The following are the remarks of the Gentleman to whom the above Letter was addressed:—
A self-sent divine and a beloved brother of the Reverend J. Church, whose name is T. A—, positively declared—(but a few weeks ago) that the very affectionate _Vere-street_ “Mr. Church kindly put his arms round my neck and kissed me twice, and asked me politely to sleep with him.” Lord, what has sin done! However the Reverend brother T. A. further adds, “I declined the latter offer, of course,” &c. but how far this statement may be true respecting his declining the latter offer, after his allowing that pious brute to kiss him twice, must be left with the reader to judge for himself, as I am confident that none but those _unclean birds_, of the _same nest_, would in any measure wish even the slightest credit to be given to such a filthy testimony, by such an _effeminate_ character as T. A. Again, this brother in iniquity, when speaking of another brother, in the same line of uncleanness, whose name I understand is C—, who is a person very remarkable for using the words, (when speaking of his darling Church) “_bless him_,” being informed by his brother A. that brother Church was about to leave town, in order to evade further inquiries, the poor thing (_woman-like_) fainted and fell back against a wall; but his brother A. being near him, kindly took him by the hand and raised his drooping head (_dear lamb_), who, when he had a little recovered the shock, they affectionately walked off together, and the fainting brother took hold of his brother A.’s hand, (“bless him,”) rubbed it affectionately, and pressed it to his bosom, wishing to have a further intercourse with him! Marvellous wickedness! may it not truly be said of such detestable monsters, in human shape, that God has given them over to vile affections and to all uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves. Burning in their own lust one towards another, men with men, working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which is meet. How truly awful and equally disgusting that such vile wretches should be permitted to stand up with a pretence to preach the Gospel, or that they should even profess to be believers in Jesus, as without all doubt the sin of which they stand justly charged, was invented by the arch fiend of Hell, to prevent the appearance of the seed of the woman, { 15} who was to effectually bruize his head. O! my soul, come not thou into their diabolical secret! I would advise all the true followers of the meek and lowly Lamb of God, who may hitherto have been deceived as to the real character of Church and his brothers who worship with him at the Surrey Tabernacle, in the language of the Angel to Lot—