The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-05-29
A TERRIBLE TEST OF FAITH.
Letter From Freeman's wife de-
seribing the Circumstances which
Made Hin Klll his Child.

Letter From Freeman's wife DE
neribing the Circumstances which
Made Hin Kill his Child.
The following letter has been received
by sister-in-law Of Mrs. Freeman, wife
Of the Pocasset (Mass.) murderer, since the
latter went to Jail, which shows that she
believed as implicitly in Gods command
for the sacrifice of the child as the father
did:
Barnstable, May 1O-Dear Sisters: We
have received your letters. / have looked
for one for long time. never thought
il would find us here. Am glad 10 know
you are well. We are in need of nothing,
but we thank you for your kind thoughts
for our comfort. / have no doubt you suf-
fer for us. cannot tell you how it came
to be. You know how dearly we both
loved our precious little one. We have
tried for more than year to live entirely
devoted to God and to the good of others
We had given up dress. the desire for
money and everything that was not pure
in purpose. You would hardly have be-
| lieved it was Charlie. He was never pro-
fame; had not drank since knew him,
and was one of the best of husbands and
| fathers ...... ..r -.i..r
But now he commenced life of prayer
and faith in God, and l with him. He
read his Bible every spare moment, and
/ HIS WuOlC iuC W 40 sPCht III SuIibttoh Coih
est work for good; and his whole aim,
not neglecting other duties. was to win
souls to Christ and seek himself eternal
lite. One trial of our faith came after an
other, and God blessed us very much the
more we trusted him. By and by there
came a week and more of great and new
trials. Charley did not sleep nor eat
scarcely for nearly two weeks.
During this time of pain and trial he
L IA A.. Nd -~I haxva he
| faith of Abraham. You know what that
was in regard to Isaac. He could not gel
away from it. The more he tried, the
more it came home to him. At last he
i said to the Lord he would be willing tC
bear the test. He thought that would bt
all that God would ask. That seemed
to end it for the day. That nigh
it came to him more powerfully
He could not help it. oh God
such great faith in God to believe hi
would stop him just as he did Abraham
that il was only q trial of faith-knowinl
as did, Charles life and love, his feal
TO disobey God, and that he had Abra
hams faith, / could not hinder him. Blu
neither one of us thought God would sui
fer her to be touched any more than tina
the day would fail to come.
Il We thought God would see our faitl
| anu give us some token Oh acceptance
We believed God would thunder from
!, Sinai before any harm should come to on
} darling. But when found my precious
Edie gone, oh, Father, how felt, Blu
comfort seemed to come again. Abraham
believed God would raise Isaac, and so w
felt it was Gods plan to take her so as {,
, raise her from the dead and thus shov
His mighty power and love. We did believ
He would do this in order to show tn
world that the God of Abraham, O
, Isaac and Jacob still lives, and s,
wake up the frozen church of God to it
J duties, the church SO married to the worl,
/ that there is scarcely any difference be
; tween the two. We believed this was Il
r be and that Edie would yet 60 with Char
, lie to preach the gospel of the kingdom
What n power she would be; what glor
: to His cause! Elijah, Elisha, Christ AM
the apostles raised the dead. and VIII,
/ should not God do it now as then? w
: believed he would. But the time has s
far passed and we are here.
God knows we are innocent OF an
crime. Charley still thinks God is goin
: to manifest His power and glory and him
self be justified in the eyes of the WORLD
God grant it may be so! o, you como
know my sorrowi 1t almost breaks m
, heart. Ny dear, dear Edie! Charlie
, innocent o, he is, of any crime, but / ar
, afraid it was mistaken faith in God. Dea
Lord! help us in our need. HATTIE,