BEECHER, Henry Ward [1813-1887] -- American clergyman and writer
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Son of Lyman Beecher. He was a congregational clergyman widely famous as the pastor of Plymouth church of Brooklyn in 1847-87. He was an earnest, large-hearted man, though not a deep thinker, and his cheerful influence upon middle-class American thought was very extensive. His literary work can hardly be said to possess enduring excellence, and much of it is already forgotten, graphic and picturesque as it often is. He was the author of Eyes and Ears; Life Thoughts; Star Papers; Yale Lectures on Preaching; Lectures to Young Men; Speeches on the American Rebellion; Doctrinal Beliefs and Unbeliefs; and Life of Jesus the Christ. His only novel, Norwood, is a collection of successful character studies rather than a finished story. He died March 8, 1887.
His last years were troubled by a highly publicized trial in which charges of adultery were brought against him.
The jury could not agree and an ecclesiastical council acquitted him. 
Chronology |
1838 | Ordained, New School Presbytery of Cincinnati |
1839 | Pastor, Lawrencebury, IN |
1839-1847 | Pastor, Indianapolis, IN |
1844 | Seven Lectures to Young Men |
1847-1887 | Pastor, Brooklyn, NY |
1861-1863 | Editor of The Independent |
1870-1881 | Editor of Christian Union |
1871 | Life of Jesus Christ |
1874-1875 | Accused of adultery, cleared by jury and church |
1885 | Evolution and Religion |
Bookmarks (off-site links) |
- Vivísimo - Clustered search on HENRY WARD BEECHER
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- Woman's Duty to Vote Address made at the Eleventh National Woman's Rights Convention, New York, 10 May 1866
- The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher Manufacturer and Builder, vol. 2, issue 1 (January 1870).
- The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. From verbatim reports by T. J. Ellingwood
- bibleteacher.org: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher
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- 9. Association with Henry Ward Beecher. Bok, Edward William. 1921. The Americanization of Edward Bok
- Peekskill Underground Railroad and Tunnel Noted abolitionist and Clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher was a Peekskill resident from 1861 to 1878 and his famous sister Harriet Beecher Stowe often visited him here.
- The adultery trial
- "For a moment stop and consider that a man was the cause of it all"
- The Case of Henry Ward Beecher Opening address by Benjamin F. Tracy, of counsel for the defendant. New York, 1875. [Carnegie Mellon U. Universal Library Project]
- FindLaw's Writ - Sherwin: The Notorious Adultery Trial Of The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher
- Tilton, Theodore
- THE HUMOR OF HENRY WARD BEECHER
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- Divines and Moralists, 1783-1860. § 13. Henry Ward Beecher.
- Long Island History / A Preacher Who Moved Crowds / Henry Ward Beecher
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