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See also:BEECHER, LYMAN (1775—1863) , See also:American clergyman, was See also:born at New Haven, See also:Connecticut, on the 12th of See also:October 1775. He was a descendant of one of the founders of the New Haven See also:colony, worked as a boy in an See also:uncle's blacksmith See also:shop and on his See also:farm, and in 1797 graduated from Yale, having studied See also:theology under See also:Timothy See also:Dwight. He preached in the Presbyterian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at See also:East See also:Hampton, See also:Long See also:Island (1798—181o, being ordained in 1799); in the Congregational church at See also:Litchfield, Connecticut (1810—1826),. in the See also:Hanover See also:Street church of See also:Boston (1826—1832), and in the Second Presbyterian church of See also:Cincinnati, See also:Ohio (1833—1843); was See also:president of the newly established See also:Lane Theological See also:Seminary at See also:Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, and was See also:professor of didactic and polemic theology there (1832—1850), being professor See also:emeritus until his See also:death. At Litchfield and in Boston he was a prominent opponent of the growing " See also:heresy " of See also:Unitarianism, though as See also:early as 1836 he was accused of being a " moderate Calvinist " and was tried for heresy, but was acquitted. Upon his resignation from Lane Theological Seminary he lived in Boston for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, devoting himself to literature; but he See also:broke down, and the last ten years of his See also:life were spent at the See also:home of his son, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward Beecher, in See also:Brooklyn, New See also:York, where he died on the loth of See also:January 1863. Magnetic in See also:personality, incisive and powerful in manner of expression, he was in his See also:prime one of the most eloquent of American See also:pulpit orators. In 18o6 he preached a widely circulated See also:sermon on duelling, and about 1814 a See also:series of six sermons on intemperance, which were reprinted frequently and greatly aided See also:temperance reform. Thrice married, he had a large See also:family, his seven sons becoming Congregational clergymen, and his daughters, Harriet Beecher See also:Stowe (q.v.) and See also:Catherine See also:Esther Beecher, attaining See also:literary distinction.
Lyman Beecher's published See also:works include: A Plea for the See also:West (1835), Views in Theology (1836), and various sermons; his Collected Works were published at Boston in 1852 in 3 vols. Consult his Autobiography and See also:Correspondence (2 vols., New York, 1863-1864), edited by his son See also:Charles; D. H. See also:Alien, Life and Services of Lyman Beecher (Cincinnati, 1863) ; and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James C. See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White, See also:Personal Reminiscences of Lyman Beecher (New York, 1882).
His daughter, CATHERINE ESTHER (1800-1878), was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on the 6th of See also:September 1800. She was educated at Litchfield Seminary, and from 1822 to 1832 conducted a school for girls at See also:Hartford, Connecticut, with her See also:sister Harriet's assistance, and from 1832 to 1834 conducted a similar school in Cincinnati. She wrote and lectured on See also:women's See also:education and in behalf of better See also:primary See also:schools, and radically opposed woman See also:suffrage and See also:college education for women, holding woman's See also:sphere to be domestic. The See also:National See also:Board of Popular Education, a charitable society which she founded, sent hundreds of women as teachers into the See also:South and West. She died on the 12th of May 1878 in See also:Elmira, New York. She published An See also:Essay on See also:Slavery and Abolition with Reference to the See also:Duty of American See also:Females (1837), A See also:Treatise on Domestic See also:Economy (1842), The True Remedy for the Wrongs of Women (1851), Letters to the See also:People on See also:Health and Happiness (1855), The Religious Training of See also:Children (1864), and Woman's Profession as See also:Mother and Educator (1871).
His son, See also:EDWARD BEECHER (1803-1895), was born at East Hampton, Long Island, on the 27th of See also:August 1803, graduated at Yale in 1822, studied theology at See also:Andover, and in 1826 became pastor of the See also:Park Street church in Boston. From 183o to 1844 he was president of See also:Illinois College, See also:Jacksonville, Illinois, and subsequently filled pastorates at the See also:Salem Street church, Boston (1844—1855), and the Congregational church at See also:Galesburg, Illinois (1855--1871). He was See also:senior editor of the Congregationalist (1849—1855), and an See also:associate editor of the See also:Christian See also:Union from 187o. In 1872 he settled in Brooklyn, New York, where in 1885—1889 he was pastor of the Parkville church and where he died on the 28th of See also:July 1895. He wrote Addresses on the See also:Kingdom of See also:God (1827), See also:History of the See also:Alton Riots (1837), .statement of See also:Aut:-5'avery Principles (1837), See also:Baptism, its Importand Modes (185o), The Conflict of Ages (1853), The Papal See also:Conspiracy Exposed (1855), The See also:Concord of Ages (186o), and History of Opinions on the Scriptural See also:Doctrine of Future Retvibution(1878).
End of Article: BEECHER, LYMAN (1775—1863)
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