The sun., 1880-07-04
Of pou, rapture Al, never saw on any human

cIpre ,oh Of pous rapture a. never saw on any human
face before.
MY grief or her is selfish You know what have lost
II peerless creature, wise. just and full Of genius yet
devoted to me. she alone sustained me in the hard
battle Of my life, and now old and broken must toter
on without her, sick. sad. and lonely.
My rcmorse is Tor this: had lived entirely for the
world and disqueted her with my cares instead of
leading her on the path of peace. and robbed God of
saint, though not Of believer I did also allct myse
With doubts Of her eternal welfare but where there
Ireat affection there Is always great sOlicude. Re
rcavrd Christians torment themselves with this tender
tnSiety more than bereaved .Rationasts do. MIR. g.
drahnm. when he knew the particulars OF her life and
DEATH never shared my anSirues He removed them
entirely That living evangelist showed me my doubts
were In reality. doubts vi Guis goodness and wisdom
and OF His special promises But the words Mr. stanton
has put into his mouth deny the faith and ignore the
charity Of her whole life and cast negative hope, which
Is positive doubt. upon her condition at her death.
Christian parents who have lost their young, and all
who have cherished a Christian love and buried its
object will surely mpahize with my bleeding heart
and aid 70 correct these cruel surmises Of brutal
gossip.
For the gave you do object to minor In
accuracies but kindly make II unde erstood that do not
in my person endorse any mans religious animos
tiles would III become TO asperse the Church OF
England or any other community that has bred holy
men. whose shoes worthy to tie. am nv dear
Hatton, yours sincerely, CHARiEs READE
The public will miss In the above slnRulary
touching ettrr the pnnRent philippirs OF this
master OF English invective. Under the inspi:
ration Of the great authors gsntier mood /
suppose | ough, not even to try aud supply
their place; yet II seems to me that DIR. Stanton
has been Gnilty Of mn outrage not only upon his
own sacred calling. but upon the profession
an established institution OF the press on both
sides OF the Atlantic: but 1t Ia conduct.
ed openly and always With the o,h, consent snt
publication DR.. Stanton imports n vicious
feature into the collection OF news and opinions
when he pnyst the role of q detective officer. and
uses his Intimacy with a clerical brother to prey
upon the secret workings OF another mans
heart. to pr"claim to tho world his private
thoughts md hopes and feelings. and. worst Of
all. to- distort and misnterpret them 1T Inst. II
Dr. Stanton had be"n a trained Journalist in
stead OF n clerical scribbler. he would not have
failed Mt least to describe accurately what he
saw and heard: and long exnerionce Of Jour
nalism enables me- to % say thnt the most daring m
guidance from the person most Interested be-
fore converting that person's private griefs and
sorrows into newspaper copy.
One cannot read the cold blooded work of the
Rev. DR.. stanton without fesling that under the
CLOAK Of RELIGIOUS mission he, has done u
astray unwlttlngly. Warned that Mr., Reade
was snnstiv" AZ to anything being said In the
paper article all ho has hoard in Mr.. Grnhain's
family circle. This not being quite strong
evolves from his own inner consciousness the
idea that Mr.. Read" has been " converted from
rationaii-ai to Christianity. Nothing could
OF Charles Reades grief. Those who have
any knowledge OF English classics need not be
reminded OF the broad. practical Christianity
which rrrvades the writings Of Charles Rrada.
whom DR.. stanton evidently heard OF for the
witnesss4. against this charge o! ratonaiiSm.
Peg Wellington; "Chrsiis ~. Johns,one,", Put
Hearth "-where are we to ilnd nobler lessons
of lifs or a more refreshing Christianity than
in these models Of masculine fancy and ster-
ling Anglo-ShNon literature? Taking up nt
random the last mentioned work. came upon
one of the most heartfelt Interpretations OF
religious faith and fervor in all fiction:
Furcveri" he cried aloud with sudden ardor: Chris
meet more brivy In little whr Yni and bart here
Tor i- and what IS oTr ": one line i'll the great story
OF the church, whose ant daughter We are; one
handlui me sand gi une; one drop in ,he OF
We part in trouble. we shall meet percr We part
rar IN would NJ sin aut we shall meet where
al parity and oys divine where ne i'll passions
There ~ the turning oi glas in the breakng o bul
be N The PASSING ~ clnnt she and thou and shall
saints ami 'rrlantels n,t'"s .nd SAINT. and beam like
them with "y unseakahls IN the ght OF ,ie shadow
l know that the churches put faith above
works. That is their business. Christ taught
the Gospel OF works, the blessing OF do ne good.
Fifteen years ago l met Charles Reade for the
first time, had long known and admired him
through his books. Since then have known
him. as all his friends have. Ms generous. lib
sral. warm hearted Christian gentleman. :.
to quote AGAINST the reverend reporter OF the
independent the protest OF Laertes at the grave
Of Ophelia. which. with the change of one word,
admirably fits the situation.
tell thee, chnrlish priest
ministering angel Nh all oar sister bs
When thou liest howAng.