BEECHER, HENRY WARD

1813–87, American Congregational preacher, orator, and lecturer, b. Litchfield, Conn.; son of Lyman Beecher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. He graduated from Amherst in 1834 and attended Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. After two pastorates in Indiana, he accepted a call in 1847 to the newly organized Plymouth Church (Congregational) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Every important issue of the day was discussed on his platform. He was a leader in the antislavery movement, a proponent of woman suffrage, and an advocate of the theory of evolution. Beecher became editor of the Independent in 1861 and of the Christian Union in 1870. In 1863 he visited England, where his lectures were influential in gaining a more sympathetic understanding of the Union cause. Enthusiasm, imaginative insight, a strong interest in his fellow man, ready wit, and an easy command of English produced a convincing eloquence. The sensational lawsuit brought against him by Theodore Tilton for adultery ended after a long trial (1875) with disagreement of the jury. Beecher's friends acclaimed him victor. Despite the trial, Beecher remained influential for the rest of his life. His published works include The Life of Jesus, the Christ (1871) and Evolution and Religion (1885).

See biographies by L. Abbott (1904, repr. 1969) and P. Hibben (1942, repr. 1973); study by W. G. McLoughlin (1970); R. Shaplen, Free Love and Heavenly Sinners (1954); R. W. Fox, Trials of Intimacy (2000).

