The herald., 1897-04-07


ladylike manner.
"She spoke freely regarding the mar
riage relation, but he could find nothing
against her in that regard. For % days
he was trying to get hold of something
and finally discovered that it was alb
stinence that was commended, and not
Indulgence, and this is the statement OF
prejudiced man. While having nc
bearing upon the case, what If plaintifi
had sat upon George Van Auken's lar
six years before? What is the history
Of such folly on the part of woman
A woman embarking upon such loose
ness Of behavior in six years lands-we
all know where. Only the hand of God
can stop her downward career. But we
find the plaintiff associating with peo-
pie who are conceded to be intelligent
and refined, and engaged in singing gos-
pei hymns. Dodd says that for order
the place was about the same as
| church And woman under her domi-
nation led in singing such a song as
| Nearer, My God, to Thee and all the
deluded people joined in repeating the
Lords prayer.
George Van Auken did go to High
I lands and for two weeks did live in a
cabin divided off by curtains, and is It
| not a fair inference that with sister at
! the point of death no thought was given
! to what slanderous tongues might be
| saying l thought the letters were tine
tured by Spiritualism but the PLAINTIFF
had to look back eight years and is it any
wonder she forgot the circumstances
| surrounding the wording of the letter?
with her sister dead is 1t to be wondered
| IL the craving arose in her heart to hope
| that she could communicate with her?
| She said that in those days she was
moved by much foolishness, and didn't
remember it all. And yet she was de-
nounced as perjurer for not being able
| i L.. ntrn1 GrQ u
was asked by me if he was investigating
Belmont hall he didn't know what in
| vestigate' meant, and refused to tell if
| he found anything detrimental after
conceding he was inquiring into the
| character of the place.
But there were false reporters in the
olden days, for Paul, in speaking of
them, says: "They affirm that 1 teach
that ye can do evil that good may come" +"
and on this hypothesis it is good to spy
and pervert the truth, believing the OBJ
ject In view justifies it. But Paul.
speaking of such slanderous reports,
says: Their damnation is just That is
good Anglo-Saxon. and he is the same
man that spoke upon the necessity OF
charity.
THE ANGELIC THEORY.
"Then Miss Holmes is charged with
being blasphemous. Dodd doesn't say
so. He said she believed in the Godhea6
and Christ the Redeemer. 7 gness IT'S
the way 1 was brought up, but 1 was
sorry when l found that plaintiff and the
others didn't belong to any denomina-
ton. But, then, l tried to think what
denominatio Paul or Peter belonged to.
1 fail to understand that they had to be-
long to the Methodist. Presbyterian,
Unitarian or Universalist denomina-
tions. When Peter made confession OF
his faith that Christ was the son of the
living God, Christ said upon that rock
would he build his church, and the gates
of hell should not prevail against il"
Proceeding to examine into the belief
in angels being in close juxtaposition to
people in every day life, alleged to be
the belief of the Belmont hall people,
counsel quoted Scripture, which admit
ted of such Interpretation. I'm one
place." said counsel, "it says: Seeing
that we are encompassed about with
angels. let us run with patience etc;
the angels of the Lord encampeth
about US and so on. l don't know what
these illusions mean. but, anyway,
belief in the truth of these Bible asser-
tions we are charged with outraging.
Then. again, we are told to entertain
strangers, for some have entertained
angels unawares. am not great on
theology, but it seems to me these peo-
pie are not a long way from the truth
in believing in the presence of angels.
But the Times article says the plaintiff
advised against the study of occult
things. Well, Paul advises against those
foolish things that engender strife and
So if she did, she followed a very good
| example with regard to matters that
could not be decisively determined and
! could only divide opinion. We have not
claimed that the plaintiff is anything but
ignorant-in the meaning that she is not
| highly educated-but she is trying to do
right"
In proceeding to examine into the cir
cumstances surrounding the testimony
| of Miss Farnsworth, counsel stated that
| her mother Is an ardent Baptist, and any
| departure on the part of her daughter
from the faith wherein she had been
trained was looked upon by her as heret-
| ica. Gray in testifying said he had no
opinion about the morality of Belmont
hall, and that in regard TO matter in
| which he was supposed to have such vi
tai interest. IT'S strange. isn't it?" said
| counsel, that all the people in this place
| lived happily together; no divorces ever
came from Belmont hall, and yet they
contend that the doctrines taught there
are dividing families"
A CHILD'S DUTY LIMITED
II haven't got a mothers heart and
cannot know its depths of love and affec-
tion, but l have fathers. and If child
| of mine went away and imbbed what
| considered wrong doctrine and wrote to
| me, asking me 10 come to her. | would
go. A mothers heart would never raise
the question OF humiliation raised by
| Senator White: she would fly to her
child to reassure herself as to the we'll
being of the one 50 dear TO her. And 80
in the case of Miss Farnsworth, there
are some odd circumstances in this re-
gard. ! believe with Senator White in
the commandment: Honor thy father
and mother etc. but there is another:
Children, obey your parents in the
Lord and here the limitation to a
! Farnsworth is deluded, but does she
show it?
1T has been a general complaint OF
the defense that all the people al Bel
mont hall are vegetarians. Well. we are
TOLD: Some eat meat and others eat
herbs; receive such an one for the Lord :
sake and it goes on to say they are
neither better nor worse for eating
meat But the defense doesn't agree
with Paul nor in another passage
| where ii says the soul Of beast goetl
down, and soul of man goeth up. Every
one can read and understand for him
self. but it doesn't seem such utter fool
ishness, believing that a beast has sou
not like yours and mine. bu, soul-as
the defense would try to make you be
lieVe."
Nj Kendrick next procee eded to view
the libelous articles in their genera
sense contendirg that even if the doe
! triuesi ef1t forth were IN ~tca rDrrc ct