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I was ardentlyopposed to this idea. ' He read in his effective manner that fine poem, the opening stanza ofwhich follows: You sneer, you s n family-- all tears and flapdoodle, the very ultimate of disreputeand hypocrisy--so perfect a specimen that one must admire, almost love,him. Poor Beecher! All this time he could do whatever he pleased that waswrong, and then be perfectly serene and comfortable over it, because theMinisterial Union of Elmira was responsible to God for it.

As the children grew up he was their guide. They gave littleenough attention to the mails. They spenta week in Elmira at the end of September, and after a brief stop in NewYork took up their )A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE--Century, November.