: A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher by Beecher H W Mrs Beecher William Constantine Scoville Samuel - Beecher Henry Ward 1813-1887

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Ancestry--Beecher--Ward--Foote--The Anvil--The 17-29 Oak--Courtship and Marriage of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote--Home at East Hampton, Long Island--Removal to Litchfield, Connecticut

Litchfield--Situation--Natural Features--Early 30-45 Settlers--Social and Moral Advantages--Patriotism--North Street described--The Beecher Home--Birth of Henry Ward--The Times at Home and Abroad--His Birth-Mark

Early Glimpses--Recollections of the Mother--Going to 46-71 School at Ma'am Kilbourne's--His First Letter--District School--The Coming of the New Mother--His First Ride on Horseback--A Merry Household--Fishing Excursions--Minister's Wood-Spell--Saturday Night--Going to Meeting--The Puritan Sabbath--The Cold of Litchfield Hill--Rats--Work--The Catechism--Formative Influences--Summing Up

Boyhood--Sent to School at Bethlehem--The Widow 72-81 Ingersoll's--Failure--A Champion--Sent to Catharine Beecher's School in Hartford--Humorous Incidents--Religious Experience

Boston--Home Atmosphere--Various Experiences--Ethics 82-92 rubbed in by a Six-pound Shot--Discontent--Makes up his Mind to go to Sea--To Study Navigation--Picture of his Life in Boston

School-Life at Mount 93-108 Pleasant--Mathematics--Elocution--Testimony of Classmates--Religious Experiences--Troubles--A Romantic Friendship--Another Kind--Letter of Reminiscence--A Royal School-Boy

Amherst College--Private Journal--Testimony of 109-135 Classmates--Tutor's Delight--Begins his Anti-Slavery Career--Spiritual Darkness--Engagement--Letters of his Mother--Experiences in Teaching School--First Sermons--Lecturing--His Reading--The Record

Lane Seminary--Dr. Beecher Called--Home at Walnut 136-156 Hills--Amusing Incidents--Family Meeting--Death of Mrs. Beecher--Extracts from Journal--First Mention of Preaching in the West--Experience in Ecclesiastical Matters--Despondency--Meeting of Synod--Influences of the Times--Revulsion--A Rift along the Horizon--"Full iolly Knight"

Call to Preach--License--Examination by Miami 157-180 Presbytery--Refusal to Subscribe to Old School--Ordination by Oxford Presbytery--Visit East--Marriage--Housekeeping

The New Field--Growth of Influence--Social Life--The 181-209 Secret of Effective Preaching--Editorial Labors--Lectures to Young Men--Call to Brooklyn--Departure

Invitation to come East--Call to Plymouth 210-224 Church--Friendly Misgivings--Plainly Outlining his Views--Early Success--Plymouth Burned--Preaching in the Tabernacle

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