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Show l'ly iiiuiiIIi lniiM li C ouncil. During WYdnrmliiy uldTtiodii'a pni-edi'diiiri pni-edi'diiiri Slirin iniiii cniiliniicd Ihm ilddl'i'Hrt ill reliTeiier. to t.lu? proponed fiuiluul fiilllii'il. I In iliMiied tluil I'ty-iiiuiiili I'ty-iiiuiiili (.-liuri'lt wan mint liy ono nnui nr liy ten men. TIiohii whn wero Hiii-piiMcd Hiii-piiMcd In rulo wrro morn fie(iienlly uVKi-ruli'd. lliuleiiioil Unit I'lynunUli chuii'li Inul gniic heyonil lU rilit iih u elmii'li ul tlluiat no ivh to jtiatly lorh-it itaclttini to tliu i'oiitideiu'0 in id fellowship fellow-ship ul' tho t'oiigii'giilional clmivlirit. Nover whs tlu'ro u more pninmU'inuH euHo. llo rend u long report of the invc.itiiilhin which wau had in the ni.iltor ly the cotiiinillti) appoititid liy tho cimr. h. Allliough tlu-y tnul donei I'vervtliing iiakeil ol them it w.m di-iiutiultii that they licfinu the umrU. HoriUil the trial unit Vrrdiet and oaid them wiw nn imw ovidniee; it wna only what eomehotly hnd Lohl soinelHHly ulrtc. When Shearni'in cimclmled i lengthy exaniiiiiitioii of tlio ililhrent tiieniht rn of tho oominittco win gone through with in relation to tin) ijneri tiitiiu aiiitiiiued in tho h'tlcr nii!--ive. during which Shearman explained tlio motives of tin) foiimiilti n in oh-jtvling oh-jtvling lo the i-hurchea ol Smrrs iumI Ifiiddiiigluii hi-ing reore-ciiti'd in tlir eniiinil. Ui said Unit Mtippi mint; .ludgi) N'.unotl had uecept' d tlio ul-Itvlii.iiK ul-Itvlii.iiK and at;n'til (u withdraw lho.tr tho en so to tin- chuichcs su tlnr won 'd not he any np pan 'tit iln-I'oin iln-I'oin tt-sy. Keplying to Snaw it Illinois, Illi-nois, Sitrariiiau naid l'lymuull) enm-iuitli'0 enm-iuitli'0 never grcil lo withdraw her prottst against tlie ehureliis nainil alter oni-e putting it in. A number of ipiefdiuns were n-krd hy dilleient delegates to iwcei t..in whether tho letters Bent to the ehurchra wero written a.-) Inuu t'uo ehureli or from indivuiuaU and it wan -iiui.tfa-torily nhown that they wore written hy Judiy Van Coll and Shearman Shear-man an individuals. K.i'j-iter Kayrnont! read ft lengthy talenient ngautst Thi-oiliiro Tilt.in. Kuv. Timothy iJwilit of New Haven a-iad whether the p i.-lir in eieelim; tiie dunmiltoc to try his own ea-e did so hulnre. or alter e- .tiMiltalii m with the c .iininini: (Minmittee, Sin armati caid it was alter cun-sulta tion, and tliat ho t'H.k the li.uii. rt of per.-mii etigCf.-U-J hy tLe eumuiillro lleaii.ltd tu.it it was t!ie wiii and desiro of the i hureh tlut the eeuneil involi jalo tho iiuflJt.n a-t to whet'ner or ii'd tho via mi nation was a gtxid one. Dr. li-iL'n Ihrn said ho would like lo know when the scandal was first heard of'.' Shearman It w.is publia'ncd in t!iat infamous newspaper cnmlucU-J hy an in la nous wouian ain iut tiie 1st of November, lt7;i, had it out comedown like tlio emptying of a tuh of slops? l'reidcnt I'orttT akedifftiiy icr-uis-hail ever come before the nam-inmg nam-inmg commilleo individually or lions that would nccc-itnte the com-miitce'd com-miitce'd poing into an invostig.iti- n of tlio cliargea against tho poMr, anil Sncarmrtti rcpiieJ they had not done so within tlio under landing of the commilleo. Summations had been made, bui they were in relation of Iiln.n. rresulenL r.irter paid that wad known from Nova, beotia to Texas, and repeated the question, this tune receiving tho reply Irom ShiMnuan tiiat they had not come before the committee, nor to any one else uulil wilhiu the bat week. Dr. Parker then read a question which he Kftid ho had received from some pcrcou unknown to him, as follows: Were the brother of Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Tilton'a sister-in-law invited to testify before the investigating committee? Slorrs yaid an ecclesiastical hotly could "not recognize anonymous communications. A uo egato named Bradford said he had pruposed the question. Shearman replied to tho question, saying ho had spoken to one of the ,.r,r.n,iiftno fthntit it. and had been. informed that Mra. Tilton'a brother had been invited to appear. As to hU wife no member of the committee ever had the slightest intimation that fihe knew anything about the case. In reply to a question from Dr. Warren, he said that when the report of the investigating committee was made to the church, no person protested pro-tested against its acceptance, although ample opportunity had been given them to do so, both before and after the adoplion of the report. Several questions were put and answered relating to tho desire of the committee fur advice on different questions. Mr. Havens of Boston, asked if it was not a fact that some one had committed com-mitted a great crime and the pastor was making endeavors to cover it up, aud was it not true that he was anxious to keep it from the world ? Beecher answered this in person, detailing his visit to Boston on account ac-count of the gross misrepresentations which appeared in some of the papers thero about him. While there the question was asked of him why ne uiu not can anouier vuuucu for an ecclesiastical trial? He said then that ho was ready to bo tried by any tribunal. Ho denied ever having made use of words to the e fleet that he would not be tried by people who did not have the sumo belief a be had in regard to future punishment. Other questions were asked about the now evidence, and ho had told them that thero was no new evidence. In closing he said: "Tue idea that I was hiding anything for the Bake of generosity; I am a very geucrouB man; I have a great deal of gcuer-osity, gcuer-osity, but I am not a fool." (.Loud applause.) There was a lenelhy discussion between be-tween Shearman, "Dr. Walcolt and Dr. Bacon. At the conclusion of the latter's remarks, Beecher arose and said ho wished to inform them of one or two facts. The communion of these churches was not at an end, and among their members wore some of his best friends. It is something to have hell open beneath you, and I beBeech you brethren, if we 'have been over sensitive, to consider that we have a right to be. I tell you the man who has hold of the handle of the whip has no idea of the feelings of the man at the other end. This speech was greeted with more applause. ap-plause. Adjourned. |