Year: 1875

HIS coNFEss1oN-HE sPEcULATEs-sHE WAS A
CHRISTIAN AND A PERFECT ASoEL-No EVIL
WAS MEANT, BUT PLENTY WAS DONE.


The Rev. T. n. Dawson OF San Francisco, formerly
pastor OF a Presbyterian church at Brooklyn, CAL,
makes a statement He has sent a letter to the San
Francisco Chronicle in which he apologies TO the
world for his evil Deeds and does propose to put up
q duck tent He says


CONFESSION BEFORE THE WORLD


Three years ago wife, TO whom was devoted. left
under the evil influence OF others and after exhaust
ing every effort and persuasion in vain TO secure her re-
turn 10 me applied for divorce and Daniel W. Poor,
ID d., was one of the principal witnesses whose
testimony was obtained Five months after applied
for divorce precious child came her death by
accident while in charge of her mother I heart
broken and souldesolatc for she all that had
earth And while in this condition Of distress and
solitude met young lady who sympathized deeply
with me in my afiliction. Ny heart was naturally
drawn toward her for she appeared to be all that
tho heart OF any man could DESIRE


L0vABLE MAIDEN.


She was beautful she was Christian; she was we'll
educated modest, amiablc, kind and aGectonate and
she had heart which beat responsive to my own
And without any premedation my part, and before
knew IL, found hcr presence quite essential to my
happiness; and seven months after my application for
a divorce and when knew was to have II soon
told the young lady OF my love and found II rccipro
Gated In this erred, no doubt and should have
waited till entirely free But ministers are men and
love is blind, and especially when the object OF is
such perfect angel as this young lady seemed to





evil intent in going with this young lady is a black
hearted villain. My love for her pure and true
filed an angels heart and idollzcd and
shipped her, and was willing give my life for her.


AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


With this feeling toward her, which fully
ciprocated not circumspcct as | should have
been, in that should have waited till could honor
ably address her. STILL evil was meant, and it
was my fixed purpose TO marry her, could not deem
myself guilty of any crime And denounce as dirty
dog who would dare to cast any evil reflections
upon our intercourse with each other And no man
n m
ence-or anywhere else If | know it-and get away
what he before. And here challenge and defy the
whole world 10 produce single instance in which
have ever been dlshonoraby associated with any lady,
Never In my life was In company with any woman of
questionable character, and never did my form darkcn
the door of house of III rcpute out of curiosity


rRgAcHERoUs MUTUAL FRIEND


But at length our love was revealed; an explosion oc-
CURED, and have never heard from the young lady
since, though made honorable proposals of marriage
through proper channel Of communication. In the
agony which followed the discovery went to a female
acquaintance inst ructor In of the principal
female semnaries on this coast, who had once while
married woman been desperately in love herself with
young who did not reciprocate her ardor there
might have been clopement. One would have
thought she would have been charitable toward those
in similar condition was wont to go to her as n
mother. conided to her my story and sought sym
pathy and advice She proicssed to give both, and
tried to follow her instructions implicitly She was
mutual friend and through her letters destroyed
and to her letters written. And now, like most
mutual friends she has betrayed her trust, and
something wrong may not be found within them.


A word look,


Needs but foul Interpretation


To change the simplest language into shame.


AN APPARENT DEPRESSION, But IMPORTANT.
This seems to have been pursued TO crafty a
personal pique against for having revealed the in
justice which she caused to do year ago in award
ing prize which had given according to the merit OF
essay to another, whose essay, IN my judgment,
not Of equal merit. while acting the Committee
of Award. For this partiay and injustice TO the
who ought to have had the prize my conscience
demned me and revealed the fact 10 two or three
snf thn Cla nftn Rnf
offence of corresponding with lady who was pledged
me before the Presbytery. And so wrote to of
the members of that body, few days since, letter,
which incorporate here and which should regret to
have written severe maades did not require severe
remedies


A SHOCKING BROTHER CLERGYMAN.


To shield this young lady from being dragged before
the public was willing to give up the Presbyterian
ministry, in which had tciled diligently and not alto
gether unsuccessuy the past ten years. and this sacr
flee, with all others that have made in view of the
fortunate circumstances in which have been involved
ought to satisfy any decent body of mcn without trying
to carry desolaon to the hearts and homes of those
who may prove their helpless victims And especially
ought this to have satisfied one of my bcrest pcrsecu
tors who has himself been caught alone in his study at
nine O'Clock at night in paroxysmal contact with a
young lady at the same time that he had wife and
young child in another part of the house.


'LIvERY OF HEAVEN"


Now, am not denouncing ministers a class.
have the highest respect for them and their work.
body of upright and honorable men. But from this
statement it will appear that neither the Church
the ministry free hypocrtes who the ivery
of heaven to tho devil in, and that should
be choice of his acquantances among all classes of
cety II will also appear that OF the professcdy
pous have regard for the honor they may attach to
their words actons that some of them ready to
combine villain if he is thought TO have the
best show of carrying his case, and to crush the
thought to be most helpless Christian honor and
truth and charitabeness ought to be of higher quality
than that of the world, but it often sinks below it.