Chapter 30

           ButafterthisthelongdaysinprisonforClyde.Exceptforaweeklyvisitfromhismother,who,onceshewasentereduponherwork,founditdifficulttoseehimmoreoftenthanthat—travelingasshedidinthenexttwomonthsbetweenAlbanyandBuffaloandevenNewYorkCity—butwithoutthesuccessshehadatfirsthopedfor.Forinthematterofherappealtothechurchesandthepublic—asmostwearily(andinsecretifnottoClyde)—andafterthreeweeksofmoreorlessregionalandpurelysectariantrying,shewascompelledtoreporttheChristiansatleastwereveryindifferent—notasChristianastheyshouldbe.Forasall,butmoreparticularlytheministersoftheregion,sincetheymostguardedlyandreservedlyrepresentedtheircongregationsineveryinstance,unanimouslysawit,herewasanotoriousand,ofcourse,mostunsavorytrialwhichhadresultedinaconvictionwithwhichthemoreconservativeelementofthecountry—ifonecouldjudgebythepapersatleast,wereinagreement.

           Besideswhowasthiswoman—aswellasherson?Anexhorter—asecretpreacher—one,whoindefianceofallthetenetsandprocessesoforganizedandhistoric,aswellashieratic,religiouspowersandforms(theologicalseminaries,organizedchurchesandtheiraffiliationsandproduct—allcarefullyandadvisedlyandlegitimatelybecausehistoricallyanddogmaticallyinterpretingthewordofGod)choosingtowalkforthandwithoutordinationafteranyfashionconductanunauthorizedandhencenondescriptmission.

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