Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-11
PASTOR CALLS
HER WIFE
LETTER TO "AFFINITY'' IGNORES
FACT THAT HE Is
MARRIED.

Harrington, Del. May 1I=As a
result OF the sensation created by
Rev De Witt Maynard Carpenter.
pastor of the APOSTLE Holiness I'm
ion Church here, who mixed his en-
velopes and mailed to the Recorder
of Deeds "f Kent county love let
ter lnt ~nded for IA young woman VINO
until six months ago was assistant
of his church. the clergyman
ha hastily resigned his charge and
departed for parts unknown.
Mrs. Carpenter this morning ad-
mitted that she had suspected some
thing wrong with her husband for
several weeks past, as his frequent
conversations and advocacy OF soul
affinity" caused her to believe that
mind was wandering, and she is
frank to admit that he must be part
Tally unbalanced as to the woman in
the case. 81 am also inclined to the
belief that my husband has used hyp-
motto influence over her, as she is a
girl OF pure Christian character and
can be-" said Mrs. Carpenter this
morning.
In an interview this morning the
pastor made remarkable explana-
tion for his conduct, declaring that
during the 80 years OF his married
life he had never loved his wife and
that God had intended Miss Della
Goodrich to be his affinity"
Whom God has united, let no
man put asrnder," he said. What
ever the world may think OF my ac-
tions. know have done no wrong
in the sight Of Heaven"
Mr.. Carpenter has been for several
years pastor OF the Apostolic Holi
ness Union Church, whose congre.
CATION under his leadership had in
creased from a mere handful OF
worshipers TO one now large I'm num-
bers and including some OF the most
prominent families In Harrington.
The letter which caused the trou-
bic is, in part, as follows
MONDAY MORNING.
"Oh, Precious, Precious Darling.
Little Della Wife ! wish / could
express on paper how ! feel toward
you. Try, if you can to imagine all
the things a heart could love. and
then realize, IL you can, that you
are dearer than them all. ] did ex
pect another letter from you, Dear
est, about Saturday. I do hope
will get you to see that He, having
married us, you are the only wife ]
ever knew on earth and to me il Is
torture to know you are mine by Di-
vine Gift and still be living as though
married to another before the world
yet entirely separated
"Oh, Della, you are the only wife
He ever gave me and witnessed to
the fact and when / remember how
He spoke to me and told me He had
given you to me I cannot live with
another.
"You are the only wife, before
God and in my heart, as much wife
as Rachel ever was. Our marriage
was hefora-God for BE had told me
you were the one He had given me
So. dearest Darling. 7 can only do as
do, knowing you are only my wife
before Him. what else could I do2
1t was not Impressions that ono
might be mistaken about, but He
spoke to me- and He revealed these
divine things 20 me.
Dearest Darling wife. if cod had
showed you what He did TO me. As
have so often written you, you
would want me TO believe you and
help you carry out what you were
sure about than everything else you
ever knew. Oh precious one, / am
not crazy.
Saturday night at the parsonage
May Harrington and Ernest Ed
wards were married send you
the fee Use all you need. Darling
Little Wife, OF what send you.
You are the only wife before Cod.
and will so gladly support you.
AZ