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Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on Christ's love has influenced mainstream Christianity through the 21st century.
Henry Ward Beecher, liberal U.S. Congregational minister whose oratorical skill and social concern made him one of the most influential Protestant spokesmen of his time. He was an advocate for women’s suffrage, evolutionary theory, and scientific biblical criticism.
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Apr 1, 2007 · Born in 1813, Henry Ward Beecher became a spellbinding preacher. A little more than a decade before his death in 1887, though, he weathered a sex-scandal as tawdry in its own way as the...
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In 1847, he was appointed the first minister of the new Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York. That fall the Beecher family moved to Brooklyn. Beecher's fiery preaching style led to his becoming editor of several religious magazines, and he received large advances for a novel and for a biography of Jesus. Thousands of worshipers floc...
In the highly publicized scandal known as the Beecher-Tilton Affairhe was tried on charges that he had committed adultery with a friend's wife, Elizabeth Tilton. In 1870, Tilton had confessed to her husband, Theodore Tilton, that she had had a relationship with Henry Ward Beecher. Both men pressured Tilton to recant her story, which she did, in wri...
Henry Ward Beecher died of a cerebral hemorrhage in March, 1887. The city of Brooklyn where he lived declared a day of mourning upon, and the New YorkState Legislature went into recess to honor him. He was buried on March 11, 1887 in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. An advocate of women's suffrage, temperance and Darwin's theory of evolution, and a ...
Seven Lectures to Young Men(1844) (a pamphlet)The Independent(1861-63) (periodical, as editor)Christian Union(1870-78) (periodical, as editor)Summer in the Soul(1858)Abbott, Lyman. 1980. Henry Ward Beecher. New York: Chelsea House, 1980. ISBN 9780877541639Applegate, Debby. The most famous man in America the biography of Henry Ward Beecher. New York: Doubleday, 2006. ISBN 9780385513968Rourke, Constance. Trumpets of jubilee Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, Horace Greeley, P.T. Barnum. London: J. Cape, 1927. ISBN 9780848641047May 14, 2018 · Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American Congregational clergyman, was an outstanding preacher and lecturer. He was probably the best known and most influential Protestant minister in the United States between 1850 and 1887.
For Henry Ward Beecher, the purpose of preaching was to “build up men in the qualities of Jesus Christ.” Preachers must not simply provide insights into theological questions, he insisted, but must guide people to a more ethical, Christ-like lifestyle.
Henry Ward Beecher was regarded as the most popular Christian minister in the United States for more than 30 years of his life. From the 1850s to the 1880s, Beecher spoke to large congregations every week.
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