The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-05-22
FREEM.aN'S FAITH.
= Touching Letter From his Wife
Describes the Fatal Fanaticism
Delusiye ENpectatiOn of Miracle

Which Made Him Stay hi. ChiId-A
Dclu>iVe Expectation Of Miracle.
NATICK, Mass, May 20-The following
letter has been received by sister-in-law
OF Mrs Freeman since the latter went to
Jail, which shows that she believed as i'm
plicitly in Gods command for the sacrifice
OF the child at the father did:
BARSsrABLE, May 10, 1879.
DEAR SIsTERs-We have received your
letters. | had looked for one for long
time. | never thought it would find us
here Am glad to know you are we'll. We
are in need of nothing, but we thank you
for your kind thoughts for our comfort.
have no doubt you suffer for us. | cannot
tell you how it all came TO be. You know
how dearly We both loved our precious lit
tie one. We have tried for more than a
year 10 live entirely devoted to God and to
the good of otherF. We have given up
dress, the desire for money, and everything
that was net pure in purpose. You would
hardly have believed it was Charlie. He
never was profsne; had not drank since /
knew him, and was one OF the best of hus-
bands and fathers.
A LIFE OF PRAYER.
But now he commenced life of PRAYER
and faith in God, and | with him. He
read his Bible every spare moment, and his
whole life was spent in Christian, earnest
work for good; and his whole aim, not
neglecting other duties, was to win souls to
Christ and seek himself eternal life. One
trial of cur faith came after another, and
God blessed us very much the more we
trusted HIM. BY and by there came a
week and more Of great new trials. Charlie
did not sleep, nor eat scarcely, for nearly
two weeks.
A TRIAL OF FAITH.
During this time OF painful trial he felt
that God required him to have the faith OF
Abraham. You know what that was in re-
gard to Isssc. He could not get away
from it. The more he tried the more it
came home to him. At last he said TO the
Lord he would be willing 20 bear the test.
lie thought that would be all that God
would AK. That seemed to end it for the
day. That night il came to him more
powerfully. He could not help it. On
God alone knows how / suffered but hav-
ing such great faith in God to believe he
would stop him Just as he did Abraham
that it was only trial of faith-knowing,
al did, Chsrley's life and love, his fear to
disobey God and that he had Abraham's
faith, could not hinder him. But neither
of US thought God would suffer him to be
touched any more than that the day would
fail 10 come.
A MIRACLE EXPECTED.
al n -; mould ,oo o,. -,
give US some token of acceptance. We be-
lieved God would thunder from Sinai be-
fore any harm should come to our darling.
But when found my precious Edie gone,
oh, Father, how felt But comfort seemed
to come sgain. Abraham believed God
would raise Isaac, and so We felt that it
was Gods plan to take her so az to raise
her from the dead and thus show HIS
mighty power aud love. We did believe
He would do this in order to show the
world that the God of Abraham, of Isaac
aud 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
ia scarcely any difference between the two.
We believed this was to be and that Edie
would yet go with Charlie to preach the
gospel of the kingdom. What power che
would be, what glory to His cause. Elijah,
Elisha. Christ and the Apostles raised the
dead, and why should not God do it now as
then? We believed He would. But the
time has so far passed and We are here.
CLAIM OF INNOCENCE.
God knows we are innocent of any crime.
Charlie still thinks God is going to mani
fest His power and glory and himself be
justified in the eyes of the world. God
grant it may be So. Oh; you cannot know
my sorrow, 1t almost breaks my heart.
NV dear, dear Edie. Charlie is innocent,
On, be is, of any crime, but am afraid it
va. unis; ken faith in God Dear Inrd