so wake up the
frozen Church Of God to its duties
the Church so married to the world
that there is scarcely any difference
between the two. we believed this
to be. and that Edie would yet
go With Charlie to preach the Gospel
of the Kingdom. What a power she
wcold be! What glory to his His
cause. Elijah, Elisha. Christ and
the Apostles raised the dead, and
why should not God do it now as
then2 We believed He would. But
the time has so lar passed, and We
are here.
God knows We are Innocent Of any
crime. Charlie still thinks God is
going to manifest His power and glo-
ry and himself be justified in the
eyes of the world. God grant il may
be sol Oh, you canno know nav
sorrow II almost breaks my heart
My dear, dear Eide Charlie is in
nocent. On, be is of any crime, but
| am afraid it was mista ken faith 10
God. Dear Lord! help US in our
need HATTIE