Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-26
Mr. DELLA's CONFESSION.

-..bIo psper published number OF serious
'...osa AGAINST Mr. T. 8. Delle, young
,vbo recently conducted series OF re-
..erVices ct two 81 the churches in this
V WE Mr.. Dale, who had gone to Norfolk
cU! to meantime, on Toursdsy returned 90
~ al5 -" o;fr his former home, and where his
gus uit' nov reside, and when asked about
pa naa,te- said as would publish state.
s"o - nj the sffair. He ven. 10 Baltimore
NE. dav and tcrn!shed the following letter,
nj appeared to-day IN The paper hrst
roeklpR the charges:
. I'm non!shlpg Items which are det mental
IN the character and moral slancing OF q
norson thoas doigg go should &c very care
pc n sosek the trutl. Not that reply for
~ ~. Yrinose Of denying all that s go boldly
s 80 Of ne. but that tne public may know
t1ot.nih. ths whole truth, and nothing ont
,5o unt6. | geGer tailed t, render snfti-
oo,t snDoort TO my wife because die not
IN. hut is was because her neaith Wss
s1ksd and such au amount OF elckoess on
bsr,,srt ny expenses f@r exoaedeo my H.
noms. and finally We were compeiied 10
sbsndou cur nome and dispose Of sucn goods
ve he'd and seek other wsys OF IRE.
1Son fook her TO the country, suppostng II
,gould 5ene6t her physically ana while
there I was called 20 labor IL cnuFon at
C,j.6sld Md, and as the health OF my vile
Was much worse than when we vent 10 the
oouDtry. che was compelled TO return 10
Baltimore and go u1oer the speoiSl care OF
8 Doctor residing on moth Broadway, ano /
wsnt 10 Crlsfeo To answer t0a Call tnere,
intending as soon as tae healSn OF my Wiie
Dermltted to send for her. Tfe report of
nv pa3sing as eiogls man Is q most ihfs
nous lie, told by those who Would DO me
harm. Had l even desired to doso, II Wou!o
have been impossible. as the pastor OF sDe
church there had bean IN my house IN BAL
unore ard met my vile eEd ne EnsW that
was q married man. And oesides niln
there is one of family in CEishelo VINO mao
sem my wife 10 Baltimore
| will now sDdeavor to give an entire
truthful explau alton OF the wnoie ma t9r,
coDfessing when II il due and denying Thsn
It g due. While condutt'ng revival meet
Inns st CrlsHeld there were among others
two Yong ladies who @. tsnced the meetings
vho were yIsit 1fs in the town and aeemed
under conviction; at lesst thsy came 10 the
altar and finally pro fessed conversion. Alter
they WEI away TO their homes np ths coun'
try reoeiyed LIT or OF strict Christian
character ifom them, anRlng me Tor Dslng
the Instrument, IS they spppoie1, OF their
couvetsioo. There ives nothing OF tamil
lar character 10 either Of the misslves. Alter
seld ng my reply. thought no ao.e OF the
letters or persons.
After laboiing four weeks with much sue
cess In Cris6eid I was called to aDother
church, jGst outside the town limits, Gud ls.
bored there Tor another month. Then was
called ID another church, about nine miles
farther up the county, and labored there l
was then sent for by the pastor OF the Kings
ten church, who detived my services. l
sSrsed TO "a, sGd one sfecEoon MAJ called
la yehicle for me- 10 coma It once to labor
there. IL tee M santime had sent for Dy
wife, and she whs with me. This man who
called was Joshua Gray (brother-in-law OF
Ju Ia HsUdarson) the man who telia suth
81 outright lie, saying that passed fer
single man, Owing to my Anticipation OF
only remaining at Kiogston couple OF dsys
left my wife at Marion ct, ton, in care OF
the pas or and bis wife, and l went with
thi5 man Gray to his home, where l was t.
abide while ssrvlrg that church. When /
Srrlved at lis houa found 1t was tue homo
Of one OF the yourg leiies befo: Q mentioned.
AS Mr.. Gray had married her ei.tsr and her
parents were dead, she was residing with
them.
After sc returned from service that night,
We lefG Me. Cray ID take care OF the horses
aud Mas Henderson and myself stsrted tor
tho house, she gtiag before. when suddenly
she turned to me- and said: DO let my
darling give uns sweet kiss" Thera are
few men who could or would resist doing
this, and I, not thinking of the result Or see
ing any greet improprlety In 1t yielded to
her request.
We went into the house and after short
conversation in which my wife was freely
spoken OF, sn6 regrets expressed st her moi
being present, we retired for the night. az
tee / had dlsrobed myself and retired, Dtu.
ella, the young ard fascinating lady, open.
ed my bedroom door and came In unto me,
10 sleeping attire and leg tsrs.if down be-
aide me on my bed and begsn to address ms
in the most sfactionate language. which ut.
terly controlled my nature as man.
And now let ma ask MY readers what
would or what could they have done had
they been Ia my stead? God knows that my
desire snd Intentions are for the right, but
Ike unto all others am not free from temp.
tation, And further, desire TO deny before
God Of ever promising {, marry Miss Hen
derson, but did promise to take her to Bal
timore to the place where she now ss, at her
request She often expressed the wiah that
1t was possible for her to become my wife.
1t was mentioned In addition to tbs above
that had wgopged young gill IN Balti.
Iaore. defy the author to prove that. I
have confessed my wrong, but will not &C.
knowledge to lie, and this Is most emphat
ically le
The frat int;mstion which led to an In
vestigation of the charges against Rev.
Thomas 4. Della was letter written to
Baltimore newspaper, and signed "a Dis
Rrsced Grln It stated:
] write to you feeling 1t the best way TO
make public and expose the villispy of
man who is figuring as an evangelist, but
who Ia reality is wolf 10 the garb OF
preacher. About the 1st OF October this
man left Baltimore to work in Crisheld In
the NJ. P. Church, where he conducg ad
Rsand meeting and vas looked on as one OF
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