Connecticut western news., 1879-05-21

The following letter from Mrs. Freeman, the wife of the Pocassett child slayer was recently received by her sister rin-law in Ma tick. where Freeman formerly lived:
 BARNsTABLE, Mass., May 10th, 1S70
 'sDRAR SISTERS We have received your letters. had looked fer one for long tiMe. never thought it would find us hero. Am glad to know you are all well. We are Ia need of nothing, but VIC thank I have no doubt you suffer for us. cau- not tell you how 1t all came to be. You know how dearly we both loved our pre- eious little one. We have tried for more than s year to live entirely devoted to God and to the Rosd of others. We had given up dress, the desire for money. aud every thing that was not pure in purpose. You would hardly have believed 1t was Charlie. He never was prOfane. had not drank since knew him, and was one of the best of hus- . life of prayer and faith in God. and with him. He read his Bible every spare mo- ment, and bis whole life was spent 10 Christian, earnest work for good. and his whole aim lnot neglectine other duties) was to win souls to Christ. and seek hlm- self eternal life. One trial of our faith came after another. and God blessed us very much the more we trusted Hlm. By and by there came week and more of great and new trials. Charlie did not eat WOVA0s During this time of painful trial he felt that God required hlm to have the faith of Araham. You know what that was in re- gard to Isaac? He could not get away home to him. At last be said to the Lord hs would be willing to bear the test; he thought that would be all God would ask That seemed to end it for the day. That nlght it came to him more powerfully; he ssuld net help it. Oh! God alone knows how suneredl But having such great faith iu God to believe He would stop him just as He did Abraham-that it was only tr1al of falth-knowinz. as l did. Char lies life and love, his fear to dlsobey God and that he had Abraham's faith, could not hinder him. But neither of us thought God would suffer her to be touched. any more than that the day would fa,l to come We thought God would see our faith and give us so'ae token of acceptance. We be- heved God would thunder from Sinai be- fore sny harm should come to our darling but when I found my precious Edle gone Oh. Father, how l felt But comfort seem ed to come agaln. Abraham believed GoG would raise Isaac, and so we felt that il har from the dead, and thus show lii mighty power and love. We did believe He would do this, in order to show tht world that the God of Abraham. of Isaac and of Jacob still hves. and so wake up tho frozen. Church of God to It's dutles-tht Churcb 90 married to the world that there 10 scarcely any difference between the two We believed this was to be, and that EdiS would yet go with Charlie to preach tht gospel of the kingdom. What Q power she would bel What glory to His cause Elijah, Elisha. Christ and the apostles raised the dead, and why should not Goo do it now as thenf We believed He would But the tune has 50 far passed, and we are here. God knows we are innocent of any crime. Charle still thinks God IS gong |, manifest his power aud glory, and hlmsel be justified in the eyes of the world. Got grant 1t may be SO.
 Oh, you cannot know ny sOrrowl It al most breaks my heart! My dear, dea Ediei Charlie ls innocent, oh he IS. o any crime; but am afrald it was Q mis taken faith iu God. Dear Lord, help us II our need. HATTIE"