, 1881-10-09
That's all now, but its
the Truth.

standing here ut this hour with u heart full OF
the love of truth and the love OF God and man.
Christ, cau hardly realize that am on trial: on
trial for hcresy; trial In the Methodist Church,
and i'll this great century.
ONE THING MORE
An effort has been made to prejudice this case
because Of my preaching for the Peoples
Church. What are the facts? For twenty-five
years had raken my appointments regularly:
and then when this conference year ago asked
INC to leave the Church, it did not seem proper
for me TO insist on tnktng work. nor TO carry the
trouble into Il new charge: and hence asked
for surern;nmerary,relat for year, ,. or nn.
Of conscience could not lcet free to stop work,
nor as Il matter OF money could well anord to
reuerousy r offered to support service IN the cen-
trr of the city. aud accepted their inTtation.
This had perfect right to do; but told them
q member OF the Rock River Conference, and
thar hoped as such to live and die" When
started north last summer, nine months hau
pnsscd since conference. and the charges agatnst
me had not been preferred. NT case seemed
Just rs uncertain as 1t h:td nearly yeMr before
| f1ad lost four months by sickness, and ne
Trustees felt that il they continued tho service
ut all they should begin on the 1st OF Septem-
bcr. and T consented to serve another year
These arc the facts And yet Or; Farkhutst ., aev
in the Methodist Church.
ALL 11E WANTS
Is tho glory OF your approval TO turn his back on
you and walk out lnd leave you and 90 to his
audience in tho theatre in triumph This Is his
object in forcing this trui upon tho Church. This
is tho whole Of lr.'' You can sec low false and
how tInfar il such Il statement iiad not
1 was into that rctnt1nn- NJ engage in TINT work?
And II acquitted. could lnor IT the.qght lest. re-
mssin us shpcrnuncrary and continue tnae
work? Or. could not be appointed to T. indctl-
nifty: This would not be Irregular. HIVE we
nor appointed l.rorncr Trt1scel to the relief
work, and Brother Youkcr to Moody's TabeFna-
Antnuw, brethren, Lhavc tried to SEE thiscn
before you us platnty ns possible. am not III
conflict With cur articles @ "1 M rs%ion on
have no law by which to cxpcl nc fnr my feach-
1ngs concerning future punishment Had you
tionnl right TO TO 80; but it would not be SO
re,,tiily conceded In these days that YOU have
moral right to become
NARROWER THAN THE GOSPEL OF CHRISTI
acd to exclude from the ministry one who be.
up Ills Kingdom. in the world And. II you to.
what encouragement is there fur young men Ia
enter tho Methodist ministry with the more thau
possible Alternative before them OF having TO %
either silent or false to their deepest convic.
ti0ns. or else. after having lab0Ecd long and
hnrd, to tint tue years that SHOULD pe tu ,.tt 9.
strife and debate-aud inay be- nt last turned
out to die
ShouIu YOU now lind ruc guilty, I shall sorrow-
fully confess TINT havc all my nfo been mis-
taken rs to tho breadth OF nnd clthol1ciey ol
Methodism. Should you bid inc go from youf
midst, l shall do what good Gun else where: anu
try to find more peaceful employ than in fight
ing the Church have SO lung loved and served
We shnlt all soon be done With our work on
EARTH One who WIS to appear against ME ans
gune hence. shall try to meet him anu you
somewhere on the other shore: nnd then ana
there, II not now aud here trust We saali d"e1l
Hop Dirters has restored to sobrtcty and health
perfect wrecks from fntcmpcrance-