Chapter 30

           ButafterthisthelongdaysinprisonforClyde.Exceptforaweeklyvisitfromhismother,who,onceshewasentereduponherwork,founditdifficulttoseehimmoreoftenthanthattravelingasshedidinthenexttwomonthsbetweenAlbanyandBuffaloandevenNewYorkCitybutwithoutthesuccessshehadatfirsthopedfor.Forinthematterofherappealtothechurchesandthepublicasmostwearily(andinsecretifnottoClyde)—andafterthreeweeksofmoreorlessregionalandpurelysectariantrying,shewascompelledtoreporttheChristiansatleastwereveryindifferentnotasChristianastheyshouldbe.Forasall,butmoreparticularlytheministersoftheregion,sincetheymostguardedlyandreservedlyrepresentedtheircongregationsineveryinstance,unanimouslysawit,herewasanotoriousand,ofcourse,mostunsavorytrialwhichhadresultedinaconvictionwithwhichthemoreconservativeelementofthecountryifonecouldjudgebythepapersatleast,wereinagreement.

           Besideswhowasthiswomanaswellasherson?Anexhorterasecretpreacherone,whoindefianceofallthetenetsandprocessesoforganizedandhistoric,aswellashieratic,religiouspowersandforms(theologicalseminaries,organizedchurchesandtheiraffiliationsandproductallcarefullyandadvisedlyandlegitimatelybecausehistoricallyanddogmaticallyinterpretingthewordofGod)choosingtowalkforthandwithoutordinationafteranyfashionconductanunauthorizedandhencenondescriptmission.

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