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A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
Book by Samuel Scoville, William C. Beecher; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887
CHAPTER I. Ancestry--Beecher-Ward--Foote--The Anvil--The...Courtship and Marriage of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote--Home at East...to Litchfield, Connecticut. HENRY WARD BEECHER used to say that the first thing...
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Henry Ward Beecher: The Shakespeare of the Pulpit
Book by John Henry Barrows; Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887
...the confusion that ensued? The Moderator could not do it. The call came from all parts of the house: Beecher, Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher. Mr. Beecher declined to speak. Dr. Joseph P. Thompson, of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York...
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Trumpets of Jubilee: Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, Horace Greeley, P.T. Barnum
Book by Constance Mayfield Rourke; Harcourt, Brace, 1927
Subjects: Barnum, P. T--(Phineas Taylor)--1810-1891, Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887, Beecher, Lyman--1775-1863, Greeley, Horace--1811-1872, Stowe, Harriet Beecher--1811-1896
...Eunice Bullard Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher , 156 , 157...214 , 215 , 234 -5 Beecher, George, 17 , 35 , 47 , 78 Beecher, Harriet Porter Lyman Beechers second wife , 34 , 35 , 51 , 74 , 84 , 89 Beecher, Henry Ward: Youth, in Litchfield...
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Henry Ward Beecher: An American Portrait
Book by Paxton Hibben; The press of the Readers club, 1942
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887
...behavior was such that Henry Ward wept when he spoke...difficulties in the Beecher household came to...lived" and termed Henry Wards life with her a...upon earth." Even Henry Wards elder brother William...separated Henry Ward from his kindred...
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Henry Ward Beecher: Peripatetic Preacher
Book by Halford R. Ryan; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--1813-1887, Congregational Churches--Sermons, Preaching--United States--History--19th Century, Sermons, American
...also Beecher, Henry Ward, Lectures of; Beecher, Henry Ward, Speeches of. Beecher, Henry Ward, Lectures of...38 - 39 Beecher, Henry Ward, Speeches of...Eunice Bullard , 2 Beecher, William C., 2 "Beechers Bibles," 33 "Beechers...
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The Plymouth Pulpit: Henry Ward Beecher's Slave Auction Block
Journal article by Wayne Shaw; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 14, 2000
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward--Conduct of life, Christianity and culture--History, Preaching--History, Priests--Conduct of life, Slavery--United States, Slaves--Conduct of life, United States--History
...Plymouth Pulpit: Henry Ward Beechers Slave Auction...June, 1856, Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of Plymouth...so-called "Beechers Bibles." He...claimed that Beecher brought in the...narrative: "Henry Ward Beecher heard...
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An Eminent Scapegrace Interviews an Eminent Divine: Stanley Huntley and Henry Ward Beecher, 1880
Journal article by Lewis O. Saum; Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, Vol. 23, 2000
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-87), Clergy, History, Huntley, Stanley, Interviews, Journalists, Politics
...Stanley Huntley and Henry Ward Beecher, 1880 by Lewis O. Saum In 1878 Henry Ward Beecher finished...That estate, which Beecher called "Boscobel...Eagle often gave space to Beechers sermons and to his other...comprehensive welcome, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher took his...
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"Saucepan Journalism" in an Age of Indifference: Moody, Beecher, and Brooklyn's Gilded Press
Journal article by Bruce J. Evensen; Journalism History, Vol. 27, 2002
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-87), Clergy, Evangelism, History, Moody, Dwight L, Popular culture, United States
...citys excitement. Henry Ward Beecher, the veteran...spectacle, making "Beecher the Screecher...Street ferry to Beechers 3,000-seat tabernacle...in terror. Lyman Beecher was horrified when...year-old Henry Ward Beecher got his big break...bound volume of Beechers views on abolition...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Domestication of Free Labor Ideology
Journal article by Rachel Naomi Klein; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 18, 2001
Subjects: Home economics--Social aspects, Sex role--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Slavery--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Stowe, Harriet Beecher--Works, Uncle Tom's Cabin (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Works
...of Sisterhood: The Beecher Sisters on Womens Rights...Fire: Religion and the Beecher Family. New Haven...Sarah Whitmer Foster. Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee...Haunted Houses of Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, and Harriet...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Conversation with the Atlantic Monthly: The Construction of the Minister's Wooing
Journal article by Dorothy Z. Baker; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Fiction--19th century, Stowe, Harriet Beecher--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Atlantic (Periodical)--History, The Minister's Wooing (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...that Lyman Beecher or Henry Ward Beecher would have framed...that the members of the Beecher family exchanged when...became a veritable tome of Beecher news and discussion...observed that Harriet Beechers Stowes contributions...the themes developed by Henry Ward Beechers sermons...
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Organ-playing
Magazine article by Henry Ward Beecher; The Tracker, Vol. 53, Winter 2009
Organ-playing by Henry Ward Beecher The author of this essay1 was immortalized...John Zundel, with his hymn tune, Beecher, sung to the text of "Love divine, all loves excelling." Beecher and Zundel served Brooklyns Plymouth...
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Henry James and the American Idea
Magazine article by Susan Goodman; Humanities, Vol. 32, July 2011
Henry James and the American...the Atlantic Monthly, Henry James stands apart...serialized Watch and Ward, a novel that pushed...I began by imitating Henry James." Jamess wish...Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Nathaniel...
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Prayers of Our Fathers
Magazine article by Patrick Allitt; The National Interest, January 2011
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--History, Autonomy--History, Religion and politics--History, United States history
...soon got rid of them. Lyman Beecher, a famous Connecticut preacher...Beecher Stowe and their brother Henry Ward Beecher dropped the nasty doctrine and...popular and influential works, while Henry, with a well-endowed pulpit...
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From the Chaplain
Magazine article by Thomas H. Troeger; The American Organist, Vol. 43, February 2009
...that were delivered by Henry Ward Beecher in 1871, 1872...singing and organs. Henry Ward Beecher is rhapsodic...same volume of lectures Beecher employs a metaphor that...and storms. Given that Beecher was one of the preeminent...shape the metaphor in Beechers mind. But even more...
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The Roots of Justice Revival: During the Second Great Awakening, the Fruits of Conversion Included Social Reform
Magazine article by Jim Rice; Sojourners Magazine, Vol. 37, April 2008
Subjects: Church--Powers and duties, Faith--Influence, Finney, Charles Grandison (American preacher)--Evaluation, Preachers--Evaluation, Social reform--Religious aspects
...prominent example was Henry Ward Beecher, whom historian...Reformer? page 30). Beecher was clear in the conviction...Corinthians 2:2). But Beecher didnt stop there. He...justice--which in Beechers view must spring from...Preaching Christ," by Henry Ward Beecher. Jim Rice...
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Rising Young Artists; "Every Artist Dips His Brush in His Own Soul, and Paints His Own Nature into His Pictures." - Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887 by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 23, 2007
...in His Own Soul, and Paints His Own Nature into His Pictures." - Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887 by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Byline: HERN. P. ZENAROSA THE Philippine art scene, kept alive by a growing economy despite political turmoil...
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The Colorful, Committed Family That Shaped an Era
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 7, 2003
Subjects: Beecher, Henry Ward, Beecher, Lyman, Stowe, Harriet Beecher
...one of them, Harriet Beecher Stowe, producing...in "The Passionate Beechers," was out "to save...Father Lyman and sons Henry Ward and Charles were tried...their churches, and Henry Wards trial for adultery...church council found Beecher innocent, but his reputation...
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Celebrated Preacher with a Flamboyant Personal Life
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 30, 2006
...Beecher." Beechers role in more...career of Henry Ward Beecher." Within...politics, Beecher associated...aspect of Henry Ward Beechers turbulent...Eventually, Beechers behavior...century. Yes, Henry Ward Beecher was a philanderer...
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The Abolitionist with Potent Pen
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 10, 2007
...TIMES On June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Conn...Litchfield, Harriets brother, Henry Ward Beecher, arrived on the scene in 1813...firm in this country. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote many books, but it...
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Civil War-Era Sites in the Heart of the Nation's Capital
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 24, 1996
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham
...inauguration. Here, Julia Ward Howe wrote new words to...Andersonville Prison commandant Henry Wirz was tried in the...stood the Capitol Prison. Henry Wirz was hanged in the...included abolitionists Henry Ward Beecher, Horace Greeley, and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Beecher Henry Ward  - 14 results

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Beecher, Henry Ward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BEECHER, HENRY WARD 1813 87, American Congregational...and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe . He graduated...Brooklyn, N.Y. There Beecher became famous for his...theory of evolution. Beecher became editor of the...disagreement of the jury. Beechers friends acclaimed him...
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER 1811 96, American novelist...The daughter of Lyman Beecher , pastor of the Congregational...and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher , Harriet grew up in...piety and, like all the Beechers, early developed an...
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Abbott, Lyman
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...several churches before succeeding Henry Ward Beecher at the Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn, in 1888. With Beecher he had begun in 1876 to edit the...Theology of an Evolutionist (1897), Henry Ward Beecher (1903), and Reminiscences...
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Periodical
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Channing, James Russell Lowell , and Henry Adams . The New-York Mirror...at first Congregationalist under Henry Ward Beecher (1861 63) and Theodore Tilton...Walter Lippmann (1914 17) and Henry A. Wallace (1946 48). The American...
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Oratory
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in England and Ireland; Patrick Henry and James Otis in the United States...orators included Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Stephen Douglas, and Henry Ward Beecher. In the 20th cent., orators made...
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